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Nir Barakat accused Qatar of being the world's leading sponsor of terrorism and called on Israel to take legislative action declaring it a terror-supporting state

Nir Barkat urges Israel to declare Qatar a terror-supporting nation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Israel removes all remaining tariffs on US imports

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks during a press conference at his office in Tel Aviv, March 12, 2024.

Nir Barkat apologizes for comments over freed hostage Eli Sharabi's testimony

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Economy Minister Nir Barkat

'This is not North Korea': Nir Barkat calls Netanyahu 'supreme leader'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat is seen shaking hands with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyễn Hồng Diên.

Israel and Vietnam reignite relations with new free trade agreement

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE OR LAMISHPACHOT choir sings at an ICEJ gathering last Sunday at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem.

Grapevine October 25, 2024: With a little help from our friends

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

An El Al plane in Ben-Gurion Airport.

El Al sets four fixed-price destinations to keep skies open amid airline cancelations

Prime Minister Netanyahu while Israel committee approves EU import reform

New reform that would allow Israel to import products marketed in EU passes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Economy Minister Nir Barkat seen during a plenum session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2024

'It's your time to decide': Former minister calls for Nir Barkat to leave government

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Economy Minister Nir Barkat

Nir Barkat threatens Likud opposition on haredi draft bill, Netanyahu fires back

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , ELIAV BREUER

"Together we will win," reads a skyscraper in Tel Aviv

Jerusalem Unity Prize to be awarded on 10th anniversary of murder of kidnapped yeshiva students

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

BARKAT BELIEVES there will be a post-war ‘economic rebound.’

‘Throw Qatar out of the equation’: Nir Barkat’s approach to post-war Gaza

By ELIAV BREUER

Amal Asad

Nir Barkat's former commander: 'Don't come to the Remembrance Day ceremony, you abandoned us'

Then-US Senator Joe Lieberman meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2009, following a Knesset election that would soon return Netanyahu to the Prime Minister's Office.

Israel needs leaders like Joe Lieberman to save the country from Netanyahu - opinion

Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks during a press conference at his office in Tel Aviv, March 12, 2024.

Israeli economy minister calls on public to boycott food giant Strauss

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference. June 6, 2023

Black stickers: The government's new plan to shame companies raising prices during war

By Yuval Barnea

Prime Minister Netanyahu while Israel committee approves EU import reform

Israel's Knesset committee approves EU import reform

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF