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Taub Center 2025 Report: Rising defense debt and low productivity threaten Israel’s 2026 growth

After two years of war, Israelis are facing mounting economic pressures. A new report by the Taub Center warns country must boost productivity and invest in human capital

The Housing Market in Israel.
"Worthwhile to Work in Jerusalem" employment fair

Nearly three-quarters of Israelis fear they cannot handle employment crisis - study

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Unemployment in Israel dips to new low

 Members of the Bedouin community in Southern Israel, convene a meeting with journalists, demanding justice for the death of their relative, Osama Abu Eissa, who was executed by Hamas terrorists during the October 7th attack, near Hura village, Israel November 9, 2023

Knesset: Finance Ministry failing to provide employment services to Negev's Bedouins


Non-evacuated northern towns are on verge of collapse, govt. remains silent

Some communities from the north that had to evacuate have been promised governmental and employment benefits. Other communities haven't been so fortunate.

  Kiryat Shmona: The residents were evacuated from their homes

Inflation declines, credit card spending rises: BofA on Israel’s economy

The report said the general unemployment rate went up to 10.2% when the conflict started, and now it's at 7.2%, partially due to the many Israelis serving in reserves.

VARIOUS ISRAELI banknotes are displayed for an illustrative photo. The economy is well on its way to the pre-pandemic standards of budgetary discipline.

War takes an economic toll on Israeli businesses and employees

With many Israeli businesses working reduced hours or closing during the war, employees losing their jobs or placed on unpaid leave, many have turned to unemployment benefits to help them get by.

A beggar sits and asks for money amid the coronavirus crisis, Jerusalem, 2020

TaTiO raises $5.3m. for hiring platform focusing on skills, not résumés

The company uses artificial intelligence to assess job seekers’ skill sets, recommending them to employers without the need for old-fashioned resumes.


Israel's unemployment rate continues to drop, after brief sputter

Israel's broad unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the second half of July, the lowest rate since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

OUTSIDE THE Jerusalem Employment Office

Coronavirus in Israel: Unemployment payments to end at end of June

The announcement was expected. The economic safety net that supported hundreds of thousands of unemployed Israelis throughout the pandemic was scheduled to end June 30.

Stores are seen shuttered closed and streets are empty in Jerusalem's Old City amid Israel's third coronavirus lockdown, on January 4, 2021.

A third of Israel's job seekers have been unemployed more than a year

The economic safety net plan that went into effect last year when the coronavirus pandemic started had provided job seekers with unemployment benefits through the end of June.

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020

Israel approves 'return to work' grants to wean people off COVID benefits

The plan provides a package of benefits worth thousands of shekels to people who return to work between February and April.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Coronavirus pandemic deals fatal blow to Israel's working women

“Women went back tens of years during the coronavirus pandemic to traditional, household roles."

Women take part in a 'Day Without a Woman' march on International Women's Day in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017

Coronavirus: 382,000 Israelis mistakenly get unemployment benefits

Nearly NIS 1 billion were given to people who didn't qualify.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

New JDC program helps laid-off workers develop new work skills

Employees also participate in a workshop to develop digital and self-learning skills required for a job market that is constantly changing.

The JDC offices under construction in Jerusalem in August, 2020