Netanyahu rejects request for gov't oversight on Bank of Israel interest rates
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen requested that the Finance Ministry work to stop the increase in Israel's interest rates.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen at a press conference, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)