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Health Ministry report reveals long wait times for MRI, surgeries at hospitals and clinics

Health insurance provider, area of residence, and the hospital where they are treated are all factors in how long a patient waits for care.

MRI scan.
A photo shows a view of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris on September 22, 2025

Your Taxes: How to live longer according to the OECD

 A WOMAN withdraws money from a Bank Hapoalim ATM in Tel Aviv in March.

Your Taxes: OECD, G20 launch plan to expose untaxed real estate funds and income

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of a downwards-trending graph (illustration)

Roaring Lion: Israel's self-employed need an economic safety net during crisis - opinion


Your Taxes: Doing business in Israel in 2026

Israel’s tax treaties and the OECD Multilateral Instrument refine these criteria for foreign companies.

 New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins, illustrative. November 9, 2021

Israel’s milk crisis is man-made, quotas are to blame - opinion

Dairy farmers and consumers will be the ones who win from Smotrich's reforms; it is the small interest groups that wish to keep the status quo.

FARMERS AND their supporters protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem against a milk reform promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2026.

Israel, Costa Rica sign FTA eliminating over 90% of tariffs, expanding bilateral trade

Israel and Costa Rica signed a Free Trade Area agreement on Monday, marking a significant milestone in economic cooperation between the two countries.

Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers

OECD sees sustained post-war growth in Israel

The OECD recommends Israel adopt structural reforms, including cutting the budget of yeshivas

 A person holds Israeli shekel coins in their hand in Jerusalem on December 18, 2024.

Longer life, lower expenditure: Israel ranks fourth in life expectancy among OECD countries

New data indicates that life expectancy in Israel has jumped to almost a full additional year, leaving Israel at #4 in OECD rankings.

Senior citizens enjoy a tour of the Kiryat Meir neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. July 28, 2024.

Israeli teachers report high satisfaction, but face growing shortages, study shows

OECD survey finds Israel leads in job morale and AI use, yet suffers from lack of certified teachers and uneven societal appreciation.

Children head back to school in Katzrin after closures caused by the Israel–Iran conflict, June 25, 2025.

Your Taxes: Israel’s R&D edge over other OECD countries

Most OECD countries now offer tax credits for innovation, but Israel doesn’t. Here’s what it’s doing instead.

A member of a research team who, as they say, have developed an implant of genetically engineered cells into the injured spinal cord of paralysed mice that has helped them walk again works at a laboratory at Tel Aviv University, Israel February 6, 2022. Picture taken February 6, 2022.

'A strategic step': Israel and India sign bilateral investment agreement

The agreement, hailed by Israeli officials as the first of its kind between India and a Western-oriented member of the OECD, replaces an earlier treaty signed in 1996.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signs the bilateral investment agreement in New Delhi, September 8, 2025.

The dramatic changes proposed to the definition of Israeli, foreign residents - opinion

It is worth questioning why the Tax Authority largely abandoned the original committee’s recommendations without broader consultation.

 THE ISRAEL Tax Authority is apparently interpreting ‘mail’ to include email and downloads from the Internet.

Israel to integrate mental health centers into general hospitals

The initiative aims to enhance the hospitalization experience for patients, whether they require mental health care or general medical treatment.

 An illustrative image of a hospital bed.