Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a news conference in Jerusalem
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz (L) attend a news conference in his office in Jerusalem on April 23, 2009. Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz unveiled measures to revive a flagging economy, including doubling loan guarantees for banks and cutting corporate taxes. (UPI Photo/Ammar Awad/Pool)
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Israel's main labor union called a general strike Wednesday after leaders failed to reach a deal with the government on outsourcing.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and government ministers approved the construction of more than 1,900 housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Israel's military chiefs are up in arms over defense budget cuts, claiming these will slow development of vital missile defense systems and immobilize one-third of the air force and 20 percent of the army's tanks.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, following his U.N. bid for a state of Palestine, ruled out peace talks until Israel agrees to a settlement freeze.
JERUSALEM, July 26 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu canceled a trip to Poland to deal with the housing crisis following nationwide protests, his office said.
JERUSALEM, May 16 (UPI) -- Israel will pay $89 million in tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority after being assured the funds will not sponsor terror, Israel's Finance Minister said.
JERUSALEM, March 4 (UPI) -- Israeli social workers rallied outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem Friday as talks tried to prevent a nationwide strike.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The Israeli government, buoyed by a major gas bonanza in the eastern Mediterranean, is preparing a sharp hike in oil and gas taxes that are likely to rake in billions of dollars for the state treasury.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Israel would forego U.S. economic aid rather than be pressured into prematurely advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, its finance minister said Sunday.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz warned it is too early to say the economic crisis has ended, even though the situation is improving.
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