Knesset gives final okay to treasury proposal, which outlines grants for the self-employed and businesses hurt by the pandemic, and workers over 67 who have been laid off

Government agrees to payouts for every child, increases funds for newly released soldiers; proposal now expected to be brought for final Knesset votes

Government agrees to payouts for every child; discussions ongoing in Knesset Finance Committee after bill passes first vote

Legislation clears first reading 80-0, sending it to Finance Committee for further mark-up before 2nd and 3rd votes in plenum

Netanyahu says NIS 6.5 billion plan will help 'move the wheels of the economy in order to put people back to work'

Data depicts a situation that is 'grim and more problematic than we previously envisioned at this stage of the crisis,' says high-tech industry organization head

Proposal draws immediate rebuke from left-wing ministers and MKs; one denounces 'fundamentalist capitalist ideas' that 'erode workers' rights during an unprecedented social crisis'

Experts say anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands are taking unskilled jobs to replace the ones they gained years of experience in, but lost due to pandemic

Private citizens making over NIS 640,000 a year and public sector workers making NIS 30,000 a month no longer eligible for stipend

Former Bank of Israel deputy governor Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg says lack of economic leadership has brought unemployment in Israel to among worst of OECD nations