Huldai announces plan to tackle rising cost of living in Tel Aviv, which sources say is meant to prepare the ground for the 2023 municipal elections

Rally organizer Guy Lerer, host of current affairs show, says public 'crying out' and taking to the streets over skyrocketing prices; boxes of basic foodstuffs distributed at event

Israel records highest financial growth rate in 21 years; Liberman credits government's policy of 'living alongside the coronavirus'

Bennett and Liberman's proposal to address cost of living is met with criticism from protesters, members of the coalition and opposition forces alike

Opposition and coalition members criticize Bennett, Liberman plan, saying it neglects certain groups

Plan to add tax benefits, lower tariffs on various products and increase competition expected to cost state coffers some NIS 4.4 billion in 2022

Bennett says competition is best tool for mitigating price hikes; Finance Ministry expected to present plan next week

Report says Liberman will present plan next week that could also include subsidizing part of electricity price hike and further cuts to import duties

After initially delaying move amid a massive backlash, company says it is canceling increase in prices despite 'unprecedented rise in operating costs'

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