It’s a pattern too consistent to be coincidence: A dramatic crisis opens the political window for change, and Israeli governments find the courage to step through it

Decision could hand up to NIS 400,000 ($113,000) per business; move comes after criticism that Israel is abandoning battered businesses at their time of need

In phone call, Yuval Carmi -- who has become a symbol of the virus’s financial toll -- places blame for economic hardship on PM's advisers rather than the premier himself

Yuval Carmi, banned from operating his shop amid pandemic and deep in debt, pleads for Netanyahu's help: 'I'm embarrassed from my children. I have nothing to give them to eat'

Amir Peretz calls United Right member a 'hilltop youth' for decrying his proposals as 'extreme socialism'