64.6 F
San Diego
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Home Tags Israeli Ministry of Finance

Tag: Israeli Ministry of Finance

Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on July 1, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli Treasury: Lockdown will cost $3.4 billion, not $5.7 billion as projected

0
Israel’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday issued an updated projection for the economic impact of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown currently in effect, from NIS 20 billion ($5.7 billion) down to about NIS 12 billion ($3.4...
Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on July 1, 2020. Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Second lockdown to cost Israel upward of $4 billion, says Israeli Finance Ministry

0
A month-long coronavirus lockdown will cost the Israeli economy between NIS 15 and 20 billion ($4.3 to $5.7 billion), the country’s Finance Ministry said over the weekend. A senior ministry official stressed that the estimate...
Independent business owners and workers from the tourism sector protest outside the Israeli Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, on June 30, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s industrial sector to receive $323 million in government assistance

0
Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz and Economy and Industry Minister Amir Peretz have agreed on a plan to bolster investment and employment in Israel’s industrial sector, which is suffering due to the economic fallout...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lead the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu calls for $960 million supplement to defense budget

0
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the Finance Ministry, together with the National Security Council and defense officials, to locate budgetary sources for a NIS 3.3 billion ($960 million) supplement to the defense budget...
Nurses at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan protest their work conditions, on July 20, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Nurses in Israel end their nationwide strike

0
Nurses in Israel returned to work on Tuesday, a day after launching a nationwide strike on Monday to protest staff shortages exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis. The National Association of Nurses agreed to end the strike after...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice Prime Minister Benny Gantz lead the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel approves coronavirus financial-aid package for small-business owners

0
The Israeli government approved a new financial-aid package on Sunday for self-employed businesses that have been struggling due to coronavirus restrictions. The package presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz...