[5] An investigative article published at Haaretz said that the principal donors to the Forum are Jewish American billionaires Jeff Yass and Arthur Dantchik.
[17] Following Sarel's criticism, Tom Sadeh, an economic researcher at KPF, resigned, saying "The differences of opinion regarding the judicial reform between me and the Forum do not allow me to continue working in it wholeheartedly.
"[18] On 9 March 2023, in a self-proclaimed "guerilla operation", members of the "Brothers In Arms" (Hebrew: אחים לנשק), leading the Reservists Protests as part of the 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests, in a demonstration that included around a hundred people, blocked the entrance to the Kohelet Policy Forum offices in Givat Shaul with sandbags and barbed wire stating that "everyone knows that Kohelet is hurting the economy and the security of Israel".
He wrote: "We should focus our messaging on our true rivals: the supporters of a messianic, Kahanist and racist State of Judea and the Kohelet organization, with a clear goal of thwarting their plans to alter the essence of our democracy and our country".
[26] The forum supports a libertarian approach to economic policy, and promotes free-market principles in Israel, including deregulation, reducing the scope of government and eliminating impediments to free trade like tariffs, quotas and licensing requirements.
[1] One of the reports published by the forum in 2018 criticized the benefits allotted to single-parent households in Israel, claiming that they constitute an economic incentive to women to become single mothers.