Tag: Finance Ministry

Likud MK Avi Dichter told Reshet Bet radio on Monday that "8% of the PA budget goes to paying salaries to terrorists."

Israelis study more years than in other OECD countries, and the percentage of people with higher education is high, but the quality of Israeli education is low, resulting in low productivity and low wages. Ouch.

Hey, maybe they could send Shin Bet agents to rob tourists' of their cash, watches and jewelry, that could bring down that deficit real good.

The Jerusalem municipality is also to receive some NIS 600 million in funding from the Israel Lands Authority for development of the city.

The financial penalty mandated by the Deduction Law will be determined by the annual Defense Ministry report.

Intel's management has been playing coy about the deal, claiming the deal is still open and the plant could be based in Ireland, the US or Israel.

“This is a dramatic move that was approved only after it passed all the meticulous procedures by professionals in Israel."

Last week, Israel's Electricity Authority announced a rise in the cost of electricity to consumers in 2019 of between 6% and 8%.

On Sunday, coalition MK Rachel Azarya (Kuanu) joined the growing opposition to the Regev bill, and called for removing it from the Knesset agenda.

Potential olim and returning citizens would be more reluctant to come to Israel if they foresee disputes with the Tax Authority.

The job action comes after the government ignored repeated requests for increased enforcement and implementation of international standards to solve workplace safety issues.

Till recently, those convicted of organizing poker tournaments were liable to face up to three years in prison.

The money is being allocated for emergency preparedness and for the maintenance of routine services for residents in the communities along the Gaza border.

The new agreement will “improve the quality of care for infants and correct an injustice for the care providers,” says Social Services Minister Haim Katz.

They will be cared for by 194,000 teachers.

The kashrut supervisors were employed directly by the State of Israel and now are required to work for an outsourcing firm.

The Rabbinical Council concluded its statement with a last-ditch effort to eliminate much of its decision, insisting that it "views the operation of the kashrut system by the religious councils as the correct alternative."

It took the market a little more than a year to figure where Kahlon was headed and since the third quarter of 2016 there has been a 40% free fall in building starts in Israel.

“We are preparing a new plan to support Gaza-vicinity communities, similar to that which was implemented after operation Protective Edge.”

The investment, which will be spread out over the next two years, is expected to inject new life into the hi-tech sector in the periphery.

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said Thursday that he would cut income tax for “working couples” immediately after the Passover holiday.

The move came after a year-long struggle by the Israeli “Avir Naki” (“Smoke Free Israel” organization and Likud MK Yehuda Glick.

The deal means Elbit headquarters and all its facilities will move from Ramat Hasharon to the Negev, and a new defense complex will open in the industrial part south of Be'er Sheva.

According to the Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority at the Finance Ministry, some 6,200 Holocaust survivors who live in Israel receive pension payments from Germany.

All city services will be affected except the schools.

“I call on the public to attend the prayer and to bring umbrellas, because together we will rip open the skies.”

“A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.”

By law, if a decision is not made by the end of the year, the surplus money will automatically go to finance the budget deficit – bringing it down to about 1.5 percent, 50 percent below the budget deficit target.

Justice Rubinstein noted that the anti-migrant employment policy is consistent with the government's decision to increase employment opportunities for Israelis.

Kahlon said the ministry would use "any and all means at its disposal. . . against any organization that undermines the State of Israel or IDF soldiers."