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Israeli-media coverage mentioning Calcalist, translated into English and compared across sources. 48 recent stories.
How to Spot a Bubble, What Rate Cuts May Come Next, and Whether the Bank of Israel Makes Money
Episode 385 of Calcalist’s “Money Engines” answered listener questions about Israeli interest rates, Bank of Israel reserves, and how to spot bubbles. It also examined the AI mark…
Weekly Calcalist Trivia Quiz No. 30
Calcalist published its weekly trivia quiz, #30, under the Hidunist label on June 25, 2026. The item contains only publication details and no additional substantive reporting.
More Israeli girls are joining combat fitness prep ahead of military service
Women now account for more than 20% of the IDF combat force, and that is driving strong demand for combat fitness prep courses. The article follows teenage girls training on a bea…
Bank Supervisor Says Trading Fee Reform Should Let Competition Set Prices
Israel’s regulators have unveiled a securities trading fee reform that separates advice from management fees, adds flexible pricing options, and aims to make costs more transparen…
War, Cheaper Euro Push Cyprus to the Top of Israeli Travel Picks
Nearly 590,000 Israelis flew to Cyprus in 2025, a 39% rise, as cheaper prices and strong demand boosted the route. Cyprus Airways says Israel is a strategic market, while Cyprus t…
Cyberbit shuts its Israel operations and lays off all local staff
Cyberbit has shut down its Israeli operations and laid off all local employees, according to Calcalist. The company, now independent after Elbit sold its remaining stake in 2023…
Merav Bahat Launches New Founders-First AI Fund With Assaf Rappaport
Merav Bahat is launching a new $25 million to $30 million founder-led fund with Assaf Rappaport and venture partners. The fund will back early-stage AI infrastructure and AI cyber…
Testimony Opens in Israeli Food Market Price-Fixing Case
Testimony opened in the Israeli food market price-fixing case against Victory’s Eyal Raviv and Yochananoff’s Eitan Yochananoff. The hearing centers on allegations that Raviv tried…
Israeli Investors Reap Paper Gains From SpaceX IPO Through StepStone Fund
StepStone VC Secondary Fund, sold in Israel to qualified investors, made large paper gains from SpaceX’s IPO. The Israeli slice of its SpaceX exposure was estimated at $3 million…
Currency Markets Stabilize as Dollar Stays Above NIS 2.99
The dollar stabilized above NIS 2.99 in Israel after briefly reaching NIS 3 yesterday, while global currency markets also cooled. Analysts cited weaker shekel dynamics, higher Isr…
The pension clause that can quietly boost, or cut, your retirement savings
Calcalist says the actuarial balance line in pension fund reports can materially raise or reduce retirement savings. It compared 15 years of data, found Altschuler Shaham and Infi…
National Insurance fund heads toward a 10 billion shekel deficit this year
Israel’s National Insurance Institute is heading toward a 10 billion shekel deficit this year, with a possible 23 billion shekel shortfall by 2030. A Finance Ministry forecast and…
Treasury to Fund Pilot Compensation for Businesses Extorted by Protection Rackets
Israel’s Finance Ministry plans a six-month, NIS 30 million pilot to compensate businesses harmed by protection rackets. The state will run the program through the Tax Authority a…
Israel Roads Merger Could Save Up to 1 Billion Shekels Over Five Years
Israel’s Government Companies Authority is weighing a merger of Cross Israel into Israel National Roads, with potential savings estimated at 80 million shekels a year or about 1 b…
Haredi Panel Erupts Over Protest Violence and Rivlin's Call to 'Beat Up' Demonstrators
A Haredi current-affairs panel on Kikar Hashabbat debated police violence against ultra-Orthodox protesters, the Haredi parties' standoff with Netanyahu, and the Supreme Court bat…
Smotrich weighs interim appointment for disputed Israel Lands Authority chief
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is weighing whether to keep Yehuda Eliyahu as acting head of the Israel Lands Authority after the attorney general backed cancelling his permanen…
Sheba longevity founder says Israel must focus on healthy aging, not longer lifespans
Prof. Tzipi Strauss argues that Israel’s real challenge is the nine-plus year gap between lifespan and healthspan. She calls for proactive longevity medicine, simple screening too…
Shekel Weakens as Dollar Rises and Israel Posts First Current Account Deficit Since 2012
The shekel weakened as the dollar rose above 3.98 shekels and the euro approached 3.41. Separately, Israel’s current account fell into a $0.1 billion deficit in Q1 2026, its first…
Major food suppliers keep gaining share despite shelving rule change
Israel’s ban on large suppliers stocking supermarket shelves took effect in early 2025, but their market share kept rising. StoreNext data show the top suppliers gained sales in 2…
Broad Indictment Weighed in the Qatar-Gate Affair
Israeli prosecutors are considering a broad indictment in the Qatar-Gate affair, which could include former senior Mossad officials and retired Gen. Yoav Puli Mordechai. Mordechai…
Meitav widens lead in Israel’s pension fund race with NIS 2.4 billion May inflow
Meitav led Israel’s provident-fund industry in May with NIS 2.4 billion in inflows from rivals, extending its lead over competitors. Mor Gemel ranks second in assets, while Altshu…
Jewish Diaspora Leaders and Unistream Back Youth Investment to Strengthen Israel
At the 2026 Project of the Year event, Talya Lider said Israel should “not only survive, but thrive.” The panel focused on Diaspora-Israel partnership and investing in youth as a…
Ex-convict resumes money management for private clients, triggering fresh losses
Ido Samuel, a former fraud convict, is accused of resuming private money management without a license and causing fresh losses. One client says he lost about $129,000, while Samue…
Zynga Executive Says AI Speeds Game Work, but Has Not Yet Changed the Game Itself
Zynga executive Ron Libend says AI is already boosting efficiency in gaming, but has not yet created a true gameplay breakthrough. He says the technology is useful for prototyping…
Azorim and Egged Real Estate to Build 117-Unit Mixed-Use Project in Beit Shemesh
Azorim Real Estate and Egged Real Estate signed a deal to build a mixed residential and commercial project in eastern Beit Shemesh for about 300 million shekels, excluding land. T…
Two deputy editors leave Calcalist amid broader newsroom shakeup
Calcalist deputy editors Golan Friedenfeld and Amir Ziv said they will leave the paper on June 30 after nearly 19 years. Their departure deepens a broader leadership shakeup at th…
Baruch Shi Named Next Editor of TheMarker
Baruch Shi has been appointed the next editor of TheMarker and is set to begin in mid-July. He is leaving his role as deputy CEO of i24NEWS in Hebrew and will succeed Sivan Klingb…
Veteran Hapoalim infrastructure finance executive Lior Manser resigns unexpectedly
Lior Manser, a longtime senior manager at Bank Hapoalim, resigned unexpectedly on Sunday after 30 years at the bank. He had led financing for the Eshkol power station, a deal now…
Allegations Against Economy Ministry CEO Over Vignet Collapse and Asset Transfer
An investigative report accuses Motty Gamsheh, now Israel’s economy ministry director general, of using his role as consultant to take control of Vignet, a media company founded b…
Rami Levy’s Car Sales Move Could Shake Up Israeli Auto Marketing
Rami Levy supermarket chain has teamed up with Delhom to sell cars in Israel, a move that may not shift sales volumes much but could reshape how Chinese cars are marketed. The art…
Barclays Hotels Updates Prospectus After Disclosure of CEO’s Criminal Indictment
Barclays Hotels has corrected its bond prospectus after Calcalist revealed that controlling shareholder and CEO Motti Green was indicted in 2023 and is on criminal trial. The comp…
Test Your Knowledge: Calcalist’s Weekly Trivia Quiz No. 29
Calcalist published the 29th installment of its weekly “Quiz Yourself” trivia series on June 18, 2026. The item is credited to Shachar Smukha and appears under the Chidonist econo…
Finance Ministry Revives Road-Use Tax Debate, and EV Sales Feel the Pressure
Israel’s Finance Ministry is again weighing a congestion charge and a mileage tax on electric cars. The prospect of new per-kilometer fees, alongside possible cuts in purchase tax…
Former Israeli footballer Shimon Gershon launches digital rental guarantee startup with NIS 12 million investment
Shimon Gershon has launched "Arabuyot Yashir," a digital platform for rental guarantees, according to Calcalist. He invested about NIS 12 million in the company and fully owns it…
Likud Control at KKL Drives 30% Workforce Surge in Five Years
KKL’s staff and fixed costs surged under Likud-linked control even as its land-sale income fell sharply. The new chairman says he is trying to halt the growth, and a new CEO has n…
Israeli Regulator Blocks Real Estate Valuation for Abu-Gad Subsidiary
Israel’s Securities Authority rejected a valuation that would have placed Abu-Gad Kinneret at over 200 million shekels. The company later dropped the valuation from its prospectus…
Israeli Finance Leaders Debate Market Outlook Amid War and New Listings
Dozens of senior Israeli market figures met at a Calcalist and Migdal conference to discuss the future of the local economy and stock market. They debated whether recent declines…
Next Vision executives to sell $200 million in shares as drone market surges
Next Vision executives are selling about $200 million in shares in an overnight secondary offering led by Jefferies. The company, which makes stabilized cameras for drones and oth…
Finance Ministry Budget Chief Picks Internal Deputy, Easing Fears of Outside Appointment
Rotem Bramli has been named acting deputy head of Israel’s Budget Division, replacing Kfir Batta and averting fears of an outside appointment. The move follows tensions inside the…
Israel Electricity Regulator Proposes New Fees and Limits for Data Center Grid Access
Israel’s Electricity Authority has proposed charging data center developers annual fees to hold their place in the grid connection queue. The plan also tightens eligibility, prior…
High Court Orders State to Justify RMI Chief Appointment
Israel’s High Court issued an order nisi over Yehuda Eliyahu’s appointment as Israel Land Authority director general and asked the state to justify it by July 1. The justices said…
Ehud Barak Says Iran Deal Left Israel Weaker and Strategically Empty-Handed
Ehud Barak said the U.S.-Iran agreement left Israel worse off because none of its strategic aims were met. He argued Netanyahu has no realistic war strategy, criticized plans for…
Electra Real Estate CEO Bets on U.S. Rental Housing as Rates Rise
Electra Real Estate CEO Amir Yaniv said the company sees higher interest rates as an opportunity to buy more U.S. multifamily housing. He said the firm manages $5 billion in inves…
Longer Lives Are Forcing a Rethink on Risk, Saving and Retirement
At a Calcalist-Migdal financial conference, experts debated how longer life expectancy is reshaping risk, pensions and retirement planning. They urged younger investors to think l…
Haredi Middle Class Is Emerging as a Major Consumer and Investment Force
Barak Nardi told a financial conference that Israel’s Haredi sector has developed a new middle class with rising employment, education, consumption, and asset ownership. He said t…
Propdo CEO Says Israeli Real Estate Is Not Collapsing, Sees Recovery Ahead
Propdo CEO Peleg Dadovich told a financial conference that Israeli real estate is hurting but not collapsing. He said the company is betting on urban renewal, has bought seven fir…
Thorpez CEO Says Growth Must Be Built Through Patience, Not Quick Fixes
Thorpez CEO Keren Cohen Hazon said the company is pursuing long-term growth through acquisitions and organic expansion. In a Calcalist-Migdal conference panel, she and Migdal’s Ro…
Israeli business leaders weigh AI, energy and quantum as expansion choices shift
At a Calcalist and Migdal conference panel, executives discussed how AI, currency shifts, energy demand and quantum computing are shaping business decisions. Gong said costs in Is…