Articles by October, 2019

The court overturned fines that the Consumer Protection Authority imposed on telecommunications companies, and ruled that it had to repay the fines it collected alongside reimbursement of legal expenses. In aggregate, this amounts to more than NIS 5 million, which the PA will repay to four mobile companies, including reimbursement of fines and legal fees. To Cellcom to receive NIS 3.4 million back, and to Partner and Pelephone together to receive NIS 1 million - now joins Golan Telecom, which will receive NIS 612,000 paid as a fine for violating the Consumer Protection Law - according to a...

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 New York Police Department has reported 311 total hate crimes through September, as opposed to 250 reported through the same period in 2018, according to Deputy Inspector Mark Molinari, who heads the department’s Hate Crimes Task Force. Molinari said 52 percent of the reported hate crimes, or 163, have targeted Jews. Over the same period last year, the NYPD reported 108 anti-Semitic hate crimes. At a meeting Thursday with Jewish philanthropists, Molinari discussed the numbers and how to prevent anti-Semitic crimes in the city. He recounted a list of anti-Jewish hate crimes that had...

The Ministry of Transport has started operating a dedicated travel lane for private cars that travel more than one passenger. The project was announced three weeks ago under the name "Path Plus", under which Route 2 was specially trained for a 22-kilometer route, between the Netanya interchange and the Galilee interchange, in both directions, where public transport and vehicles with at least two passengers (driver and passenger) will be allowed. At the same time, on Route 20, a special route for public transport and private vehicles with at least three passengers (driver and two passengers)...

Israeli NSO spying tools have been used to track down two Moroccan human rights activists who are being chased by state authorities - a widespread investigation by Amnesty International has revealed. The NSO said in response: "We take the allegations seriously. We will investigate the matter." According to an Amnesty report released last night, both activists received text messages containing malicious links intended to implant Pegasus, NSO's notorious espionage spyware. As previously reported, the damage can provide full access to all information on the device in real time In addition to...

The World Bank's annual Doing Business report shows that Israel has jumped 14 places and ranks 35th out of 190 countries. Last year, Israel was ranked 49th and within two years nineteen places rose. In 2018, the Accountant General under his responsibility received the concentration of handling of the Doing Business Index. This is a global indicator of the ease of doing business in different countries, vis-à-vis the World Bank and government offices. This is a direct follow-up to the recommendations of the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Improvement of the Business Environment appointed...

More than 313,000 students will open their academic year this morning at 61 higher education institutions. After many political and academic debates in recent years, the Faculty of Physicians at Ariel University will open for the first time today, although the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Higher Education Council has not approved giving it a budget. 70 students will begin their studies at Ariel Medical School. According to the National Student and Student Union Survey published before the start of the school year, 60% of students stated that they felt that academia was not...

The Israeli economy has not experienced stability since a government in Israel has not yet been established. Negotiations are shuffling and we are exposed to the companies' weapons: raising prices. Osem announced the raising of its pasta prices. And at the same time Frozen meat importers are preparing for price increases of 15% -20%. Alongside the expected price increase, the meat industry is also facing the possibility of a market shortage. As far as is known, most of the effect is expected in the prices of frozen meat products, and subsequently it may also reach processed meat products....

Yes has launched its new TV service over the internet. The new product will be called yes + and will be provided to customers at no extra charge, in addition to the Apple TV stream being provided in a rental model. The Apple TV will be offered as a gift and the value of the benefits will be over NIS 1,000. The package will cost NIS 199 a month. Triple NIS 299 will be offered for yes +. Registration opens today and gradually all customers can receive the product. The interface includes a personal viewing area, scrollability and quick navigation between channels. In addition, the company...

Facebook is suing the Israeli NSO following a crackdown on the spyware exploited by a spyware developer, which it says has been used, among other things, to track at least 100 journalists and human rights activists. That's how the tech giant announced. "In May, Wetsap announced that it had identified and blocked a new type of cyberbullying that included a video call service vulnerability," Wetsap Director Will Cathcart said in a Washington Post article. "Now, after months of investigation, we can say with certainty who is behind the attack. Today we filed a lawsuit in a federal court that...