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The salary of the president, prime minister, ministers, Knesset members and judges will jump at an astronomical rate of about 15%. The meaning: according to an almost final estimate, the salary of the President of the State Yitzhak (Boji) Herzog will increase from NIS 64,673 now to NIS 74,374 starting in January, and the salary of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu will be NIS 64,797 compared to the NIS 56,345 given in the position of Prime Minister now. The designated Speaker of the Knesset will receive the same salary as the Prime Minister

Six years after the police investigation was opened against Benny Steinmetz and businessmen Avi Lev-Ran and Michal Noy on suspicion of bribing senior government officials in Guinea in exchange for mining rights worth billions of dollars, it ends today with a comprehensive settlement - on the criminal and tax levels. According to the overall settlement, the prosecutor's office will not file an indictment against the three, in exchange for a civil forfeiture of NIS 23 million from Lev-Ran, Noy and another company. Steinmetz's share of the settlement will amount to NIS 17 million.

Salesforce joins Kaltura and both announced that they are laying off dozens of employees. The cloud software giant will lay off about 10% of its workforce worldwide and close several offices, as part of a restructuring plan. Calcalist learned that the layoffs also reached the company's local branch in Israel, which began summoning employees for a hearing. The number of those laid off in Israel is still unclear, but it is estimated that there will be dozens of workers

Legal advisor to the government Gali Beharve-Miara informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that he should avoid involvement in initiatives to change the judicial system. According to a letter sent by the consultant, "there is a reasonable fear of a conflict of interest" between Netanyahu's personal affairs, relating to the trial in which he is accused, "and essential components of the initiatives". According to her, Netanyahu should also avoid "giving direct or indirect guidance through other parties when it comes to promoting the initiatives", and according to her, this also applies to...

The Election Committee of the Bar Association announced that Adv. Amit Bachar won the elections for the Bar Association's presidency and will be the chairman of the bar. The results of the elections show that Bachar won 73% of the support, while the main contender against him, the former head of the bureau Efi Neve, received 19% of the voters' votes. The results also revealed that Bacher also won the majority in the national council of the bar, which elects the two representatives of the bar in the committee for selecting judges. The voter turnout in the elections was 50.8%, compared to...

After a momentous week in the Knesset, during which the presumption of reasonableness was abolished and several controversial bills, including the basic law: Torah study, were passed, citizens of Israel continue to take to the streets in a series of demonstrations against what they view as a threat to the country's democratic values. For the 30th consecutive week, hundreds of thousands of protestors congregated at the renamed "Democracy Square" (formerly Kaplan Junction) in Tel Aviv. Mayor Ron Huldai ordered the renaming of the junction as demonstrators demanded the preservation of...

A tragic terrorist attack: On Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon unfolded a tragic incident when Chen Amir, a 42-year-old municipal security patrol officer (SLA), was mortally wounded in a shooting attack. The assailant, identified as Kamal Abu-Bakar, 22, opened fire on Chen and his patrol friend after arousing their suspicion. Chen Amir, a resident of Bat Yam and originally from Kibbutz Re'im in the Eshkol region, displayed tremendous courage during the incident. Despite being critically injured, he was rushed to Ichilov Hospital while receiving CPR. Tragically, the...

In the wake of the contentious decision by the Strauss company to halt its advertising on Channel 14, a storm of controversy has erupted, leading to a boycott backed by right-wing factions. Recent developments have taken a disturbing turn, with reports emerging that threats against the company's chairwoman, Ofra Strauss, have prompted the deployment of security personnel for her protection. This alarming situation has been brought to light by N12

Over the weekend, Tel Aviv witnessed a disturbing outbreak of severe violence involving asylum seekers from Eritrea, underscoring the ongoing tensions between supporters of the Eritrean regime and its opponents. These clashes come against the backdrop of President Isaias Afwerki's lengthy rule since Eritrea declared independence in 1993. Notably, since 2011, Eritrean embassies worldwide have organized special festivals celebrating local culture, which some opponents of the regime view as a display of government power and persecution through these global embassy events