PM not received.
You never know who will benefit even if they do not have anything to add
Update:
Leumi is not taking any new foreign student accounts and when there isn't enough money in current foreign student accounts they are looking to get rid of them. (Multiple reports I was given about the same letter being received)
Poalim is an option for foreign students. with the new gezeiros though not everything is free anymore. The monthly service fee for the account is waived, however a foreign student's accounts has a main branch which are s in town, so anything above transfers, hora'at keva, deposits and withdrawls are Don in town. There are fees for foreigners in terms of withdrawls, debit card monthly fees, sometimes swipes, transfers and check books. When an account has alot of activity with alot of money they do get suspicious. Additionally they do make you give SSN and must sign a w9 with them to open. In terms of convenience it's pretty good beside for the hours (like every other bank basically). They do have a a pretty good online and app banking. I personally stay with them for the convenience as of now.
Discount and pagi : (whoever heard if them besides for the kollel check? Lol) seriously though, discount I don't know of anything better that poalim . Poalim if anything over other banks like discount, pagi and Mizrahi is batter IMO just because of there being more branches.
Doar bank account : the cheapest out of everybody. In terms of paying the various like we foreign students do from other banks. Doar has the least. If it is that a person is sent need much convenience from a bank for depositing, withdrawls , transferring and online banking which doesn't have mobile deposit then the best option in terms of cheapest is doar.
I hope this is helpful.
(the one idea I haven't looked into yet, however pretty curious about is if having an Israeli paypal account will serve as an Israeli checking account for all necessary needs like bituach Leumi, kitzvat Yiladim, hora'at keva to schools etc . )