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Advancing legislation to expand military pensions, with backing of rebel Yamina MK, seen as key to ending Defense Minister Benny Gantz's boycott of Knesset votes

Israel records highest financial growth rate in 21 years; Liberman credits government's policy of 'living alongside the coronavirus'

When Likud and Shas members of Knesset furiously attacked the plan to lower the cost of living, this was normal and natural, as they are in the opposition. But when membe

The 'Minimum 40' movement has protested Finance Minister Liberman’s plan to increase the minimum wage, arguing that this undermines a current law that could more significantly increase wages.

Experts say lack of competition allows companies like Osem - one of Israel’s largest food manufacturers - to increase prices of essential goods in midst of pandemic; Israel needs to urgently educe bureaucratic hurdles to save economy

A special Knesset meeting took place after a recent wave in food and household prices that upset many.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Eleven years after the July 2011 socioeconomic protests, disgruntled consumers are headed back to the streets.

Taxes, red tape and failing infrastructure exacerbate issue, and food prices are just the beginning.

Serious cases rise to 387 as Omicron continues to rampage; but virus transmission rate continues steady decline seen in past few days

6 coalition members -- including two ministers -- and 8 opposition MKs are isolating after testing positive, as UTJ's Yitzhak Pindrus and Religious Zionism's Ofir Sofer join list