Instead of working to avert bank sanctions, PM proposes a bypass that risks rattling investors, sparking capital flight, and imperiling the high-tech sector the economy relies on

Central bank says digital currency can't be used for such purposes, stresses need to preserve economic ties; Eisenkot tears into PM for 'dismantling Israeli economy'

PM insists threatening economic outlook is result of developments that don't have to do with Israel, but rivals say his government's policies are to blame