israeli economy

Economy Minister Barkat opened WhatsApp group for retail heads – Israel Politics

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Economy Minister Nir Barkat opened a WhatsApp group with around 20 of Israel’s major retailers, asking them to lobby the head of Israel’s Competition Authority to allow them to coordinate prices in order to freeze price increases, Israeli media reported Wednesday evening. The group was closed for responses, and only Barkat, the admin, was … Read more

Israel’s Knesset begins marathon debate on new 2024 budget – Israel Politics

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Israel’s Knesset on Tuesday began a marathon debate to approve a controversial updated version of the 2024 national budget. The national budget in effect is a package of bills that are passed together. The first is the actual budget of each government ministry for the year 2024; the second sets the government’s spending ceiling … Read more