Nir Barkat

Economy Ministry ends 'Israel's Basket' pilot due to upcoming elections

Economy Minister Nir Barkat decided not to extend the project due to the expected change in government, leaving the decision to the incoming administration.

Economy Minister Nir Barkat presents "Israel's Basket".
Campaign materials of candidates who ran in yesterday’s Likud primary elections are seen in Jerusalem, August 18, 2026

Middle Israel: Netanyahu's Likud list for the Israeli election highlights PM's cowardice - opinion

Campaign materials of candidates who ran in yesterday’s Likud primary elections are seen in Jerusalem, August 18, 2026

Who are the Likud ministers, MKs unlikely to make it into 26th Knesset? - explainer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Independent voters hold more power over Israel elections than before, strategic adviser says


WATCH: Judicial reform protestors attacked at conference attended by Barkat

A group of people, including hotel staff, attacked the protestors, violently pushing them and throwing chairs at them.

 Police attempt to push back protesters on Ayalon Highway during judicial reform protests, March 1, 2023.

Israeli, Moroccan agricultural collaboration could make Africa bloom

Economy Minister Nir Barkat announces plans to open an economic attaché's office in Morocco.

 Economy Minister Nir Barkat at the first official Israeli pavilion at SIAM.

Twin brothers arrested after protest against Nir Barkat in Tel Aviv

Police were called to the scene after a fight broke out between the protesters and Barkat's security guards.

 POLICE AND protesters are involved in confrontations near the Ayalon Highway, in Tel Aviv on Monday night

UK minister seeks trade cooperation with Israel, celebrates women

Kemi Badenoch, the UK’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities, concluded her first official visit to Israel.

 Kemi Badenoch, Britain's Secretary of State for Business and Trade with Israel Economy Minister Nir Barkat.

This week in Jerusalem: Nof Zahav

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 LONELY NO more: Working in a downtown cafe.

Israeli reserve pilots drop judicial reform protest, talk with IDF chief

Defense Minister Gallant and IDF chief Halevi met with IDF reserve officers and clarified that insubordination wouldn't be tolerated.

AN ISRAELI F-15 fighter jet prepares to take off from a base in the South. F-15s are regularly used in ‘roof knocking’ operations.

Is Israel's Herzog preparing a second judicial compromise initiative? - analysis

The secretive discourse suggests that a second Herzog initiative may be in preparation behind the scenes – without the politicians having had to meet.

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

Barkat: I want to double Israel’s GDP within 15 years

Barkat’s lofty goals may be difficult to achieve in light of the proposed legal reform, which may harm Israel’s reputation among foreign investors.

Likud MK Nir Barkat addresses a Kohelet Policy Forum event, February 12, 2020.

Grapevine: Lonely in Likud

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NIR BARKAT at a rally supporting him on Thursday night, June 10 2021

Likud MK Nir Barkat makes unannounced trip to Ukraine's Uman

The former mayor of Jerusalem was also photographed praying there in the memory of Nachman of Breslov with Ukraine's Chief Rabbi Moshe Asman.

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