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State President Yitzhak Herzog said on Monday in his speech at the 27th Climate Conference that "the Middle East is on the brink of disaster." At the conference, held this year in Sinai, Egypt, Herzog said that "Here in Sharm el-Sheikh, I would like to repeat the firm commitment of the State of Israel to zero carbon and to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2050. But Israel is ready to take on a much heavier responsibility. Israel is right to lead the effort for Regional climatic resilience. I intend to lead the development of what I call a 'renewable Middle East', a...

The Teva Company announced that it has decided to appoint Richard Francis as President and CEO of the company. The appointment will take effect on January 1, 2023. In order to ensure an orderly transition of the position of CEO, the members of the Board of Directors together with outgoing CEO Kor Schultz decided that He will finish his term at the end of December 2022

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the organization of developed countries of which Israel is also a member, warns the Israeli government and recommends that it not increase government spending in a broad and permanent way, since such an increase may increase inflationary pressures and result in the need for a tightening of monetary policy, that is to say, Additional interest rate increases - this is what the organization's economists write in an updated global report published today (Tuesday). The organization also estimates that the level of interest in...

Thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv against the new government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, among other things in protest of the reform of the judicial system that it intends to promote. At 7:00 p.m. they gathered in the Habima Square and from there they marched around the city to the Tel Aviv Museum plaza. "All the opponents of the coup d'état carried out by the criminal government, which threatens to harm all citizens of Israel wherever they are, have gathered," the organizers of the demonstration said

In a secret election, the Knesset elected opposition representative MK Karin Elharar (Yesh Atid) as a member of the committee for selecting judges. The plenary rejected the candidacy of MK Tali Gottlieb (Likud). Since Gottlieb was the only candidate of the coalition, she was left without a representative in the committee, which means that in 30 days the Knesset will convene again to elect a representative of the coalition

The Ministry of Finance announced that agreements in principle had been received for Intel to build a new factory in Kiryat Gat with an investment of 25 billion dollars. According to the ministry's statement, Intel "is expected to hire thousands of additional workers in Kiryat Gat. It was agreed to significantly increase the tax rate that the company will pay to the state from 5% today to 7.5%. As part of its commitments, Intel is expected to finish the investment and start the plant's operations by 2027 and continue to operate it until at least 2035." Intel will receive a grant of 3...

The Agency for Small and Medium Businesses in the Ministry of Economy and Industry is launching an aid program to promote digitization and computer systems for businesses in the amount of NIS 18 million; Up to NIS 350,000 for a business that will make investments to advance computing, which will lead to an increase in productivity and improve competitiveness. In order to increase the use of digital tools among businesses, the Small and Medium Business Agency is launching grants of up to NIS 350,000 per business, for the benefit of implementing computer systems and digital tools

In a highly contentious session at the Israeli Knesset, the controversial "reason for reasonableness" law, proposed by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, has been passed on second and third readings with a majority of 64 Knesset members in favor and no opposition. The law's passage marks a significant milestone in what Levin describes as a "legal revolution" plan

In a significant development, the Regional Labor Court in Bat Yam has issued an order at noon on Tuesday, directing the striking doctors in Israel to immediately end their strike and return to work. The court's ruling emphasized that while a two-hour protest strike is within the right to protest, the ongoing strike, which has lasted more than seven hours, has exceeded reasonable limits. The strike was initiated by doctors in the public health system in protest of the legislation repealing the reasonableness clause in the Knesset

The "White Doctor's Coats" protest, which brings together workers in the health system who oppose the regime coup and includes thousands of doctors, announced that if the government does not comply with the High Court ruling, its members will not report to work in the hospitals. "We declare that in a situation of the constitutional crisis, we will not be forced to report to work until the government returns to respecting the rulings of the Supreme Court," they wrote in a statement