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Economic Zionism Data & Publications
Since 2022, we collect, analyze & publish ground truth data to help Israeli policymakers make decisions rooted in the true economic interest of the public.
Latest reports
OCTOBER 2025
Data Report:
How to Fix the Language Barrier in Israel’s Digital Financial System
By: Anton Babich
For: The Forum for Economic Zionism
Hebrew is not the native language for half of Israelis. Yet banking apps and websites are Hebrew-only. Our new report shows how multi-lingual accessibility is straightforward to implement, and promises to unlock growth and efficiency in the financial system. Will banks do it?
Read the 2025 Language Accessibility Report (free):
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JUNE 2025
Data Report:
Immigrants & Israeli Travel Documents
By: Sophia Tupolev
For: The Economic Integration Org
This survey studied 250 reported experiences of Russian-speaking immigrants with respect to the issuance of Israeli travel documents.
Request the 2025 Travel Documents Report by email to sophia@tupolev.co
JUNE 2024
Data Report:
The Failures of Israeli Banks to Provide Essential Services to Immigrants in 2022-2024
By: Sophia Tupolev
For: The Economic Integration Org
The Economic Integration Org published first-party data from 2 years of immigrant surveys, with over 1000 unique qualitative and quantitative responses.
Read the 2024 Fair Banking Report in English
Read the 2024 Fair Banking Report in Hebrew
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SEPT 2025
Survey: Making Israel Great for Business - a 2030 Vision
By: Sophia Tupolev
For: Economic Zionism
Your responses will help the research for an anonymized data report on this survey, and will inform a forthcoming policy report and public position paper by Sophia Tupolev-Luz, an economic Zionist & social entrepreneur, on how Israel can become a more open, competitive, and inclusive business environment by 2030.
This short survey is intended for the Israeli, Diaspora, and global Israel-connected business community:
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Israeli entrepreneurs, investors, and executives
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"New Israeli" (Olim) founders or business owners
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Global founders and investors doing business in Israel
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Legal and financial professionals working in Israel or globally
Media Publications
APRIL 2025
It's time to make Israel great for business again
By: Sophia Tupolev
For: The Jerusalem Post
Israel has already lost too many Israeli-born and immigrant entrepreneurs and their businesses to friendlier shores like Delaware and Texas.
Every time an Israeli-founded tech start-up is acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars (or double-digit billions, like Wiz), the first question splashed across the headlines is how much the State of Israel stands to gain in tax revenues.
The answer is, less and less.
JANUARY 2025
Jews react strongly to a new minority designation for US Jewish businesses
By: Sophia Tupolev
For: The Jerusalem Post
In an American political climate where meritocracy is the word du jour, it’s not clear if any minority label – for any group – will be an asset or a liability.
The US Department of Commerce, on January 13, 2025, signed an agreement with the country’s Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce to confer minority status on Jewish-owned businesses in America through the department’s Minority Business Development Agency. This move has elicited strong mixed emotions for many Jews, myself included.
JUNE 2024
High Court Petition: Regulate Fair Banking for Olim
By: Sophia Tupolev
For: The Jerusalem Post
Wars. Political persecution. Pogroms. Antisemitic attacks on the Diaspora. In 2024, immigration to Israel is at a 25-year high and the need for economic integration has never been greater.
Now, our data-based High Court petition asks, why are local banks standing in the way, and why is the regulator standing idly by? If our initiative is successful, Israeli banks will be forced to work within clear and detailed banking management workflows, fulfilling their duty to provide banking services.
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Ground Truth: Surveys & Data Reports
In partnership with our member organizations, we conduct surveys in the professional communities - including immigrants, locals, and diaspora.