Debt

Iranian Airlines plane seized by Turkey over millions in unpaid debts, stranding Iranian passengers

Notably, the seizure came a week after the US imposed secondary sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector, prompting airports and airlines across the region to cancel flights to and from Iran for the fores

An Iranian commercial aircraft lands at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran on September 25, 2026.
And how is the government dealing with the debt? By taking on even more debt. U.S. President Donald Trump.

America’s black hole: The debt threatening to swallow the global economy

The US Department of the Treasury Building in Washington, DC, US, July 11, 2026.

US national debt tops $40 trillion for first time, doubled under presidents Trump, Biden

Electricity poles

NIS 75M on the way to our pockets: The offset that will affect electricity bills


Israel to allocate NIS 30m. to cover electric debts for Holocaust survivors

In addition, the NII will carry out a project to ensure that all Holocaust survivors who are entitled to nursing services indeed receive their full rights according to their level of need.

A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds the hand of his granddaughter during the annual ‘March of the Living’ at Auschwitz in May 2019

Jewish lessons for addressing debt - opinion

Judaism provides a way of making the problems of the debt real by describing the polity to include not only those who happen to be alive today but those who will succeed us.

Israel's tycoons renege on their bonds’ debt

How much does Israel's deficit matter? - opinion

Deficits often bring inflation, as they did in 1984. But there is little chance of that today when demand and supply are largely in low-level balance.

US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Original color transparency of FDR taken at 1944 Official Campaign Portrait session by Leon A. Perskie, Hyde Park, New York, August 21, 1944. Gift of Beatrice Perskie Foxman and Dr. Stanley B. Foxman. August 21, 1944).

Some Jewish lessons for facing the debt - opinion

Judaism, with its emphasis on intergenerational responsibility, has important insight about the grave threat of the debt.

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden attends news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, in November.

NYC-based real estate firms face downgrades on Israeli bond market

Recent downgrades lead to increased interest rates, which – alongside the dollar's continued weakness against the shekel – has led to greater debt obligation.

Real estate market

Debt Collection Issues with Individual and Commercial Clients

Running a business is dynamic and complicated


140% rise in bad checks in wake of COVID-19, BoI data reveals

Many business owners and professionals are now reluctant to accept checks

A man enters the main branch of Bank Hapoalim, Israel's biggest bank, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2016.

Financial Crisis dawns upon Dentists due to the Coronavirus

The situation is expected to become even worse as the second wave of coronavirus is hitting the nation.


TAU says that hefty student loan debt leads to difficulty finding work

The study notes that nearly half (48%) of graduates from universities in the US are having this issue.

Students on campus at Tel Aviv University

Likud facing debts, firing staff, mulling selling branches - exclusive

Party director-general: Just streamlining after elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removing his mask