New high tech incubators to get millions in fundingThe Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) launched a competitive proceeding to establish new high-tech incubators with up to a 40 million Sheke...
20 Jul, 2025, 11.30 PM IST
Israel to raise defence spending to meet security challengesIsrael is set to increase its defence budget by 42 billion shekels over the next two years to address escalating security challenges. The a...
17 Jul, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
Can Israel keep paying for its war with Iran? Defence experts say it goes at $725 million a day and...Israel’s twin conflicts in Gaza and Iran have pushed its defence spending to historic highs, with the country now burning through over $725...
18 Jun, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
Hundreds of millions allocated for more private bomb shelters in north IsraelIsrael's Ministry of Defense and the IDF Home Front Command have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Finance to build about 10,000 new...
02 Dec, 2024, 06.49 AM IST
Israeli cabinet set to approve austerity budget amid warsIsraeli cabinet ministers are set to vote on the 2025 wartime budget, aiming to control spending and increase taxes to fund military confli...
31 Oct, 2024, 09.39 PM IST
Fitch cuts Israel's credit rating to 'A' as Middle East tensions riseFitch downgraded Israel's credit rating to "A" from "A-plus" due to escalating geopolitical risks and prolonged conflict in Gaza. The agenc...
13 Aug, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
Despite war needs, Israel's military should not get a 'blank check' -cenbank chiefBank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron supported forming a committee to scrutinize Israel's defense budget, emphasizing that the ongoing war do...
30 May, 2024, 06.27 PM IST
Israel's forex reserves rise by $6.5 B in DecemberReserves in November stood at $198.169 billion and rose in December mainly due to a revaluation that increased the reserves by $5.4 billion...
07 Jan, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
Israel's cost of war: $14 billion, tripling deficitBriefing lawmakers, the ministry's deputy budget commissioner Itai Temk in said the war was expected to stretch at least two months into 20...
26 Dec, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
Tel Aviv bourse says no unusual trading ahead of Oct 7 Hamas attackThe activity, they said, "exceeded the short-selling that occurred during numerous other periods of crisis" such as the 2008 financial cris...
06 Dec, 2023, 07.50 AM IST
War with Hamas to cost Israel above $50 billion: ReportHalf of the cost would be in defence expenses that amount to some 1 billion shekels a day. Another 40-60 billion shekels would come from a ...
06 Nov, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
Israel to deduct money earmarked for Gaza from tax transfers to Palestinian AuthorityIsrael's security cabinet decided to take money from tax revenues it transfers to the Palestinian Authority and set it aside for Gaza. Furt...
03 Nov, 2023, 02.12 PM IST
Israel's shekel sinks to lowest since 2016, default insurances soarFive-year credit default swaps, which pay the owner in the event of an bond issuer defaulting, have risen to 93 basis, well above Friday's ...
11 Oct, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
Shekel slumps despite $45-billion central bank pledgeThe central bank said it would sell as much as $30 billion and extend up to $15 billion through swap mechanisms as part of an unprecedented...
10 Oct, 2023, 05.27 AM IST
Bank of Israel to sell up to $30 billion of forex to stabilise shekelThe shekel had already weakened by 10% so far in 2023 to a rate of 3.86 per dollar on political turmoil, and on the heels of what is expect...
09 Oct, 2023, 08.36 PM IST
Middle East stock markets plunge as Israel goes to war with HamasThe surprise attack by Hamas on Israel has had a significant impact on Middle East markets, with stocks falling and creating a volatile wee...
08 Oct, 2023, 05.53 PM IST
Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert begins jail term in corruption caseDisgraced former prime minister Ehud Olmert today became Israel's first ex-premier to be jailed as he began serving a 19-month sentence.
15 Feb, 2016, 02.59 PM IST