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Following the anger of the US administration and the official complaint forwarded to the Israeli government - US airlines will participate in the US flight schedule. The arrangement that has been found is that the three companies that operate on the line, United, Delta and El Al, will operate a schedule that will be divided between the three: every day a different company will operate a flight on the line from the US to Tel Aviv. However, Delta and United will be allowed to board passengers on flights departing from Tel Aviv every day. As part of the division of the flight schedule, Delta...

Many areas in Israel have been painted white, and in the high areas of Jerusalem the snow has piled up to a height of 2 cm. Snowflakes have been falling in the capital in recent hours, and according to the forecast, snow is expected to increase tonight. In Jerusalem and all the intercity lines to and from it as well as the light rail activity. In the evening, it also started to snow in Mitzpe Ramon. In the north, the snow piled up in some localities to a height of about 40 cm. Kerem Ben Zimra and Dalton. A resident of Mitzpe Ramon, Effie Perry, said following the snow that "the excitement...

Corona morbidity is declining - and more relief is underway: The government approved tonight (Friday), shortly before Shabbat, new aviation regulations that will allow vaccinated or recovering patients exposed to Corona patients to board flights, and the obligation to measure temperature at terminal entry and boarding will be abolished. Ministers have confirmed that the new regulations will be in force until April 8. In light of the approval to bring only 3,000 Israelis into Israel daily, in an approved outline it was decided to impose on the Director General of the Ministry of...

In less than a week: Apple Pay has become the largest digital wallet in Israel, according to credit card companies and banks. Five days after its launch, Apple's service that allows payment via iPhone or Apple Watch at the store checkouts, by attaching the mobile phone to the checkout, has gained momentum that similar services launched for Android phone and watch users can only dream of and arrived at estimates. For more than 150,000 users. Credit card companies and banks talk about mass joining. Two of the companies estimate that the number of participants in the entire market is over...

Foreign airlines resume flights to and from Israel. This follows the ceasefire reached between Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Israel. Some of the companies, mainly American, returned to fly to Israel this weekend. Most foreign companies will resume flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport early next week. After Delta Airlines announced yesterday the return of flights to and from Israel, today American Airlines also announced the resumption of flights to Israel. American will take its first flight from New York to Ben Gurion Airport on May 24 and from Ben Gurion Airport to New York on May 25. As...

Just before the change of the company's CEOs, when Avi Zvi replaces Itzik Benvenisti, Partner reports this morning on its financial results in the first quarter of the year, which show that the trend continues to increase in the company's customers in the fixed segment and this is reflected in increased revenues. Partner's revenues in the first quarter of the year grew by 3% to NIS 833 million. By segmentation, Partner recorded a 2% decrease in revenues from cellular services, partly as a result of the corona crisis that reduced the company's revenues from roaming services

The Ministry of Communications first published the Service Quality Index. The purpose of the index, according to Communications Minister Eitan Ginzburg, is to provide consumers with transparent and objective information for choosing communications services. The index examined four parameters of customer service: customer service and technical service satisfaction; Response times at the technical centers; Return of equipment after disengagement; And complaints about bills and overcharges. Satisfaction was examined through a survey, which found that among the cellular providers, HOT Mobile...

A week after returning to the Ministry of Communications, the current Minister, Yoaz Handel, signed a reform that put an end to the split between the supplier and the infrastructure in the Internet market. It means for consumers to create one and only one writer to purchase the services as well as to troubleshoot. The reform, which will take effect at the beginning of next year, is intended to put an end to the phenomenon of "throwing responsibility" between ISPs and infrastructure owners over malfunctions in an effort to raise the standard of service in the industry. It is also expected...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recommends that the Israeli public not make non-essential trips abroad. During a tour of Ben Gurion Airport, Bennett said that there may be significant changes in the policy of departure and entry into Israel. "If you have not yet booked a flight abroad and you do not have to - do not book," he said. "Whoever does not have to go abroad - who did not go. This is not a guideline but a recommendation. Travel the country. The contagion incident in Binyamina originated in a family returning from a vacation in Cyprus, not a red country - and became infected. We will...

Tens of thousands of people gathered on Friday afternoon in Tel Aviv to celebrate the city's 21st Pride Parade. Six giant colorful trucks lead the parade participants which begins at the Lahat Promenade and will pass from Snow Street at the corner of Herbert Samuel Street to Charles Clore Garden. Crowds dance and wave the flag of pride and the flag of the trans community. Yaniv, a member of the "Pink Front", said: "We were part of the Balfour protest with the Pink, and we continue from here because there is no democracy without equality, whether it is for LGBT people, Arabs, Jews,...