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The Kibbutz Privatization Wave: How Debt Rebuilt a $13B SectorLead story
Israeli Real Economy · Jul 19, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT

The Kibbutz Privatization Wave: How Debt Rebuilt a $13B Sector

Israeli hyperinflation peaked at ~450% in 1984. The kibbutz movement entered the late 1980s technically insolvent. The Kibbutz Arrangement, differential wages, and outside capital rebuilt the sector. Every subsequent kib…

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The Suttons and the Quiet Dynasties
Israeli Real Economy · May 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
The Suttons and the Quiet Dynasties

The Suttons. The Schreibers. The Banayan family. Three communities — Syrian-Jewish Aleppan, Ashkenazi 47th Street, and Mashhadi Persian-Jewish — built…

Tourism Inside Israel: The Recovery Math
Israeli Real Economy · May 29, 2026, 9:58 AM EDT
Tourism Inside Israel: The Recovery Math

Inbound collapsed from 4.55 million visitors in 2019 to roughly one million in 2024. The 2025–2026 rebound is happening — unevenly, segment by segment…

Strong Shekel, Fired Israelis
Israeli Real Economy · Jun 3, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT
Strong Shekel, Fired Israelis

A 28% appreciation has split the Israeli economy in two. Importers and the government gain. Exporters, tech employers, and dollar earners pay — with M…

Dubai Stole the Diamond Trade
Israeli Real Economy · May 31, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Dubai Stole the Diamond Trade

Dubai engineered its rise as the world's largest rough diamond hub. The UAE Cabinet's zero VAT policy and free-zone framework drove this deliberate co…

Israel Reuses 90% of Wastewater
Israeli Real Economy · May 28, 2026, 4:49 AM EDT
Israel Reuses 90% of Wastewater

Desalination gets the headlines. Wastewater reuse is the quieter, cheaper engine of Israel's water surplus — and the bigger global opportunity.

The $52 Billion Question
Israeli Real Economy · May 28, 2026, 2:21 AM EDT
The $52 Billion Question

The ultra-Orthodox are Israel's fastest-growing population and its largest untapped economic resource. The IDI puts the cost of non-integration above…