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Roaring Lion: Israel's self-employed need an economic safety net during crisis - opinion

Israel's war with Iran severely harms small and micro-businesses and the freelance population and increases the likelihood that they will not be able to recover.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of a downwards-trending graph (illustration)
 New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins, illustrative. November 9, 2021

Your Taxes: Doing business in Israel in 2026

FARMERS AND their supporters protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem against a milk reform promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2026.

Israel’s milk crisis is man-made, quotas are to blame - opinion

Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers

Israel, Costa Rica sign FTA eliminating over 90% of tariffs, expanding bilateral trade


Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich admits he has trouble speaking English

A video of Smotrich speaking before the Israel Bonds conference in broken English went viral in March.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich addresses the plenum during the state budget debate in the Knesset, last week.

Climate activists plan to protest ‘shameful’ climate bill

“We are not saying don’t pass a climate law,” Yardena Israeli stressed. “We want the country to pass an effective law.”

 Interrelated crises with reciprocal feedback: Pollution, Climate change and Activity that Impairs Biodiversity

Israel not on track to meet its climate ambitions, OECD warns

Review provides 24 recommendations for improving sustainability

  Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks at an OECD briefing on Wednesday in Jerusalem.

The OECD's Herculean tax task and how it impacts Israel

On February 1, the OECD approved “administrative guidance” that bridged some yawning gaps between the OECD Pillar 2 proposals and US law

Calculating taxes

Leading causes of death in Israel outlined in new Health Ministry report

A new, 107-page, Hebrew-language report by the Health Ministry’s data branch headed by Ziona Haklai revealed causes of death.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Israeli students in severe decline in reading literacy - int'l report

The PIRLS study is conducted every five years and assesses the reading literacy of fourth graders around the world. The most recent one said Israeli students' literacy is declining.

 Students sitting in a classroom in Israel.

Israel to host 2024 EUROSAI regional audit org congress

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman is set to become president of EUROSAI, replacing the Czech Republic's Miloslav Kala.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman

Israel has failed to mind the gaps - editorial

The next generation is relying on us to ensure that everyone has an equal shot at success. But socioeconomic gaps begin showing themselves already in schools.

 CHOOSING BETWEEN bread and milk: 47% of Jerusalemites live below the poverty line (Illustrative).

What it’s like doing business in Israel in 2023

Your taxes: You are probably doing taxable business in Israel if you conduct business activities in Israel or operate in Israel via an agent who can commit you. Here's what you need to know

Calculating taxes

Israel reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 10% in 10 years - OECD

The OECD highlighted how the discovery of offshore gas fields led Israel to transition out of coal and toward natural gas for electricity generation and improved the country’s energy security. 

A power station is seen in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod August 8, 2011