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

Calcalist: People familiar with matter say US startup will likely fire half of its Tel Avv based team, as part of the reported 1,000 global redundancies

Analysis from Israel Democracy Institute says sky-high numbers of unemployed to inch back down starting in May; tech, industry and business services to make quickest recovery

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'

Group of 13 countries calls for global cooperation to lessen economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Thousands of people have died with COVID-19 symptoms -- many in nursing homes, which have been ravaged by a disease that hits the elderly the hardest -- without ever being tested

1,075,271 out of work; figures show increase in number of people who have lost their jobs, rather then being put on unpaid leave

Critics have blasted the across-the-board grants, saying they aren't targeted at those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic

PM, finance minister agree to ease criteria to receive aid, say they'll raise overall economic support package to NIS 4 billion