Trying to persuade activist group for small business owners to back him, PM asserts allies on religious right will allow him to pass economic reforms: 'They vote for what I want'

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

Plan, which requires Knesset approval to change relevant laws, will extend unemployment benefits, provide grants for businesses and self-employed

Opposition members lash out at government, calling it 'arrogant' and saying it reneged on a deal in a 'completely crazy' move

Tax Authority site fails to save 20% of morning's submissions, forcing thousands to refile paperwork

Netanyahu says Israel can learn from American model of direct allocation of funds to those hit by economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus