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A British Airways flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
May 23, 2025, 6:56 pm
British Airways extends flight suspension until July 31, as Aegean returns
Air France extends halt until May 26 at least, as foreign carriers struggle with decision on resuming flights; past week saw return of Wizz Air and Delta
By ToI Staff
Travelers lining up to check in for flights at Ben Gurion Airport, May 7, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 13, 2025, 5:56 pm
Foreign airlines demand passenger compensation changes to lure them back to Israel
In letter to transportation minister, 20 carriers say aviation law providing indemnity for passengers was not designed for extended period of emergency, like the ongoing war
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. A grocery shopper in the northern town of Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, on July 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 20, 2025, 7:42 pm
Israel launches campaign to fine retail chains failing to display prices on products
Economy minister steps up enforcement of law mandating that supermarkets and retail chains show costs of items; calls on consumers to report retailers
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Imagindairy uses precision fermentation technology to teach microorganisms such as yeast or fungi to produce animal-free milk proteins. (Tal Shahar/Imagindairy)
November 25, 2024, 5:25 pm
Foodtech startup gets regulatory nod for protein to sell cow-free milk in Israel
Imagindairy seeks to partner with food companies for the production of dairy products like cheeses, yogurts, and ice cream made with its animal-free protein
By Sharon Wrobel
A man stands at a cash machine of the Israel Discount Bank in Jerusalem, on July 1, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
January 19, 2023, 3:07 pm
Finance minister requires Israel Discount Bank to spin off its credit card business
Israel’s fourth-largest bank needs to sell CAL as part of government policy to boost competition in the consumer credit market, Smotrich says
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and staff from the Prime Minister's Office learn what relevant ministries are doing to prepare for climate change at the Kirya in Tel Aviv, on August 31, 2022. (Haim Zach, GPO)
August 31, 2022, 7:25 pm
Lapid, senior staff meet top officials to discuss climate crisis
Energy minister tells PM she will plan for cabinet approval on Sunday to ease regulations for solar panels, exempt renewable technologies from import tax
By Sue Surkes
One of phosphate plants. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
February 7, 2022, 7:12 pm
Government issues plan to cut red tape in environmental licensing, help business
Proposals include expanding right of businesses to appeal; advocacy group urges, ‘Don’t let bureaucratic simplification water down environmental demands’
By Sue Surkes
Haifa's industrial area. (Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
November 9, 2021, 10:37 am
Manufacturers say businesses aiming for zero emissions need less bureaucracy
According to Manufacturers Association of Israel representative at COP26: Companies are willing to spend, but it’s hard to progress
By Sue Surkes
The unrecognized Bedouin villages around the Ramat Hovav industrial area in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chemical evaporation ponds and an Israel Electric Company power plant, December 28, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
July 28, 2021, 10:35 pm
Environment minister slams plan to weaken pollution regulations to help business
Tamar Zandberg says proposal in Economic Arrangements Bill would leave ministry with ‘responsibility but no authority,’ posing risk to public health, environment
By Sue Surkes
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, left to right, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar and deputy minister Abir Kara present new plan to cut back Israeli red tape; Jerusalem , July 6, 2021 (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
July 6, 2021, 12:20 pm
Israel strives for ‘smart regulation’ to help boost post-COVID economy
Over-regulation weighs down growth, productivity, report says, calling for new regulatory authority; cutting down rules could generate up to NIS 100 billion for economy
By Shoshanna Solomon
View of the oil refineries in Haifa Bay, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
July 9, 2020, 12:12 pm
Government set to weaken pollution regulations to help business
Activists warn that moves to ‘strike balance’ between economic costs, health benefits of limiting pollution and toxic substances will set back public’s protection ‘by decades’
By Sue Surkes
Cars stuck in a traffic jam on Highway 2 (Coastal Road) on the eve of Passover, April 19, 2018. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
June 1, 2020, 8:37 pm
Government considers allowing public sector to work from home once a week
Move would bring environmental benefits and could save state NIS 850 million per year, Knesset committee hears
By Sue Surkes
View of the oil refineries in Haifa Bay, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)
September 11, 2019, 7:01 pm
Ex-chief scientist: Bid to cut emissions regulations could endanger lives
Dr. Sinaia Netanyahu, formerly of the Environmental Protection Ministry, slams apparent attempts by Prime Minister’s Office to inject economic considerations into ecological policy
By Sue Surkes
Part of the organic farm at Hadassah Meir-Shfeyah youth village. (Times of Israel)
July 4, 2019, 12:58 pm
OECD knocks Israel’s ‘protectionist’ agricultural policies
Consumer prices driven up by tariffs, says economic organization in report
By ToI Staff
Train tracks and the Ayalon highway in central Tel Aviv, with the Azrieli Towers as a backdrop, December 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 15, 2018, 4:17 pm
Israel could gain from increased competition, public spending, OECD says
Separately, new OECD report on regulation in Israel says situation has improved, but more needs to be done
By Shoshanna Solomon
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