Finance

Mekorot reports strong core growth in 2025, but regulatory changes drive heavy net loss

Mekorot, posted solid underlying performance in 2025, but sweeping regulatory changes by the Water Authority pushed the company to report a significant net loss

Eshkol Reservoir
Co-founders and owners of Profit Financial Group, Shlomi Elberg and Assaf Banai.

Leumi, Shestovitz take stakes in Profit Finance Group with NIS 670 million investment

Future financial predictions with cash, gold, and bitcoin

Prediction 2026

The Fitch Ratings building is seen in New York

Fitch holds Israel's credit rating at 'A', but debt and war cloud outlook


Your Taxes: The Iran war’s commercial impact

The latest Iran war is having an economic impact on the world economy. If less fuel is available to the world through the Strait of Hormuz, it means less travel and fewer petroleum products.

 Oil, miniatures of oil barrels, oil pump jack and U.S. dollar banknote are seen in this illustration taken, June 6, 2023.

Willner signals disputed haredi school transfer may return to Finance Committee

At the center of the case is a December 25, 2025, Finance Committee transfer involving education funds, including money directed to haredi institutions.

 Jewish yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024.

A new Marshall Plan: Israel, Gulf States in a new Middle East development plan - opinion

International development is not philanthropy; it's the new realism of the Middle East.

A woman walks on a street with shuttered doors in Tehran on Sunday.

Eurozone bonds rally, GBP rebounds dramatically as Trump halts some Iran strikes

Trump said on Monday that he has had "good and productive conversations" with Iran, leading to some relief in markets strained by the Iran war.

 EU flags are seen outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels

‘Record-high’ coalition funds in state budget ahead of upcoming vote during war, MK Beliak says

If the state budget is not approved in all three readings by next week, when the fiscal year closes at the end of the month, the Knesset will automatically dissolve, and elections will be called.

MK Vladimir Beliak reacts during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting and votes on parts of the judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on July 19, 2023.

Your Investments: Putting down Passover cleaning supplies and setting up financial goals

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews collect water from a spring in Jerusalem on March 15, 2026. The water will be used to prepare matzah, the unleavened bread eaten during the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover, commemorating the biblical Exodus from Egypt.

Elron Ventures reports strong 2025 results as it pivots to defense tech growth strategy

Founded in 1962, Elron invests in sectors including cybersecurity, medical devices, and enterprise software, and has recently increased its focus on technologies tied to security and defense.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ice Breaker weapons system (Illustrative).

2026 market trends every MENA trader should watch

"The markets in 2026 will be influenced by a combination of macroeconomic forces, changes in monetary policies, and the continuation of geopolitical events."

The dollar isn’t the problem. The systems businesses rely on are - opinion

Global businesses face structural currency volatility; systems built for stability now struggle to keep pace with real-time geopolitical shocks.

 An American $100 dollar bill.

Leading the next generation: Prof. Orly Sade on finance, education, and opportunity

The Scholar: Insights from the Faculty of the Hebrew University Business School. In conversation with Professor Orly Sade, hosted by Maor Zaguri, Acclaimed Israeli Director.

Prof. Orly Sade speaks with Maor Zaguri