{"id":30235,"date":"2023-03-26T09:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T09:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30235"},"modified":"2023-03-26T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T14:20:20","slug":"israels-problem-with-monopolies-ono-prof-analyzes-the-issue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/israels-problem-with-monopolies-ono-prof-analyzes-the-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Problem with Monopolies \u2013 Ono Prof. Analyzes the Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Israel\u2019s Problem with Monopolies \u2013 Ono Prof. Analyzes the Issue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Prof.-Yaron-Zelekha.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29915 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In an interview Israel Army Radio\u2019s (Galei Tzahal) \u201cThe Method\u201d program, Ono Academic College Professor Yaron Zelekha discussed the government\u2019s approach to dealing with monopolistic corporations and as an example described the case of the Tnuva dairy conglomerate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Prof. Zelekha is President of Ono Academic College\u2019s Higher Academic Council and Director of Accountancy Studies.&nbsp; From 2003 \u2013 2007, Prof. Zelekha completed a full term as the Accountant General of the State of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Prof. Zelekha noted that Tnuva is just one example of Israeli monopolies. There are about 100 other monopolies and exclusive importers operating in the country. Zelekha praised the Israeli governments laws ensuring competition and described them as very advanced compared to those in other countries. However, he regretted the fact that the competition authority does not enforce these laws which leads to the monopolistic behavior one observes in Israeli markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To listen to the whole interview, click here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2023\/03\/23\/12061093.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2023\/03\/23\/12061093.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s Problem with Monopolies \u2013 Ono Prof. Analyzes the Issue In an interview Israel Army Radio\u2019s (Galei Tzahal) \u201cThe Method\u201d program, Ono Academic College Professor Yaron Zelekha discussed the government\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29915,"menu_order":328,"template":"","class_list":["post-30235","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}