Editorial Policy

1. Who We Are and What We Publish

IsraelNonResident.com is operated by Adv. Eli Shimony, a practising Israeli attorney and member of the Israeli Bar Association, specialising in cross-border legal matters for non-resident clients. The Site publishes the following categories of content:

• Legal guides and articles — comprehensive explanations of specific areas of Israeli law as they apply to non-residents, covering inheritance and probate, real estate purchase and sale, citizenship and the Law of Return, banking and international transfers, taxation of non-residents, business registration and investment, healthcare rights, and extended stay and visa matters;
• Q&A pages — focused answers to the specific questions most commonly asked by non-residents about Israeli legal topics, each grounded in the relevant statutory provision, named Israeli authority, and concrete procedural timeline;
• Case studies — illustrative narratives based on representative fact patterns encountered in practice, showing how Israeli legal processes work from start to finish for non-resident clients in real-world scenarios;
• Legal calculators and tools — illustrative estimation tools covering Israeli purchase tax, betterment levy, and similar calculations, produced for educational reference only;
• A legal glossary — plain-English definitions of Israeli legal terms, Hebrew legal vocabulary, and cross-border legal concepts relevant to non-residents;
• Country-specific guides — content specifically addressing the intersection of Israeli law and the law of the reader's home country, covering the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, and other jurisdictions.

All content is written in English and is intended for a non-Israeli audience. It is not written for or directed at Israeli residents. Every topic is approached from the perspective of a person who does not live in Israel, cannot easily attend Israeli offices in person, and must navigate Israeli legal requirements remotely through attorneys, powers of attorney, apostilled documents, and international correspondence.

2. Our Author — Adv. Eli Shimony

All substantive legal content published on this Site is written or reviewed by Adv. Eli Shimony. His qualifications and professional background are as follows:

• LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) and M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration);
• Licensed member of the Israeli Bar Association;
• Certified Compliance Officer (ICA — International Compliance Association);
• Certified Mediator and Arbitrator;
• Practising Israeli attorney with more than 15 years of experience in inheritance and probate law, real estate transactions, cross-border legal matters, and representation of non-resident clients worldwide;
• Founder and operator of IsraelNonResident.com.

Content on this Site reflects Adv. Shimony's direct professional experience handling matters for non-resident clients from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and many other countries. The practical observations, procedural timelines, and authority-specific requirements described in the Site's content are drawn from active legal practice, not solely from academic or statutory sources.

Every piece of content published under the IsraelNonResident.com brand — whether authored in the first instance by Adv. Shimony or produced with research assistance — is reviewed and approved by Adv. Shimony before publication. The Site does not publish unreviewed, unverified, or AI-generated content as a substitute for attorney review.

3. Content Research and Sources

Our content is based on the following primary sources, which are researched and verified before publication:

• Israeli statutes and legislation — including the Succession Law 5725-1965, the Land Law 5729-1969, the Real Estate Taxation Law 5723-1963, the Companies Law 5759-1999, the Income Tax Ordinance 5721-1961, the Citizenship Law 5712-1952, the Law of Return 5710-1950, the Entry to Israel Law 5712-1952, the Patient Rights Law 5756-1996, the National Health Insurance Law 5754-1994, and all other relevant primary legislation, as amended;
• Israeli regulations and secondary legislation — ministerial regulations, tax authority circulars, Bank of Israel directives, and other subordinate legislation;
• Israeli court decisions — decisions of the Israeli Supreme Court, the Family Courts, the District Courts, and the Inheritance Registrar, where relevant to the topics covered;
• Official Israeli government guidance — publications, forms, and guidance from the Israel Tax Authority, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Population and Immigration Authority, the Land Registry, the Inheritance Registrar, the Companies Registrar, the Israel Innovation Authority, and all other relevant government bodies;
• Israeli Bar Association publications and professional practice guidelines;
• Bilateral treaties and international instruments — including the US-Israel income tax treaty (1994), the Canada-Israel tax convention (1975), the UK-Israel double taxation agreement (2000), bilateral succession conventions, the Hague Apostille Convention 1961, and the OECD Common Reporting Standard;
• Foreign law and regulatory guidance — relevant provisions of US federal law (including the Internal Revenue Code, FBAR requirements, FATCA, and ERISA), Australian law (including the ITAA 1997 and FITO provisions), UK law (including HMRC guidance and the FCDO apostille process), Canadian law (including CRA reporting obligations), and French law where relevant to bilateral topics;
• Professional practice experience — observations, timelines, procedural knowledge, and authority-specific requirements drawn from Adv. Shimony's active practice handling cross-border non-resident matters.

Where specific law section numbers, NIS monetary thresholds, processing timelines, and named Israeli authorities are cited in the content, these are verified against the relevant primary source at the time of writing. Readers should be aware that such details are subject to change through legislative amendment, regulatory update, or judicial decision, and should independently verify current figures with a qualified attorney before relying on them.

4. Content Standards

Every piece of content published on this Site is required to meet the following standards before publication:

• Israel-specific — all content must address Israeli law specifically, not generic international legal concepts. Generic filler applicable to any country is not published;
• Non-resident perspective — all content must be written from the viewpoint of a person who does not live in Israel and must address the specific practical obstacles that non-residents face: inability to appear in person, need for powers of attorney, apostille and translation requirements, coordination across time zones, remote bank account management, cross-border tax obligations, and similar;
• Statute-grounded — every substantive claim about Israeli law must be grounded in a specific statutory provision, regulation, or court decision. Vague references to "Israeli law" without citation are not acceptable;
• Concrete and specific — content must include specific figures (NIS amounts, percentages, deadlines), specific authority names, and specific procedural timelines. Vague language such as "significant amounts" or "some time" is not acceptable in substantive legal explanations;
• Practical and actionable — content must explain what a non-resident actually needs to do, what documents they need, what authorities they deal with, what the timeline is, and where the most common mistakes occur;
• Accurate at the time of publication — all figures, rates, thresholds, and procedural details must be verified against current law and current practice at the time the content is written or last reviewed.

5. Content Types and Specific Standards

Articles and Guides

Long-form articles and guides are the core of the Site's content library. They cover a specific legal topic in depth — typically 1,500 to 2,500 words — and are structured to take a non-resident reader from a general understanding of the topic through to the specific practical steps they need to take. Every article includes at minimum: specific law section citations, named Israeli authorities, concrete NIS figures and deadlines, and at least one "In Practice" box illustrating how the law operates in a real scenario.

Q&A Pages

Q&A pages answer a specific question that non-resident readers commonly ask. They are structured with a direct short answer (2-4 sentences), a detailed explanation grounded in the relevant Israeli statute, an "In Practice" box containing a specific law citation, NIS amount, named authority, and concrete timeline, and a "When to Consult a Lawyer" section identifying the specific scenarios where professional legal advice is essential. Q&A content answers the question as asked and does not pad with irrelevant information.

Case Studies

Case studies are illustrative narratives based on representative fact patterns from non-resident legal practice. They describe a realistic scenario, the legal and procedural challenges involved, what was done to resolve them, and the outcome. Case studies are explicitly illustrative — they do not represent guarantees of any outcome and do not describe specific real clients by name. All identifying details are generalised. Case studies are used to demonstrate how legal processes work in practice, not to advertise specific results.

Calculators and Tools

Calculators on the Site are estimation tools only. They produce approximate figures based on simplified inputs and are published for general educational reference. They are not professional tax or legal calculations. Every calculator page carries a clear disclaimer that results are approximate and must not be used for official filings, declarations, or financial decisions without professional verification.

6. Review and Update Process

Israeli law changes through parliamentary legislation, government regulations, Israel Tax Authority circulars, Bank of Israel directives, and court decisions. We maintain the following update schedule:

• Triggered updates — when a material change in Israeli law directly affects content published on the Site (for example, a VAT rate change, a new tax bracket, a new immigration rule, a significant court decision), the affected content is updated as promptly as practicable after the change takes effect;
• Annual review — all content is subject to a formal annual review cycle during which statutory references, NIS thresholds, procedural timelines, authority names, and procedural requirements are checked and updated as necessary;
• Date disclosure — every article and Q&A page displays both a publication date and a "last updated" date. These dates indicate when content was last reviewed and verified, not merely when typographical corrections were made.

Despite these review commitments, we cannot guarantee that all content is current at the moment any reader accesses it. Israeli law changes continuously, and there may be periods between updates during which some content does not reflect the latest legal position. For this reason, all content is accompanied by a clear disclaimer that figures, rates, and procedures must be independently verified with a qualified attorney before reliance. The "last updated" date on any page is not a warranty of accuracy as of that date.

7. What This Site Is — and Is Not

IsraelNonResident.com is an English-language legal information platform, not a law firm website offering client-specific legal services through the Site itself. The distinction is important:

• The Site publishes general legal information about how Israeli law operates. It does not publish legal advice tailored to any individual reader's specific circumstances.
• The Site is operated by a practising Israeli attorney, which ensures the content is grounded in real legal practice. The attorney's professional experience informs the content, but the content is not a substitute for retaining that attorney — or any attorney — for your specific matter.
• The Site is not a substitute for legal representation. Non-residents with Israeli legal matters — whether involving inheritance, property, citizenship, taxation, or business — should engage a qualified Israeli attorney directly. The Site exists to help readers understand their situation and ask better questions of their attorney, not to replace the attorney.
• The Site covers nine legal subject areas: Inheritance & Probate, Property & Real Estate, Citizenship & Legal Status, Banking & Finance, Documents & Apostille, Healthcare & Medical, Extended Stay & Living, Israeli Tax Law, and Business & Investment. Content outside these areas is not published.

8. Geographic Scope and Audience

The Site serves a worldwide non-resident audience. Content is written in English and addresses the needs of non-residents from all countries, with specific attention to readers from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and other countries with significant populations who have Israeli legal connections through inheritance, property ownership, citizenship, business interests, or extended stays.

Where content addresses the specific intersection of Israeli law with a particular country's law — for example, the interaction between Israeli betterment levy and Australian capital gains tax, or the FATCA implications for US citizens with Israeli bank accounts — the content names the relevant foreign authority, describes the foreign reporting obligation, and addresses the bilateral legal framework. Country-specific content is researched to the standards of both Israeli and foreign law sources applicable to that combination.

9. Commercial Relationships and Independence

IsraelNonResident.com is operated by a practising attorney who also accepts client engagements for Israeli legal matters. The existence of legal services provided by Adv. Shimony through separate client engagements is transparent. The editorial content of the Site is, however, written to serve readers' informational interests, not to generate enquiries through misleading or exaggerated claims about legal outcomes.

We do not accept payment from any third party for positive editorial coverage, sponsored content presented as independent editorial, or paid placement within our legal guides or Q&A content. All editorial decisions — what topics to cover, what the content says, and how legal issues are described — are made by Adv. Shimony based on what is accurate, useful, and relevant to the non-resident audience. No commercial relationship influences those decisions.

Where the Site contains advertising (including Google AdSense or similar display advertising), such advertising is clearly distinguishable from editorial content and does not influence the substance of the editorial content with which it appears.

10. Corrections and Error Reporting

We take the accuracy of our legal content seriously. If you believe any content on the Site contains a factual error — including an incorrect statute reference, an outdated figure, an inaccurate procedural description, or any other factual inaccuracy — please notify us by email at office@eshimony-law.com with the page URL, the specific passage you believe is incorrect, and the basis for your belief that it is incorrect.

We will review all reported errors in good faith and, where we agree that an error exists, we will correct it as promptly as practicable. We reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion whether any reported issue constitutes a factual error requiring correction, as distinct from a difference of legal interpretation, an area of genuine legal uncertainty, or a generalisation that is accurate for the general audience even if not precisely applicable to every individual fact pattern.

Correction of a factual error does not constitute an admission of liability for any loss or reliance that may have occurred in connection with the original version of the content.

11. Reader Feedback and Content Requests

We welcome suggestions from readers about legal topics they would like us to cover. If you have a question about an Israeli legal matter that is not addressed on the Site, or if you believe a topic relevant to non-residents is missing from our content library, you may contact us at office@eshimony-law.com. We cannot guarantee that any suggested topic will be covered, and we retain full editorial discretion over what content is published on the Site.

We do not respond to individual legal questions submitted through the editorial feedback channel. If you have a specific legal matter you would like advice on, please use the Contact page to enquire about engaging Adv. Shimony's legal services.

12. Limitation of Editorial Commitment

This Editorial Policy describes our aspirations and standard practices. It does not constitute a legally binding commitment to publish any particular content, to maintain any particular update schedule, to correct any particular error within any particular timeframe, or to cover any particular topic. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time. Nothing in this Policy creates any right for any reader to demand publication, correction, or any other editorial action.

The editorial commitments described in this Policy do not affect or modify the limitations of liability set out in our Legal Disclaimer and Terms of Use. The fact that content has been reviewed by an attorney and published in accordance with this Policy does not make it legal advice, does not warrant its accuracy, and does not create any liability for reliance on it.

13. Contact

Editorial enquiries, error reports, and content suggestions may be directed to:

Adv. Eli Shimony
IsraelNonResident.com
28 HaArba'a Street, North Tower, Floor 13
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: office@eshimony-law.com
Phone: +972-3-5507155