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Welfare in Israel refers to the series of social welfare schemes in the Israeli government which are administered by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, and by Israel's national social security agency, Bituah Leumi. All residents of Israel must pay insurance contributions in order to qualify for welfare.
The economy of Israel is a highly developed free-market economy. [23] [4] [24] [25] [26] The prosperity of Israel's advanced economy allows the country to have a sophisticated welfare state, a powerful modern military said to possess a nuclear-weapons capability with a full nuclear triad, modern infrastructure equivalent to developed countries, and a high-technology sector competitively on par ...
Government employment made up 17 percent of Israel's labor force in 2007, just above the average for developed countries. [3] Approximately 80 percent of government employees worked at the central level in 2007. While bureaucratic inefficiencies are common in every developed state, some evidence suggests they exist to an unusual extent in ...
Israeli Knesset, Jerusalem. The Prime Minister is the most powerful political figure in the country. Under sections 7 to 14 of Basic Law: The Government, the Prime Minister is nominated by the President after consulting party leaders in the Knesset; the appointment of the Prime Minister and cabinet is in turn confirmed by a majority vote of confidence from the assembled Knesset members. [4]
Income includes employment and business income, and passive income from bank deposits and savings. [2] An individual is deemed to be resident if they spend 183 days or more in Israel during the current tax year, or 30 days or more in Israel during the current tax year and 425 days or more during the current tax year and the preceding two years. [2]
Government Term start Term end 1: Zalman Suzayiv: General Zionists: 4, 5: 15 June 1953: 29 June 1955 2: Aryeh Eliav: Alignment: 13: 17 October 1966: 22 November 1966 – Aryeh Eliav: Alignment: 13: 28 November 1966: 26 June 1967 3: Yitzhak Peretz: Likud: 18: 28 June 1977: 15 January 1979 4: Masha Lubelsky: Labor Party: 25, 26: 4 August 1992: 18 ...
Business in Israel (4 C) Israeli businesspeople (12 C, 159 P) C. Companies in the TA-35 Index (33 P) ... The Shakshuka System; Silicon Wadi; Standard of living in Israel;
The Israeli Ministry of Finance (Hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הָאוֹצָר, romanized: Misrad HaOtzar) is the main economic ministry of the Government of Israel.It is responsible for planning and implementing the Government's overall economic policy, as well as setting targets for fiscal policy, preparing the draft State Budget and monitoring implementation of the approved budget.