2013 Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy & Society coverage

The 2013 Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society received extensive coverage in the media.
 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Address

• Netanyahu calls for 4-5% economic growth for a decade
  November 6, 2013 | Niv Elis | The Jerusalem Post
• Netanyahu: Cartels and monopolies are choking competition in Israel
  November 6, 2013 | Eran Azran | Haaretz
• Netanyahu Calls for Economic Growth to Fund Defense
  November 6, 2013 | Hamodia
• Netanyahu wants more  competition, fewer 'monopolies'
  November 7, 2013 | Hezi Sternlicht | Israel Hayom
• In economic speech, PM’s words belie his deeds
  November 6, 2013 | Yehuda Aharoni | The Jerusalem Post
• Israel's GDP growth slows to 2.2% in third quarter
  November 17, 2013 | Niv Elis | The Jerusalem Post

Minister of Health Yael German's Address

• German: Social stigmas are bad for your health
  November 6, 2013 | Lahav Harkov | The Jerusalem Post

 
Governor of the Bank of Israel's Address

• Israel rates to stay low while global policy expansionary: Flug
  November 6, 2013 | Steven Scheer | Reuters
• Bank of Israel Governor Feels Pressure to Keep Rates Low
  November 6, 2013 | Sara Toth Stub | Dow Jones Newswires, Wall Street Journal, NASDAQ, Morningstar
• Israel’s Flug Says Currency Market Overshot in Reaction to Gas
  November 6, 2013 | Alisa Odenheimer | Businessweek, Bloomberg
• Bank of Israel Wants to Streamline All Israeli Banks
  November 6, 2013 | Arutz Sheva
• Flug: Good public services mean high taxes
  November 6, 2013 | Adrian Filut | Globes

 
Finance Minister Yair Lapid's Address

• Lapid does about face on corporate tax breaks
  November 7, 2013 | Niv Elis & Lahav Harkov | The Jerusalem Post
• Tax breaks to stay for big companies, Lapid say
  November 7, 2013 | Stuart Winer | The Times of Israel
• Lapid Turnabout on Tax Breaks: Now He’s For Them
  November 7, 2013 | Hamodia
• Lapid: We'll Continue Tax Breaks to Big Business
  November 7, 2013 | Arutz Sheva
• Lapid: Trickle down economics doesn't work
  November 7, 2013 | Yossi Nissan | Globes
• Lapid's economic vision: Tax breaks, innovation-based economy
  November 7, 2013 | Attila Somfalvi | Yedioth Ahronoth
• Finance Minister Lapid: Israel must ditch Reaganomics to help middle class
  November 8, 2013 | Eraz Azran | Haaretz

Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett's Address

• Bennett: Israel An 'Economic Light to the Nations'
  November 7, 2013 | David Lev | Arutz Sheva 
• Ahmed Tibi: Bennett ‘Thinks With his Backside’
  November 7, 2013 | Maayan Miskin & Ari Soffer | Arutz Sheva 

 
More from the conference

• Sputtering' exports Israel's main economic problem - MPC member
  November 7, 2013 | Steven Scheer | Reuters, Euronews, Yahoo! News
• Israel Rate 'Appropriate,' Economy Improving: Sussman
  November 7, 2013 | Alisa Odenheimer | Bloomberg
• Rivlin proposes bill for Knesset to vote on gas export
  November 7, 2013 | Lahav Harkov & Sharon Udasin | The Jerusalem Post
• Knesset Not Out of Gas Export Policymaking, Yet
  November 10, 2013 | Hamodia 
• Shalom threatens to cut off Palestinian electricity over unpaid bill
  November 7, 2013 | Niv Elis & Lahav Harkov | The Jerusalem Post
• PLO demands international probe into Arafat's death
  November 7, 2013 | Lahav Harkov & Niv Elis | The Jerusalem Post
• Watch Live: Lapid, Bennett address Israel Democracy Institute Conference
  November 7, 2013 | The Jerusalem Post