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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Israel's budget shows that self-preservation tops government priorities

By JPOST EDITORIAL

THE OFFICES of the Central Bureau of Statistics in Jerusalem: The bureau reports that foreign investments in Israel increased by $5.9 billion in the second quarter of 2024, the largest financial increase since early 2023, the writer notes.

Israeli economic and social resilience shines amid war challenges

An empty classroom

The true cost of a shorter school week: The cheap solution will cost us dearly

By Lizy Delaricha

Eltron company is part of the Trelidor group /

Metal solution: Eltron company won the tender of the Airports Authority

THE WRITER speaks at the Lynx Future of AI & FinTech Junction conference last month in Tel Aviv.

I got a nerve block for PTSD, here's what happened

By SOPHIA TUPOLEV-LUZ

A cybersecurity employee from the Paris 2024 flying squad manages a simulated cyber attack and pretends to resolve it from a computer on the Olympic site which will host the hockey events at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France, May 3, 2024.

Startup Nation Central CEO: Israel leads cyber security boon despite war

By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 25, 2023.

Budget deficit could pass 10% at years end, opposition MKs warn

By ELIAV BREUER

Israeli customers at a McDonald's restaurant in Tel Aviv March 2, 2006.

McDonald's to rebuy 225 Israeli stores after outburst of pro-Palestinian boycotts, protests

By REUTERS

Bank Leumi President & CEO Hanan Friedman at the conference.

Bank Leumi president & CEO: 'The government must eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy'

By LIOR NOVIK

People shop for groceries at the Shufersal Deal supermarket in Katsrin, Golan Heights, on February 9, 2024.

Barkat opens WhatsApp group for retail heads to coordinate price freeze

IN JANUARY, Bill Ackman and his wife Neri Oxman bought 4.9% of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange for $25 million in a move that signaled confidence in the Israeli economy. The writer asks: What if similarly influential businesspeople set aside a cumulative investment of $1 billion in Israeli tech startup

The war has taken its toll, Israel needs investments in innovation - opinion

Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni speaks during a discussion on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 12, 2024.

Israel's Knesset begins marathon debate on new 2024 budget

By ELIAV BREUER

The Blue & White brand collective supports the Israeli economy

By Lee Sibyla/Walla!

Salary differences

Women in Israeli government offices earn NIS 3,300 less than men

By MATAN WASSERMAN

Reservists train during a battalion wide exercise in the Golan Heights.

Each day, 60 wounded IDF soldiers are treated for physical, mental wounds

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

An aeriel view of the Israeli 'Tamar' gas processing rig 24 km off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon. Noble Energy and Delek are the main partners in the Tamar gas field, estimated to contain 10 trillion cubic feet of gas. June 23, 2014. Photo by Moshe Shai/FLASH90

Chevron advances Tamar gas project with phase two expansion

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Morgan Stanley worldwide headquarters building is pictured in New York

Investors not affected by Moody's: Only small decreases in the stock market

By TZALLY GREENBERG

STRAUSS’S BUSINESS in Israel accounts for only about half of its revenue.

Strauss Group's rocky road back: A look into the future of Strauss

By Netanel Ariel