For A Change, Israeli Investors Are Unsettled by Political Chaos

  • Netanyahu’s far-right coalition has sparked protests, division
  • Israeli stocks, shekel underperform peers since November vote

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest by tech workers against proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv, on Jan. 24.

Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition has ignited a debate over the character of the Israeli state, with reverberations across a domestic market that had proved itself largely immune to political turmoil in the past.