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 New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

What is the Israel gov't proposed 'Arnona Fund?' - analysis

 The new Carrefour supermarket opened in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 8, 2023.

Carrefour's Israel launch could spark much-needed market competition

Apartment for sale in Jerusalem

Israel to permit financing of apartment purchases in installments

By YEHUDA SHARONI/MAARIV
 Is the price of milk in Israel only going to continue to rise? (illustrative)

Milk and housing markets are among cost of living casualties - Comptroller

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

Forget judicial reform – make life in Israel affordable - editorial

 Milk prices are set to rise by more than 9%.

Milk prices rise by 9.28%, increase to double over the next three years

 Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich during a Knesset vote this week.

High cost of living by far most important issue for gov't to treat - poll

 A man looks at a festive table as it is lifted above the ground as part of an installation titled ‘The Unreachable Meal’ organized by Latet, a charity established to help fight poverty in Israel, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.

'Economic hell': High prices push Israelis to poverty, exile - opinion

By SHOSHANA TITA
 Illustrative image of makeup.

Cosmetics competition reform will open market, lower prices - Health Ministry

 Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022.

Cost of living in Israel, Palestinian territories continues to climb

By MOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
THE COURTYARD of the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem.

Grapevine: Uncut cord

 Online shopping illustrative.

VAT exemption for online shopping gains support amid cost of living crisis

By Lior Novik/Maariv
 A sign reading "for rent" outsdie a former shop in central  Tel Aviv, on August 26, 2020

Israeli apartment rents rising at fastest rate since 2008

By Arik Mirovsky/Globes/TNS
 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a conference of the Religious Zionist Party, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2023.

Smotrich unveils Israel's state budget, economic plan to fight inflation

 Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Knesset holds session to approve state funding on both of Netanyahu's private residences