israeli economy

Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace hold a rally for divestment from Israel Bonds. (Jewish Voice for Peace)

The divestment drive that could shake Israel’s economic foundations

To fund perpetual war, Israel has grown ever more reliant on issuing bonds. Relinquishing these holdings, often invested passively, disrupts that equation.

By Aharon Porath June 30, 2026

People walk through Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market, partially closed following ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 23, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Is Israel’s genocide economy on the brink?

Economist Shir Hever explains how the Gaza war mobilization propped up a ‘zombie economy’ that appears to function but lacks any future horizon.

By Amos Brison December 16, 2025

Protest against the Israeli government’s plans for judicial overhaul, Washington Square Park, New York, April 2, 2023. (Gili Getz)

Why are American Jews so shocked by Israel’s far-right turn?

Israel's electorate is forcing U.S. Jews to grapple with the dissonance not only between liberal values and Zionism, but their understandings of Judaism itself.

By Shaul Magid April 25, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with cabinet members attending a memorial ceremony marking 24 years since the assassination of former israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in the Knesset on November 10, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The illusion of stability is key to the Israeli right’s rule

The right portrayed Israel as an island immune to the world’s political and economic turmoil over the past decade. The left needs a coherent, inclusive platform to challenge that narrative.

By Matan Kaminer December 30, 2019

A Israeli border policeman check the bag of a Palestinian woman as she wait to cross from Qalandiya checkpoint outside Ramallah, West Bank, into Jerusalem to attend the Ramadan Friday Prayer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, July 26, 2013.
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The economic costs of military rule

Israelis cannot treat the occupation as something that merely affects them in the eyes in the world while their economy keeps paying a heavy price for its continuation. By Shlomo Swirski and Yarom Hoffman Dishon The social-economic cost of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is spoken about far less than the human cost or the price Israel…

By Haokets June 6, 2015

PHOTO: Yair Lapid uses Netanyahu’s ‘UN-Acme-bomb’ at economic conference

Remember when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a picture of a bomb while talking about Iran at the UNGA? Here’s a reminder, complete with excellent memes. Today, Yesh Atid leader and Knesset Member wannabe Yair Lapid mocked the prime minister at an economic conference with a bomb of his own, detailing the tax hikes of…

By Ami Kaufman December 25, 2012

Largest j14 protest of half million in Kikar Hamedina Sept 3 2011 (Activestills)

One year on: From social protest to civic economic power

Last summer’s tent encampments were dismantled, but the spirit of the protest lives on. Citizens are taking matters into their own hands, promoting public interests through growing numbers of cooperatives. By Yifat Solel The summer of 2011 was the summer of social protest in Israel. Tent encampments emerged all over the country and one call…

By +972 Magazine October 15, 2012