Business on Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff hit hard by war fallout * ToI’s regular sales, rentals snapshot * Electricity reform helps consumers * The cheesemakers of Kibbutz Be’eri

[Times of Israel]( [Real Estate Israel]( Friday, July 26, 2024 Presented by [Help Farmers Rebuild]( [On Tel Aviv’s once-bustling Dizengoff, business owners lament another casualty of war]( By Jennifer Korn After tourism drops by roughly 75% since the Israel-Hamas conflict began in October, vendors say costs are up as sales are down — and they see no bailout on the horizon [Up to 60,000 Israeli businesses may close in 2024 as war takes toll on economy]( By Sharon Wrobel Real Estate Israel [Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in July 2024]( By Shoshanna Solomon The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now from our sponsor [Help farmers on the Gaza border rebuild]( They took a sandy plot of land unfit for growing vegetables and transformed it into a beautiful farm, and they’re ready to do it all over again. They need your help. [Inflation edges higher, bolstered by uptick in housing prices]( By Sharon Wrobel In June, annual inflation rose to 2.9%, reaching the upper range of the government’s target, reducing the odds that high borrowing costs will be lowered in coming months [Electricity bills expected to drop as major privatization reform enters into effect]( By Sue Surkes Even without a smart meter, domestic consumers now free to choose between Israel Electric Corporation, seven other private suppliers; Energy Minister expects bills to drop 5 to 20% [Ofakim gets NIS 229m after Oct. 7 massacre, but kept off national recovery plan]( By Canaan Lidor Funds prompt both gratitude and disappointment in a town ravaged by terrorists but excluded from compensation due to distance rules [Be’eri’s boutique cheesemakers carry on, without Dror Or’s ‘golden hands’]( By Jessica Steinberg Dairy originally established to make yogurt and labneh for kibbutz eventually became accomplished in artisanal cheeses, only to be decimated by the Hamas attack Explainer Tani Goldstein [Israel’s economy seems to be doing okay, but is everything as it seems?]( How Israel’s war in Gaza has affected employment, quality of life, and private and public spending, and how this is expressed in the data [Central Israel residents demand access to massive green space just beyond a fence]( By Sue Surkes Zoned as a school, the historic Mikveh Israel Agricultural Youth Village in central Israel says it’s not a park but an educational site and farm, with heritage value [Real Estate Israel]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved