The competition consisted of multiple exam days, requiring contestants to take a 4.5-hour exam, consisting of difficult questions in the fields of elementary mathematics.
In a letter to Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, 200 former Finance Ministry and Budgets Division heads and others warn of "irreversible damage to the economy and the social fabric in Israel."
After four disappointing years, Israel’s wealth fund, based on tax revenues from natural gas companies, has enough money to begin making investments.