In letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Smotrich, senior economists call for changing budget priorities and stopping previously planned discretionary allocation
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Protest leader declares 'the masks have finally come off' after coalition approves reasonableness law without any opposition support, as demonstrators vow to maintain opposition

Jacob Frenkel predicts economic 'catastrophe' if further judicial legislation advances without consensus, says Netanyahu now 'on the list of people' that Moody's doesn't believe

Tel Aviv anti-overhaul rally to kick off with national anthem sung by teen girl whose performance was nixed over ultra-Orthodox man in audience; ex-Bank of Israel chief to speak

'Wake up before the country goes downhill': Jacob Frenkel escalates rhetoric against 'irresponsible' advance of legal overhaul, threat to central bank's independence

Reported emergency summit of Financial Stability Committee comes after shekel weakens to lowest point in years, compounding worries over rising rate hikes, judicial makeover push

Ex-Bank of Israel chief, who later chaired JP Morgan's int'l business, says PM shouldn't brush off concerns expressed by US banking giant: 'There's a danger of losing everything'

Jacob Frenkel, Karnit Flug say 'strength of judicial system a central factor determining Israeli economy's status in world'; dozens of companies plan strike Tuesday

Speaking in Tel Aviv, Fischer says he is 'very, very worried'; the US-China trade war 'causes a lot of damage to the world economy'