A new study by the New Guardian organization and the Ripman Institute for the Development of the Negev states that one of the significant factors in the cost of living in Israel is not inflation, interest rates or energy prices, but - the governance crisis, the expansion of organized crime and the phenomenon of protection • According to the study, the cumulative economic damage to the Israeli economy is approximately 23 billion shekels per year, a cost that is ultimately passed on to the public through the increase in food, housing, and insurance costs and the taxes