Politics

In the shooting attack in Samaria, Rabbi Raziel Shevach, 35, of Havat Gilad, a father of six, was murdered last night. He was shot from a passing vehicle

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Central Bureau of Statistics published data on the population of Israel for the past year. The data indicate that last year, which ended at the end of the Jewish callender. 8,907,000 live in Israel, of which 74.4% are Jews, 20.9% are Arab, and 4.9% are other minorities

The senior academic staff at seven public academic colleges stopped his five-week strike. The strike was halted following agreements reached with the assistance of the president of the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court. The studies will be renewed at Sapir College, Hadassah, Holon Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College, Azrieli College of Engineering, Ruppin Academic Center and the Kinneret Academic College

The Taub Institute's State of the Nation Report of 2019 shows that the situation in the State of Israel is certainly relatively good, but various data indicate that there is a fear of economic and social deterioration and that it is very difficult to break out of poverty. The report shows that the levels of poverty and inequality have declined in recent years and that social investment has increased, but that it is much more difficult to exit the cycle of poverty in Israel than in OECD countries. To get out of poverty, a couple with two children has to work about 70 hours a week (each),...

The Israel Advanced Industries Association (IATI) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement in China that will serve as a bridge between Israeli and Chinese industries. The cooperation was signed during the Nanjing Techweek 2019 Conference held in China's Jiangzhou Province. The provincial capital of Nanjing is considered one of the three most important cities in China's economy The cooperation will be expressed in promoting and strengthening the economic relationship in the field of innovation between the two countries, developing business relations between Israeli companies with...

Significant gaps still exist in a series of areas between the center of the country and the periphery. That's how a Central Bureau of Statistics survey released on Wednesday reveals. The report reveals alarming gaps between the center and the periphery. Among other things, the average monetary income per household in the peripheral communities is 19% lower than the household income in the central settlements, which amounts to NIS 18,662 per month, compared with NIS 23,036 respectively. But despite this, there are no significant differences between the center and the periphery in life...

The Histadrut declared a labor dispute in Zap Group, in view of the impasse and lack of progress in negotiations with the management for a new collective agreement to apply to about 500 employees of the company. Zap Group employees were incorporated into the Histadrut two years ago, following their disappointment with an agreement signed under the National Histadrut. The workers decided to join the General Histadrut in order to improve their working conditions, most notably their job security. The agreement was valid under the National Federation in January 2019, and negotiations have been...

Worldwide, the New Year, and the new decade, are receiving huge fireworks and performances. The celebrations that began at noon in the Eastern Hemisphere will reach Israel at midnight. The first countries to receive 2020 were Samoa and Kiribati, Pacific Islander countries, to which the New Year arrived at 12:00 noon. New Zealand, the first major country to be counted back, received the New Year at 1 p.m. Two hours later, 2020 also entered Sydney in Australia, in the midst of huge fires in the area.

The Labor party and "Gesher" with Orly Levy-Abekasis stwill unite with Meretz and the Democratic unity. They will run together in one left party for the 23rd Knesset. At the conclusion of a meeting at the home of Labor chairman Amir Peretz in Sderot, Labor chairman-Gesher Orly Levy and chairman of Meretz Nitzan Horowitz. They agreed to unite for the upcoming elections. "Peretz and Horowitz intend to emphasize the gospel of significant unification and the hope for political change that will be the social heart and political compass of the next government after the end of the Netanyahu...