Shaul Meridor

Israel Election 2026: What does Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar stand for?

"If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?"

OCTOBER 25, 2026|BySHIR PERETS

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, together with party members, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026.

Budget director Shaul Meridor attends a press conference with at the Finance Ministry office in Jerusalem, September 23, 2019.

Katz says he was going to fire budget chief who quit

Katz said he would soon appoint a replacement for Meridor.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020|ByHAGAY HACOHEN, GIL HOFFMAN

Budget director Shaul Meridor attends a press conference at the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on December 11, 2017.

Will Meridor’s resignation impact the economy?

“The credit agencies are going to downgrade us soon,” Tel Aviv University Professor of Economics Assaf Razin told The Jerusalem Post.

AUGUST 31, 2020|ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Finance Minister Katz scolds ministry's legal consultant

Tensions between Finance Minister Israel Katz and Asi Messing have reached a boiling point during a meeting concerning responsibility sharing over professional retraining of unemployed workers

AUGUST 31, 2020|ByDANIEL NISINMAN

Finance Ministry budget chief quits, furious with Katz's behavior

Finance Ministry Head of the Budget Department submits a three-page resignation letter, ending a turbulent relationship with the minister who accused him of undermining him.

AUGUST 30, 2020ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Finance Ministry director-general: Budget deficit is 'not a catastrophe'

Israel's growing budget deficit is a problem which needs to fixed, but is "not a catastrophe or a financial crisis," Finance Ministry director-general Shai Babad said on Monday.

NOVEMBER 11, 2019ByEYTAN HALON