After a long war that looks like it might soon be restarting, at least on some of its fronts, it is understandable a government would raise taxes. it has an expensive war to pay for, and semeingly will continue to have to pay a lot for an unknown amount of time. Finance Minister SMotritch and Prime Minister Netanyahu have both been bragging how strong the Israeli economy is despite the war, and there are defintiely signs of it being strong, but inflation has also been higher hurting people in the pocket.