Articles by December, 2019

The heavy rains that have been falling for more than a day across the country bring great blessing and tens of millimeters have fallen mainly in the north of the country. With this there are many glitches and accidents. A 27-year-old man was found unconscious on Thursday afternoon after drifting in a stream in the Wadi Selma area near Carmiel. MDA paramedics and paramedics perform CPR operations there. Rescue teams were called to the scene immediately when MDA Call Center 101 was reported missing. At the same time, searches for a 14-year-old boy who went missing in the Yarqa area continue...

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...

The Early-Stage Accelerator Fusion LA Will Invest $ 110K In Israeli Start-Ups. Established in 2017, Fusion LA has invested in 36 Israeli companies. 6-9 companies are accepted into the program every 6 months and go through a 9-week mentorship program, with free office space in Santa Monica and a vast network of US-based investors and executives in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles Applications for Fusion LA new cohort are open, and each company accepted into the program will receive $ 110,000 cash investment. Fusion is targeting Israeli start-ups looking to commercialize their products and...

The Ministry of Communications responded to the administrative petition filed earlier this month by telecommunication companies Cellcom, Golan Telecom and Expon to the District Court in Jerusalem with a request for an interim order and to freeze the procedure for the 5th generation tender. The companies argued that the firm chose to try a new and complex tender method known as a "combinatorial watch auction" that has never been tried in Israel and may violate the principle of equality and competition and lead to absurd results. The state replied that "the Tender Committee chose the tender...

15% of those employed in the economy aged 20 and over felt poor during the last five years (2018-2013), and 10% felt the same during 2018. According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. These are data collected as part of the CBS Social Survey across the country in 2018, which included interviews with approximately 7,450 people, aged 20 and over, representing about 6.5 million people. The findings indicate that despite the very high satisfaction of most employed persons in Israel - 88 % Said they were satisfied with their work - the proportion of employed people who were also...

The Central Bureau of Statistics published for the second time a report that maps start-ups in Israel according to their fields of activity, survivorship, salary data and number of jobs. Realize the dream and succeed in high-tech. Reality, of course, is less glamorous. The vast majority of startups fail and do not return investors' money. In 2011-2018, 5,313 startups were opened in Israel - 45% of them closed before 2018 ended In the previous report published by the CBS, which presented the 2011-2016 data, the overall closure rate was 37%. For a long time now, the industry is worried that...

The Israeli economy grew by 3.3% in 2019, a slightly higher rate than forecast - the Central Bureau of Statistics published on Tuesday. According to a preliminary estimate for 2019, gross domestic product increased by 3.3% during the year compared to 2018, followed by a 3.4% increase in GDP in 2018 and a 3.6% increase in 2017. The CBS figures also indicate that the government and Social Security deficit stood at 3.54% of GDP in 2019, which is about NIS 50 billion. For example, last year the government deficit reached 3.19% according to the CBS, compared to 2.9% according to the Treasury...

The National Poverty Report published by the National Insurance Institute shows data on an increase in the poverty rate in Israel in 2018 - among the general population as well as among children and families. The couple employed - rose. For the first time after years in which inequality in Israel was reduced, in 2018 it began to expand. Internationally, the poverty rate among children in Israel remains higher in the OECD - more than in Chile and Mexico - when only in Turkey is the poverty rate among children higher.

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.