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Who really profits from Israel’s permit regime?
The number of work permits the Israeli army gives to Palestinian workers nearly tripled, a new Bank of Israel report reveals. Did all those people suddenly become less dangerous, or do the permits serve interests other than security? The normative framework for viewing Israel’s permit regime is that it stems purely from the state’s security…
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Haggai Matar
March 6, 2015
Bucking Israeli sanctions, Palestinians form unity gov’t
Swearing in of technocratic government is a first step in ending a seven-year rift between Hamas and Fatah. Israel takes punitive measures against the inclusion of Hamas. A technocratic Palestinian unity government was sworn in on Monday, a first step toward ending a seven-year rift between rival factions Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
June 2, 2014
Israel’s economy has problems, but a bubble ain’t one
The concern sparked by claims of an economic bubble in Israel are not supported by data, and could lead to a harmful consequences if interest rates rise and exchange rates are adversely affected. A response to Jesse Colombo
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Roi Maor
May 14, 2014
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PHOTO: Bank of Israel governor Fischer is caught in social protest
This is one of the best images the Israeli social protest has produced: the Governor of the Bank of Israel and former chief economist at the World Bank Stanley Fischer walking out of a cultural event in central Tel Aviv, surrounded by protesters who happened to be gathering at a nearby square when they spotted…
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Noam Sheizaf
May 27, 2013
Attack on Iran? Maybe Bank of Israel has the answer
Why has Stanley Fischer, the Bank of Israel Governor, been filling his foreign currency reserves with billions of dollars? What do people do when they fear danger from natural disasters or war on the horizon? They stock up. Canned goods, batteries, water – the usual. But what do central banks do? The exact same thing.…
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Ami Kaufman
March 13, 2012
Are Israelis boycotting Palestinian goods?
Although Israelis spend hundreds of millions of dollars on Palestinians goods each year, these products are usually sold under Israelis labels, since Palestinian-marketed goods are a tough sell. Correction added on 7 March 2012. A video item on the Media Line today tells of a Tel Aviv trade fair designated to help open doors for…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
March 5, 2012
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