Liat Ron

Liat Ron is an economics reporter and commentator for Walla .

The sharpest increases in bankruptcy are expected to be recorded in the US and France: Trump and Macron

A tsunami of bankruptcies threatens the global economy

Crowds at Big Fashion in Glilot during the complex's first weekend

No shopping on Shabbat? The blow landing on the Big Fashion Glilot complex

The shekel has strengthened against the dollar, so why aren't we feeling relief at the supermarket?

The annoying truth behind the illusion of the low dollar


The BTL plant in Nahariya will close and 450 employees will be laid off

Following the negotiations, it was decided to keep two departments open, but for hundreds of families in the north it is too little, too late.

The BTL plant in Tefen

Daniel turned a family tragedy into a lifesaving search engine

Daniel Koren founded a search engine that locates clinical trials around the world for cancer patients, after his father passed away from the disease.

"Once every few weeks, I started receiving a request from someone for help." Daniel Koren

Smotrich flies to Washington to meet Latin American leaders, expand Isaac Accords

The minister is scheduled to return to Israel as early as Wednesday, after conducting an intensive marathon of meetings in the United States with key Latin American figures.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Israeli suppliers empty out inventories selling sweets, soft drinks to Gaza for Ramadan

A, a large candy manufacturer in Israel, told Walla on Monday that he had never seen such an influx of demand for his products as he is seeing now in the Gaza market. 

A Palestinian woman shops as she prepares for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026.

Israel moves sweets, energy drinks into Gaza ahead of Ramadan 'at Trump’s request'

Israel agreed to ease restrictions on bringing sweets into Gaza "at Trump's request," a source said • Food-sector businessman: “Candy and chocolates, have we lost our minds?

A worker packs sweets outside a shop as Palestinians prepare for the upcoming holiday of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan in 2020.

Victory will sell a Dyson wet vacuum for NIS 1,099

Victory sells the Dyson WashG1 for NIS 1,099, with 1,700 units available. Segway scooters arrive next week for NIS 999 instead of NIS 1,890, sparking debate over a real non-food shift.

Eyal Ravid, Victory's CEO

Surprise: The chain that lowers the price of a coffee to only NIS 10

After a wave of price increases swept the industry, the Cafe Cafe chain surprises with a reverse move: The price of coffee for Take Away drops to only NIS 10.

Cafe Cafe

Good news for parents: Materna for only NIS 35

Instead of paying NIS 59, two supermarket chains won a Ministry of Economy tender and will sell the state’s emergency stock – close to 600,000 cans – at a price lower by dozens of percent.

Baby formula

West Bank group lashes out at Smotrich over banks’ handling of foreign sanctions

HaShomer Yosh says a Bank of Israel directive provides lenders with legal cover to restrict services for Israelis targeted by overseas measures, and calls for government action.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

Three years of ChatGPT: The tool that shook our lives – and where it’s heading

A special project with Walla: AI has taken over our lives – unstoppable convenience, vanishing jobs, and blurred lines between truth and virtual reality.

chat gpt.