Compensation

Your Taxes: How Israeli businesses can claim compensation for protection money damage

Businesses targeted by protection-money criminals may now qualify for government compensation, but strict documentation rules and limited funding could complicate claims.

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.
Hezbollah commemorates second anniversary of Nasrallah's killing in Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday, 27th September 2026

Hezbollah cannot buy back Shia support as group promises $14,000 to displaced families

Gali Baharav-Miara.

Treasury to allocate NIS 40 million to institutions affected by war via two tracks

New compensation track launched for protection racket victims.

Up to NIS 2 million: New compensation track launched for protection racket victims


Government, labor associations announce compensation for businesses amid Iran war

The plan had previously applied to specific areas impacted by the Israel-Hamas war.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (center) with Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David (right of center), Presidency of Business Organizations chair Dubi Amitai (left of center), and others announcing compensation for businesses, June 23, 2025.

Israel amends financial support package for guardians of children orphaned in terror attacks

Support packages will be dependent on the number of orphans cared for per household, their ages, as well as the number of guardians caring for them.

 Abigail Idan, who was released after being taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, smiles on the lap of her aunt Liron at Schneider Children's Medical Center, November 27, 2023.

El Al pilots receive nearly NIS 250,000 bonus each

The highest bonus went to the pilots: 6% of the pre-tax profit, or nearly $41 million

 Illustrative: An El Al flight crew is seen walking away from a plane.

Betrunkener Southwest-Pilot zwangsweise aus dem Verkehr gezogen

Der Flug verzögerte sich um fast fünf Stunden, weil Southwest Airlines einen Ersatzpiloten suchte.

 Ein Passagierflugzeug der Southwest Airlines startet vom Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 27. Dezember 2022. (Illustrativ)

Delta offers $30k to passengers in crash aftermath

A spokesperson for the company says the Delta Care Team is telling passengers that 'this gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights,' according to CBS.

 A Delta Airlines plane "belly-up" at a Toronto airport, February 18, 2025.

Southwest pilot forcibly removed from cockpit for being too drunk

The flight was delayed by almost five hours due to Southwest Airlines searching for a replacement pilot.

 A Southwest Airlines jetliner departs from Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 27, 2022. (Illustrative)

Everything About Workers’ Compensation


Honda must change oil every 5,000 km, now compensation begins

Honda's importer will pay NIS 2.5M to compensate consumers who had to change oil more often than usual. Details on eligibility and compensation inside.


National Insurance gives civilian survivors, abductees’ families, evacuees NIS 650m.

About 6,000 people have contacted the emergency center for war victims every week, and there are about 25 thousand online inquiries through the NII website.

 View of the National Insurance Institute (bituach leumi) offices in Jerusalem, October 26, 2020

Austrian Holocaust survivors to receive €5,000 in dramatic agreement

The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism will administer these payments.

 People participate in a commemoration of the liberation of the former concentration camp KZ Mauthausen, at the memorial site in Mauthausen, Austria, May 7, 2023