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Israeli ministry dealing and overseeing all matters concerning country's economy
  Kiryat Shmona: The residents were evacuated from their homes

Non-evacuated northern towns are on verge of collapse, govt. remains silent

By AVICHAY CHAIM
 Market data is seen on part of an electronic board displayed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 4, 2020

Israel-Hamas war doubles Israel's debt raising in 2023

By REUTERS
 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, March 20, 2024.

The price of the Gaza war: How much will Israelis pay for more soldiers?

 The Finance Ministry offices are seen on May 14, 2023

Finance Ministry: Raise of minimum wage 'will lead to our collapse'

 The money found in the Gaza Strip

How record-breaking bond offering is part of Israel’s strategy to fund gov’t

By EVE YOUNG , REUTERS
 Yahli Rotenberg

Highest demand in history: Israel raised $8 billion abroad

AvrahamShochatFacial

Former finance minister Avraham ‘Beiga’ Shochat dies at 87

 Illustration image of a man fueling his car at a gas station, in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2022.

Gas prices throughout Israel set to rise Thursday night

 Income Tax and Property Tax Department at the Finance Ministry

Gov't to raise taxes, take $60b. loan to cover Gaza war costs

People crying and hugging with the Israeli flag in the background

Governmental effort to charge fee for psychiatric emergency room visits causes outrage

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference, February 14, 2024.

Israel increases sum planned to deduct from PA taxes, cites 'pay-to-slay' policy

By Barak Ravid
 General view of the Ministry of Health building in Jerusalem October 17, 2021.

Health, Finance ministries support increase in health taxes

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at PA headquarters in Ramallah.

US seeks to financially assist the PA so it can control Gaza after war - WSJ

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confer in the Knesset, last week. Moody’s announcement on lowering Israel’s credit rating is viewed by both Netanyahu and Smotrich as politically motivated, the writer notes.

Israel’s surreal economic reality during the war

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader MK Benny Gantz are seen moving to shake hands in the Knesset amid the vote on the controversial reasonableness standard bill, in Jerusalem, on Monday, July 24, 2023.

Israeli government violating Basic Law by delaying state budget

 A Palestinian whose house was destroyed during Israel's offensive, shows money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 28, 2009.

Norway agrees to Israeli request to hold Gaza fees in escrow

By REUTERS
 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the cabinet meeting. January 15, 2024.

Israeli cabinet approves controversial wartime budget for 2024

Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel offices in Jerusalem, on January 2, 2022.

Bank of Israel chief urges Netanyahu to keep fiscal discipline

By REUTERS