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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 590

middle class

This July 6, 2019, photo shows residential towers in District 22 that consists of apartment high-rises and shopping malls arranged around an artificial lake called Chitgar, under construction on the northwestern edge of Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
July 23, 2019, 1:42 pm
US sanctions squeeze Iran middle class, upend housing sector
Families are hit hard by the collapse of the national currency, accelerating inflation, eroding wages and spike in housing prices — fallout from unprecedented American measures
By Karin Laub and MOHAMMED NASIRI
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on May 3, 2017. (Emil Salman/POOL)
May 3, 2017, 6:17 pm
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
Worker at a Jerusalem pharmacy (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
August 24, 2015, 7:14 pm
Pharmacy offers Arabs career boost, enhanced ties with Jews
Over a third of Israeli pharmacists are members of Arab communities, providing a road – if a bumpy one – to the Israeli middle class
By David Shamah
Palestinians swim in the Mediterranean Sea at a beach in Gaza City, August 14, 2015. (AFP/MOHAMMED ABED)
From the WebAugust 24, 2015, 9:22 am
In Gaza, tiny middle class enjoys spin classes, fine dining
Though caught between the restrictions of Israel’s blockade and Hamas rulers, some are able to make the best of things
Illustration: A housing construction site. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
August 10, 2015, 3:27 am
June marks all-time high for property buying in single month
Israelis raced to purchase some 16,000 properties ahead of the Finance Ministry tax hike on second homes
By ToI Staff
Finance minister and leader of the Kulanu party, Moshe Kahlon, at the opening meeting of the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 18, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 24, 2015, 12:48 am
Kahlon moves up homebuyer tax hike, thwarts investors
Finance Ministry surprises with Tuesday night bump in purchase tax on second homes
By Judah Ari Gross
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2015, 6:51 am
Bid to make housing affordable sends buyers scrambling, but will it work?
Finance Minister Kahlon’s purchase tax hikes go into effect on July 1, so there’s a rush to get deals done by then. But experts aren’t sure his plan will really help first time buyers
By Judah Ari Gross
Mark Mellman. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 5, 2015, 6:56 am
‘Yair’s an aggressive guy,’ says Yesh Atid’s campaign guru
US-Jewish strategist Mark Mellman on how he deals with the challenge of a second centrist party focusing on socioeconomic issues
By Raphael Ahren
Bryan Bergman
May 7, 2014, 6:04 pm
Bryan Bergman
Dear Mister Knesset Man: English-speaking olim deserve mention too
Nobody, but nobody is helping immigrants from Western countries – and even MKs who should know better don’t seem to care
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany. (Nati Shohat/Flash90/File)
From the WebMarch 10, 2014, 12:52 pm
Israelis in Berlin signal middle class struggles at home
Bloomberg: The city is home to some 17,000 emigrants from Israel — some of them the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors
Finance Minister Yair Lapid, November 05, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/FLASH90)
November 14, 2013, 10:51 pm
Finance minister urges lowering of bank fees
In meeting with bank heads, Lapid calls on banking sector to increase transparency, help small businesses obtain credit
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Yair Lapid (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2013, 2:25 am
Finance minister pledges help for fictional middle-class ‘Mrs. Cohen’
Israel must not become like Greece or Cyprus, says Yair Lapid, as treasury works to overcome ‘monstrous overdraft’
By Ron Friedman
Yair Lapid speaks at Hebrew University, in December 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2013, 4:33 pm
Likud scorns, Kadima praises center-left unification attempt
Yair Lapid says the parties would do better to join Netanyahu to keep ultra-Orthodox, far-right out of government
By Ilan Ben Zion and Yifa Yaakov
Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich (photo credit: Flash90)
January 5, 2013, 1:59 pm
Yachimovich supports Livni’s idea of center-left alliance against PM, but no meeting yet
Lapid also agrees to talks, but says he won’t ‘ostracize people or parties’
By Yifa Yaakov
Yesh Atid's public petition.
December 15, 2012, 11:28 pm
Yesh Atid party to submit equal service petition
Document calls on public to support only those parties that aim to ease the disproportionate burden shouldered by the middle class
By Yifa Yaakov
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