As I mentioned before, the attacks on banks, and I include in that the extensive legislative activity regarding banking, is likely to deter anyone, including foreign banks, from starting to operate in Israel.
It is quite natural to regard the banks' profits in nominal terms of billions of shekels, but one should also examine the banks' profits in relation to their capital, in other words, one should look at their return on capital. In these terms, the return on capital for the Israeli banking system is not particularly high, and even low in international comparison.