This move that would end years of regulatory stalemate and force a reckoning with high fares and uneven service. 

Minister Miri Regev framed it as a cost-of-living play: more competition, better tech, lower prices. “I’m the one who decides,” she said when asked about taxi-union threats.

A working plan on the table points to an early-2026 launch, pending the final regulatory framework. That timeline—reported across multiple Israeli outlets—signals a coordinated push inside the ministry rather than a trial balloon.