July 11, 2017
6:10 pm

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon speaks during a Labor, Welfare and Health Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s new tech funds raise both hackles and hope

Israel is setting up four high tech investment funds backed by state guarantees and traded on the stock exchange

By Shoshanna Solomon

June 14, 2017
10:52 pm

Kulanu leader Moshe Kahlon leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on May 8, 2017. ( Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Finance minister expands low-cost housing plan with 15,000 new homes

Moshe Kahlon hopes steps will help rein in rising prices, with projects planned in 24 towns, including near Tel Aviv

By Times of Israel staff

June 3, 2017
5:49 pm

The West Bank settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah on November 27, 2012. (Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Billions spent on settlements since Israel captured West Bank

Despite large investment of government resources, proponents of peace deal say still possible to evacuate some 100,000 settlers

By Jean-Luc Renaudie

May 28, 2017
12:51 pm

Illustrative: Line of taxis waiting for passengers (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Deal to lower airport taxi fares collapses

Israel Airports Authority says that while all cab companies can now pick up passengers, prices will remain the same

By Times of Israel staff

May 25, 2017
11:57 pm

Young Arab girls seen studying during a lesson in the elementary school in the Arab neighborhood of Umm Tuba, East Jerusalem, December 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Cabinet to discuss $50 million improvement plan for East Jerusalem

Priorities to include investments in education, improved sewage infrastructure and more efficient trash removal

By Sue Surkes

May 11, 2017
8:25 pm

Striking workers outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on Monday, March 24, 2014. Signs read: 'The couple has no pension' and 'The Foreign Ministry is on the front lines against anti-Semitism' (photo credit: Meital Cohen/Flash90)

Israeli diplomats scrap plan to disrupt Trump visit over wage crisis

Foreign Ministry workers’ union say labor strike called off after treasury agrees to implement salaries agreement within two weeks

By Stuart Winer

May 11, 2017
2:32 pm

Israel's Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Despite wage assurances, Israeli diplomats still intend to disrupt Trump visit

Foreign Ministry workers say they won’t prepare for imminent trip by US president unless a pay deal reached in March is implemented

By Stuart Winer

May 9, 2017
3:59 pm

Diplomats call strike aimed at disrupting Trump visit

Foreign Ministry workers say they won’t prepare for trip by US president later this month due to wage dispute

By Stuart Winer

May 4, 2017
11:08 am

Foreign Ministry workers protest as they strike outside the Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem, March 24, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Foreign Ministry workers threaten to disrupt Trump visit over wage dispute

Disgruntled members of diplomatic corps say Finance Ministry is not following through on agreement to raise salaries

By Stuart Winer

May 3, 2017
6:17 pm

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on May 3, 2017. (Emil Salman/POOL)

Cabinet okays income tax breaks for parents of young children

Treasury proposal must still pass 3 readings in Knesset; Kahlon vows plan will save couples ‘thousands of shekels each year’

By Marissa Newman

April 24, 2017
9:02 pm

Demonstrators protest against the intention to dismantle parts of the new public broadcasting corporation in Tel Aviv on April 1, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Strike called off after union, treasury reach deal on broadcaster

In addition to increased pension benefits, accord requires 65% of staff from shuttering IBA to be rehired by new corporation

By Jacob Magid

April 19, 2017
1:43 pm

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a signing ceremony for an agreement to build thousands of new apartments in the ultra orthodox neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh, April 3, 2017. (Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Tax break plan lays bare simmering rift between Netanyahu, Kahlon

Finance minister vows to go ahead with the move ‘as is’ despite threats from Likud lawmakers to block initiative after snub

By Raoul Wootliff

April 11, 2017
2:19 pm

Illustrative: A demonstration outside the offices of Welfare and Finance Ministries attended by hundreds of disabled people in Jerusalem on Oct 25, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Finance Ministry raises disability benefits by 50 percent

Move falls short of demands of the disabled, who are asking for stipend equivalent of the minimum wage

By Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2017
7:46 pm

A Rolls Royce car parked at the Tel Aviv-Jaffo port, on November 15, 2014. (Nati SHohat/FLASH90)

Israel’s 400 richest: Middle-aged, living in Tel Aviv, and 89% men

Finance Ministry publishes study on the country’s 400 wealthiest citizens, who earn an annual average of NIS 36.8 million ($10.1 million)

By Alexander Fulbright

March 29, 2017
2:49 pm

New airport taxi system aims to drop price for passengers

Decades-old monopoly to be replaced with arrangement in which all cabs can collect arriving travelers

By Stuart Winer

Topic: Finance Ministry

Israel’s new tech funds raise both hackles and hope

Israel is setting up four high tech investment funds backed by state guarantees and traded on the stock exchange

Finance minister expands low-cost housing plan with 15,000 new homes

Moshe Kahlon hopes steps will help rein in rising prices, with projects planned in 24 towns, including near Tel Aviv

Billions spent on settlements since Israel captured West Bank

Despite large investment of government resources, proponents of peace deal say still possible to evacuate some 100,000 settlers

Deal to lower airport taxi fares collapses

Israel Airports Authority says that while all cab companies can now pick up passengers, prices will remain the same

Cabinet to discuss $50 million improvement plan for East Jerusalem

Priorities to include investments in education, improved sewage infrastructure and more efficient trash removal

Israeli diplomats scrap plan to disrupt Trump visit over wage crisis

Foreign Ministry workers’ union say labor strike called off after treasury agrees to implement salaries agreement within two weeks

Despite wage assurances, Israeli diplomats still intend to disrupt Trump visit

Foreign Ministry workers say they won’t prepare for imminent trip by US president unless a pay deal reached in March is implemented

Diplomats call strike aimed at disrupting Trump visit

Foreign Ministry workers say they won’t prepare for trip by US president later this month due to wage dispute

Foreign Ministry workers threaten to disrupt Trump visit over wage dispute

Disgruntled members of diplomatic corps say Finance Ministry is not following through on agreement to raise salaries

Cabinet okays income tax breaks for parents of young children

Treasury proposal must still pass 3 readings in Knesset; Kahlon vows plan will save couples ‘thousands of shekels each year’

Strike called off after union, treasury reach deal on broadcaster

In addition to increased pension benefits, accord requires 65% of staff from shuttering IBA to be rehired by new corporation

Tax break plan lays bare simmering rift between Netanyahu, Kahlon

Finance minister vows to go ahead with the move ‘as is’ despite threats from Likud lawmakers to block initiative after snub

Finance Ministry raises disability benefits by 50 percent

Move falls short of demands of the disabled, who are asking for stipend equivalent of the minimum wage

Israel’s 400 richest: Middle-aged, living in Tel Aviv, and 89% men

Finance Ministry publishes study on the country’s 400 wealthiest citizens, who earn an annual average of NIS 36.8 million ($10.1 million)

New airport taxi system aims to drop price for passengers

Decades-old monopoly to be replaced with arrangement in which all cabs can collect arriving travelers

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