03.17.2025 Activists Rally as Gov’t Slashes Community Safety Authority Budget Slashing the authority’s budget by 80% will harm such neighborhood initiatives as school safety programs, dropout prevention, and support for the elderly By Hadas Yom Tov
03.16.2025 Histadrut Encourages Workers To Sign Organ Donation Cards Signing up to donate one’s organs posthumously “is one of the deepest expressions of solidarity,” the Histadrut general manager said By Oren Dagan
03.16.2025 Survey: 62% of Israelis Report Worsening Financial Situation Since Start of Year A majority of Israelis have no money left over at the end of the month to put into savings, and 72% are facing increased stress due to the rising cost of living By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
03.16.2025 After Months of Delay, an Economic Development Plan for Israel’s Druze and Circassian Communities The Druze Movement for Democracy and Equality praised the 5 billion shekel plan but noted that true equality will not be achieved for Israel’s minority communities until the Nation-State Law is repealed By Yaniv Sharon
03.15.2025 Histadrut Reform Raises Public Psychologists’ Salaries by 40% A long-awaited reform boosts public psychologists’ pay and benefits to address a severe shortage of mental health professionals in hospitals, schools, and public clinics By Nizzan Zvi Cohen and Dafna Eisbruch
03.13.2025 The Driver Calling for the Hostages’ Return From the Roof of His Taxi When he’s not driving passengers around Tel Aviv, taxi driver Rafael Shakhuri, 68, is doing his part to bring the hostages home By Maor Heumann