Communication

Positive news for Israelis: Disney + will be launched in Israel on June 16 and will be cheaper than Netflix's most expensive package. It is an international streaming platform that offers content such as movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Fox, FX, National Geographic, and Star Wars, among others. The company said that "Disney + subscribers will have access to high quality viewing for up to four devices simultaneously, an unlimited number of downloads for up to ten devices, and the ability to set up to seven different profiles, including a child profile

Transport Minister Merav Michaeli and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced at noon (Sunday) a reform that will significantly reduce public transportation prices and take effect this summer. At a press conference, Michaeli accused that "the Ministry of Transportation has neglected public transportation for years - and traffic jams have accumulated." After the reform, a national free-monthly ticket will cost only NIS 225. In the Negev, the Galilee and all localities outside the metropolitan areas of Jerusalem, Gush Dan and Haifa, there will be a free regional ticket for only NIS 99,...

The long queues at Ben Gurion Airport where the Israelis stood during the week of Passover are also reflected in the data: in April this year, 685.6 thousand passenger departures were recorded abroad, close to the numbers before the corona eruption in 2019, when 798.7 thousand passengers left the country. On the other hand, despite a significant recovery, the increase in inbound tourism is still far from the data before the crisis and stands at about half of April 2019. Due to the Corona restrictions in 2020 as a whole, 887.1 thousand foreign arrivals to Israel were recorded, and in 2021...

In the next five years, the Ministry of Transportation will invest about NIS 1 billion in the network of public transportation routes and bicycle paths in Netanya. This was announced by Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli and Netanya Mayor Miriam Feierberg, after signing the agreement. The project will be completed only in 2027. In the coming year, the Ministry of Transportation and the municipality will complete the preparation, and only then will the actual work begin. The Ministry of Transportation was proud today that Netanya will be the first city in Israel to offer maximum...

The CEO of the public broadcasting corporation "Kan", Eldad Koblenz, is leaving his position after seven years. He will be temporarily replaced by the corporation's vice president of television, Tal Freifeld. Koblenz was due to end his term in March 2023 but was forced to resign after a dismissal order was issued by the corporation council last month. Koblenz petitioned the Labor Court for a restraining order against his dismissal, but the president of the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court, Justice Eyal Avrahami, ruled on Thursday that the hearing procedure for Koblenz was lawful. The...

The harsh travel warning of the Anti-Terrorism Headquarters and the Foreign Minister's call for Israelis to leave Istanbul immediately due to warnings of an Iranian attack did not deter the thousands of Israelis who took off for Turkey yesterday on dozens of flights. On average, it took off yesterday from Israel to the largest city in Turkey, which is the focus of the travel warning center, once every half hour - just like the frequency of trains from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Thousands of passengers have taken off for Istanbul since the travel warning was issued in recent days, in addition...

Yes has received an Internet provider license, and will begin selling combined packages of Bezeq's TV, provider and Internet infrastructure, Bezeq announced today (Thursday) to the stock exchange. The move will further shrink the customer base of Bezeq International (750,000 customers), which has already lost tens of thousands of customers in favor of Bezeq following the reform to abolish the separation between supplier and infrastructure. The reform actually helped Bezeq increase its power at the expense of its subsidiary

Apple unveiled the iPhone 14. At its fall event, the technology giant presented the Apple Watch for extreme athletes, AirPods headphones that cancel out even more noise than before, and the iPhone 14 models that for the first time include support for satellite communication and real-time accident detection; All models sold in the US will now only support eSim - what will happen to them in Israel? Just yesterday they were announced at a festive event and already today we are informed of the prices in Israel of the 4 new Apple devices: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14...

After the government approved last night (Sunday) the proposal for the establishment of metropolitan transportation authorities by the Minister of Transportation, MK Merav Michaeli, which should allow, with the advancement of the legislation, the delegation of powers to the authorities to run public transportation tenders on Shabbat, the question arises whether the heads of the local authorities who will head the metropolitan areas are even interested in this.

The police and the Shin Bet opened an investigation into suspected damage to the railway tracks between Acre and Karmiel, after it was discovered that an obstacle had been placed on the track near Route 85. There were no casualties and no damage was caused. For the security officials' investigation. The rest of the details of the case and the investigation are subject to a publication ban. The detainee took advantage of the shutdown of the track due to the holiday, and placed an engineered accessory, which was apparently designed to cause a train to derail on its journey at the end of the...