An article in TheMarker newspaper, dated February 9, 2026, under the headline: "The Business Sector Asks the New Antitrust Commissioner to Take a Step Back".
The article presents a broad overview of the key events in the Israeli economy at that time, focusing on three significant fronts: the legal battle over the gas framework in the High Court of Justice (HCJ), record-breaking tax collections, and strike threats in local government. Alongside these, the main in-depth feature in the issue analyzes the challenges, goals, and obstacles facing the incoming Antitrust Commissioner, Michal Halperin, in light of the business sector's demands and the winds of economic reform.
As part of an expert panel analyzing the future of the Antitrust Authority, the perspective of Adv. Ronit Amir Yaniv is presented in detail. At the time, she was the head of the Antitrust Department at Yigal Arnon & Co. (currently a senior partner at the international law firm Afik & Co.). Adv. Amir Yaniv presents a moderate stance that seeks to balance the enforcement and regulatory power of the Antitrust Authority with the protection of the fundamental rights of corporations and companies in the business sector. In her view, the new Commissioner must conduct a balanced policy, avoid excessive regulatory tightening, and find the golden mean that will allow for healthy competition without paralyzing or harming the legitimate economic activity of the market. Amir Yaniv emphasizes that the Commissioner's greatest challenge will be to maintain a correct and precise balance between preserving competition and fundamental economic rights, including: The property rights of companies, Freedom of occupation, The contractual freedom of corporations and their executives to enter into transactions. She explicitly calls on the new Commissioner to exercise restraint and avoid the excessive and disproportionate use of financial sanctions (administrative fines) as an enforcement tool, so as not to create an excessive regulatory burden on businesses in Israel.