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Unaffordable Israel: 'When it comes to the cost of living, rent is taking center stage,' one analyst says. In another key sector, curbs on food imports don't help, or the domination of the food industry by three companies

G. left her supermarket in central Israel feeling frustrated; she was surprised by the high bottom line, even though she had bought the same things she usually buys.