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Follow Mar. 8, 2021 Two years of political chaos will end after Election Day, March 23, with the formation of a stable government that has a clear vision and priorities. Or not. The results of the next election and the composition of the next government look increasingly unclear. All options are open. But the inescapable fact is that whatever government is formed will have to decide on what socioeconomic model Israel is going to have in the post-coronavirus era. Ostensibly, the model was decided back in 1977, when the government of Menachem Begin vowed to create a capitalist economy and free ...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio Over the past three days, U.S. officials have held feverish discussions about this issue, both among themselves and with their European partners in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. U.S. President Joe Biden’s stated position is that sanctions won’t be removed until Iran ceases its violations of the deal and resumes full compliance. Iran, in contrast, insists that sanctions must be lifted before the sides can even start talking. How much room for negotiations remains between these two adamant positions that mark the path of “careful...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio It was signed by the head of the Sharia Supreme Judicial Council in the Strip, Hassan al-Jojo, who is also the president of the Sharia Supreme Court in the coastal enclave. The first section of the circular is considered relatively positive and is meant to prevent children from being forcibly removed from the care of their mothers. It prohibits the father from traveling with his children without their mother’s permission (when the children are of an age at which their mother is their guardian). The second section permits a divorced fa...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The Defense Ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced the policy change on Thursday, allowing workers to come into Israel daily. Israel has refused to vaccinate any of the Palestinian workers. A Health Ministry statement from February 10 says that Palestinians working in Israel legally or not will not be vaccinated against COVID. Most of these workers are employed in the construction industry. On Thursday the head of the construction union, Raoul Sarugo was scheduled to meet with officials ...

Feb. 15, 2021 High-tech executives are warning that the Israel Tax Authority could undermine the work of many of the hundreds of multinational research and development centers in the country if it goes through with plans to revise the way many of them are taxed. The authority is weighing a plan to stop calculating taxes based on the cost-plus system, in which a fixed rate of profit is derived from the center’s costs. Instead, it would tax them based on their parent company’s global profits and the local center’s estimated contribution to them. Why Bibi could play ball with Biden over Ir...