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The Israel Securities Authority has released a draft directive establishing new standards for investment advisors providing one-time services or dealing with alternative investments not traded on public markets. How will these proposed regulations reshape the duties of care, transparency requirements, and client protection measures for financial licensees operating under Israel's investment advice framework?

The Israel Securities Authority has issued a staff position clarifying when hybrid bank deposits with performance-linked returns should be classified as securities. This analysis examines the key characteristics that determined whether a deposit offering guaranteed principal plus variable returns tied to lending activity falls within securities regulation or remains a traditional banking product.

Record settler violence in the West Bank has drawn unprecedented international sanctions from the UK, France, and nine EU states, while Israel's far-right coalition pushes settlement expansion ahead of October elections. With the Palestinian Authority weakened and the US notably restrained in its response, the escalating crisis threatens regional partnerships and marks a stark departure from the Oslo Accords signed thirty-three years ago this September.