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Wearing bulletproof vests, workers at Kibbutz Amir's dairy farm near the northern border continue to milk the cows during the ongoing war against Iran, March, 2026. (Via Israel Dairy Board)
March 10, 2026, 11:02 pm
Government pulls controversial dairy reform from upcoming budget
Farmers, kibbutz, moshav movements, welcome move, call for dialogue to reach deal that will strengthen economy, lower cost of living, bolster local production
By Ariela Karmel and Sue Surkes
Avi Fraiman, the CEO of Kibbutz Alumim's dairy in southern Israel, January 13, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 4, 2026, 1:19 pm
Amid Finance Ministry dairy reform, besieged Gaza border farm’s fate is curdling, says CEO
Outgoing head Avi Fraiman, who has spent 43 years working at Kibbutz Alumim’s milk farm, says the government should target big food cartels rather than have a cow about the dairies
By Sue Surkes
Dairy farmers and their supporters protest against the milk reform led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at HaGoma Junction near the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, January 5, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
February 2, 2026, 3:33 pm
Farmers threaten to stop supplying milk in protest at dairy reform
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hits back at ‘communist’ industry, says when there is real competition from imports, such threats will be ‘a joke’
By Sue Surkes
Shoppers and supermarket staff seen at the new branch of a Mahsanei HaShuk chain in Katzrin, on the Golan Heights, on November 22, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 3, 2025, 1:57 pm
Along with soaring prices, Israel rings in 2025 with economic reforms, but will they work?
With a few behemoths dominating imports of food, cosmetics and other products, changes are intended to lower costs including by boosting competition; experts have their doubts
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Products on shelves at a Carrefour Israel supermarket. (Courtesy)
July 4, 2024, 11:48 pm
Ministers approve reform to cut bureaucratic red tape surrounding imported goods
‘What’s good for Europe is good for Israel’ program to automatically approve products with European quality standards or certification without additional regulations, cutting costs
By Sharon Wrobel
People ride bicycles on empty Jerusalem roads on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest of Jewish holidays, September 16, 2021. (Flash90)
January 5, 2022, 4:41 pm
Israel to ease rules on imports of goods to boost competition, reduce cost of living
Economy Ministry says thousands of items — electronics, bicycles, eyewear, toys — that already meet international standards will benefit from reform of regulations
By Ricky Ben-David
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid (left) and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman give a press conference in Jerusalem on November 6, 2021. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)
November 7, 2021, 2:15 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 7 – What does the newly passed budget portend for Netanyahu?
ToI founding editor David Horovitz and Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben David discuss the details of the coalition’s budget success, as well as recent religious scuffles
By ToI Staff
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-education minister Naftali Bennett (left) at the annual Bible Quiz at the Jerusalem Theatre on Independence Day, April 19, 2018. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
August 8, 2021, 5:58 am
Budget shows Bennett-Lapid gov’t aims to transform Israel, as Netanyahu once did
It’s a pattern too consistent to be coincidence: A dramatic crisis opens the political window for change, and Israeli governments find the courage to step through it
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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