Shekel shows remarkable resilience after Iran war
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Tech editor Sharon Wrobel joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As the shekel crossed the below-3-to-the-dollar threshold, its strongest level in 30 years, Wrobel notes that the shekel's strength against the dollar shows its resilience and the market's belief in the currency following the war with Iran, although it does create problems for Israeli exporters.
With Israeli airspace reopened following the ceasefire with Iran, Wrobel reports on how Israeli airlines are responding to passengers as they work at getting back to full speed.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
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Israeli airlines accused of reselling stranded customers’ seats for wartime windfall
Comptroller pans government for failing to plan for air travel turbulence during war
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. |
| 0:06.3 | Today is Tuesday, April 21st, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:10.5 | It is Yom Hazi Kharon, Israel's Memorial Day. |
| 0:14.3 | And I'm here today with tech editor Sharon Robo. |
| 0:18.2 | Hi, Sharon. |
| 0:18.9 | How are you doing today? |
| 0:19.8 | I'm okay. Thank you very well. Good. Good to see you. |
| 0:23.5 | We are speaking not long after the two-minute siren that sounded at 11 a.m. for Israel's Memorial Day, |
| 0:32.2 | marking fallen soldiers and terror victims. We'll turn to some other topics today, though. We're going to look at |
| 0:39.9 | the extremely strong Shekel. Sharon's going to take us through that, how to explain its strength |
| 0:45.7 | throughout a war, wars really. We're also going to talk about the airlines, the sky high prices, |
| 0:52.2 | the wartime windfall for Israeli airlines, and who exactly is |
| 0:57.2 | flying the Israeli skies right now? Stay with us. |
| 1:05.0 | Before we continue, you should know that in Jerusalem, as rockets fly and sirens blair, doctors and nurses urgently treat patients deep underground. |
| 1:16.6 | Operating rooms, intensive care units, maternity wards move to these subterranean fortified facilities in a matter of minutes. |
| 1:24.6 | This is what Hadassah hospitals do, because life-saving medical care |
| 1:28.5 | can never stop, even during war. Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, |
| 1:34.4 | built these hospitals and is now working to rapidly expand these underground areas. There |
| 1:40.1 | is a critical need to equip a new underground emergency zone with additional beds, |
| 1:44.7 | as well as build and outfit six advanced operating rooms, ensuring surgical care under extreme threats. |
| 1:52.0 | Please go to hadassah.org to make a gift that helps Hadassah continue its longstanding, |
| 1:57.7 | life-changing support for the people in Israel. |
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