Government report says jobless rate dropped to 7.8%; 'When the country is open, unemployment goes down,' claims Bennett

$1.7b terminal operated by Chinese firm to handle large vessels of some 18,000 containers; Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli says facility to accelerate trade, lower prices

Israel Innovation Authority to back startups and initiatives working to tap into talents of communities underrepresented in industry

Pay for Israeli workers drops 3% to NIS 11,300 per month, as employees return to hospitality and entertainment sectors

Salary increases for lowest wage earners contributed to gender gap in employment, with more women losing work, according to new study

Government report says jobless rate last month climbed to 9%, even after most support was removed; Delta variant may cause further losses

Cabinet is set to review and vote on the Finance Ministry's proposal for the new state budget, but many points of disasgreement remain between ministers

Ratings agency expects debt to decline as COVID wanes, new government advances budget; notes coalition fragility, regional security risks

'There could be a very big crisis here': Meretz’s Nitzan Horowitz threatens to withdraw support from state budget, which will need full coalition support to pass

In recent years, Ashdod has grown to become the sixth-largest city in Israel, having doubled its population within a space of two decades