Diplomat joins fellow companies following a massive backlash by politicians and the general public, who are already contending with jumps in the cost of electricity and gasoline

Histadrut labor chief threatens widespread protest as only handful of companies answer government call to not burden consumers during pandemic

Finance minister claims Israel experiencing 'mildest price rise in the world'; Bennett, Lapid, Liberman said set to discuss handouts to businesses

Week after resigning from Knesset in plea deal, leader of ultra-Orthodox Shas party releases video accusing government of stoking high cost of living

Ministries threaten to 'take the required steps to secure a fair, competitive economy,' in letters to Osem, Strauss and 5 other food firms

COVID-19 reproduction number dips below 1 for first time since November, but PM warns against premature celebration of end to Omicron outbreak

PM says new right-wing bloc taking shape; Ayelet Shaked's role said to be unclear, according to unsourced TV report

Finance minister says situation is 'as good as we could have dreamed,' expresses doubt that Omicron wave has collapsed businesses 'within 20 days'

Justice and finance ministers announce compensation for 'tremendous loss' in Israel's worst peacetime disaster

Serious cases still rising but expert says Israel may be at wave's peak with tens of thousands of undetected daily infections; finance, culture ministers announce aid for art world