Liat Ron

Liat Ron is an economics reporter and commentator for Walla .

Banknotes in an ATM

NIS 260 million on the way to hundreds of thousands of employees

Children are capable of delaying gratification, but usually for a clear, near and tangible goal.

Banks are storming your children: Eight-year-olds do not need a credit card

Supermarket cheese shelves, June 18, 2026

Cottage cheese crisis expands to white cheese


Approval granted for the transfer of NIS 1.1 billion for the rehabilitation of southern communities

A week after the explosion in the Finance Committee, the budget was approved unanimously. Hanoch Milwidsky explained the delay as an attempt to obtain reports and assist businesses in the North.

Hanoch Milwidsky

A turnover of NIS 7 billion has entered Strauss into the list of centralized companies

Henceforth, any Strauss request for a franchise, infrastructure license, or privatization will require an official review of its impact on market centralization.

Strauss Group inaugurates Michael Campus in Ahihud

IDF Disabled Veterans Organization against Finance Ministry

Organization chairman in sharp call to finance minister: "Stand behind your signature." Finance Ministry officials: "Structural failures harm rehabilitation of combat soldiers."

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Fashion chains Onot and Jump file urgent application for stay of proceedings

The companies request to operate the 33 remaining stores for 60 days in order to urgently locate a buyer and save the jobs of about 100 employees.

Opening of Ofer Mall in Petah Tikva, November 22, 2020

A breakthrough in the Slice affair: Investors will be able to choose how to receive their money

More than two years after the disappearance of approximately NIS 850 million, a first agreement has been signed with the funds marketed through Finbert.

Illustration: A first agreement has been signed with the funds marketed through Finbert

Interior Ministry changes the rules: Are you eligible for the new property tax discount?

New Interior Ministry rules: The model calculates per capita income and excludes allowances, making many middle-class families eligible for property tax discounts.

Money bills

These are the big winners from the shortening of the workweek, and these are those who are harmed

A comprehensive study by the Finance Ministry, the Histadrut, and the Joint examined the effects of transitioning to 40 weekly hours in the public sector.

A comprehensive study by the Finance Ministry, the Histadrut, and the Joint examined the effects of transitioning to 40 weekly hours in the public sector

The crisis at Tnuva: The technicians refuse to come to Israel

Production lines are working and demand is peaking, but a computer glitch has stuck containers in automated warehouses. The foreign company refuses to send technicians due to the security situation.

Cottage cheese

Shufersal raises delivery fees by 20%: How much will you pay from now on?

The largest marketing chain in Israel joins Rami Levy, Victory and Hatzi Hinam and jumps the delivery price to NIS 35.90. The excuse: A shortage of drivers and operational costs.

Shufersal delivery drivers decorated the vehicles with flowers

IDF Disabled Veterans Organization warns of 'national disaster' amid exclusion in defense budget

The warnings came amid debate in 2026 defense spending discussions, in which the Finance Ministry rejected the Defense Ministry's petitions to increase spending by NIS 40 billion.

Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, Israeli soldiers and Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers seen during a march honoring IDF wounded and disabled IDF, in Tel Aviv, November 17, 2021.