Articles by January, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Wednesday) officially filed his request for immunity from prosecution just hours before the deadline for filing. In light of the request for immunity, the legal proceedings against Netanyahu are frozen until the Knesset Committee is formed to discuss the request for immunity. It should be noted that contrary to Netanyahu's assertion that the immunity is temporary, he sought substantial immunity from some of the charges against him, which would grant him a permanent exemption from prosecution for them. Netanyahu's Attorneys wrote at the beginning of...

According to a study published by the Bank of Israel, 14% of the bachelor's degree holders are more educated than necessary. The Bank of Israel refers to surplus education when a person's formal education is higher than he is required to do his job. The way to check this is by comparing his number of school years to the average school year in that occupation. The study, conducted by Noam Sussman, Idan Lippiner and Dror Rosenfeld of the Bank of Israel's research division, also found that about 40% of undergraduate students work in a non-conforming job with the study profession they...

The Quds Force commander of the Revolutionary Guards and the chief of Iranian Middle East operations Thursday night was eliminated in a US attack at Baghdad airport. Three Katyushas were fired at a military base near the airport tonight, reports from the scene and TV show in Iraq show that 7 people were killed in the bombing, including General Qassem Suleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Mohands militia commander and Hezbollah man in Iraq Muhammad Qawwarani. The Pentagon: "Suleimani Has Eliminated Trump's Instruction." Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei ordered three days of mourning following the...

Shiba Hospital, which handles thousands of people every day, now allows its patients to contact the customer service center through the popular WhatsApp instant messaging software as part of its extensive digital transformation process, and based on Elad Systems' SimpleChat implementation. The hospital allows outpatient clinics to communicate with the various centers through the WhatsApp. Customer Service Callers can contact and correspond with a human or auto service representative (ChatBOT) and avoid having to wait for the representative, fax documents, ask questions or make appointments...

A bus on line 947 was again involved in an unusual event. On Saturday night, it turned out that a 15-year-old boy apparently entered the trunk to put his luggage in and was trapped inside. About forty minutes after entering, police stopped the bus at the Hamad interchange not far from Mevaseret Zion. It turns out that the boy who entered the trunk tapped the sides of the bus but the driver continued on his journey. Passengers on the bus testified that they heard the boy's tapping but thought it was a passenger who was late to the station and asked the driver to stop and allow him to board...

A 71-year-old Binyamina resident was killed on Sunday evening after being swept away by his vehicle in a flood on the river street in the colony. He was located about two hours later, and the MDA team determined his death. The firefighters who arrived at the scene rescued the vehicle with the help of tractors, where they found the man breathless. Police said the circumstances of the vehicle's fall into Nahal Tse'asah, a channel of Nahal Taninim passing through the town, are being investigated . MDA paramedic Natalie Bennett said: "Extinguishing forces have been working for a long time with...

The Insight Investment Fund reported tonight that it has signed a deal to buy Cyber ​​Armis startup at a value of $ 1.1 billion. The deal is in cash, and is done in partnership with the CapitalG Foundation, which will pay $ 100 million of the amount. Some of Aramis' existing shareholders will continue to hold shares in the company. The deal is expected to close in February. This is the largest cyber exit ever for an Israeli private company. In 2013, IBM bought Trestir for $ 800 million, and in 2019, Palo Alto Networks acquired Demisto for $ 560 million. After the acquisition, Armis will...

The British company Mimecast, an e-mail and information security company, is acquiring Segasec Israel, a digital threat solutions provider. The companies refused to disclose the value of the deal, but Calcalist learned it was valued at about $ 40 million. Following the acquisition, Mimecast will be able to offer its customers protection against attacks that exploit fake websites and domains to "harvest" personal information of their customers, employees, partners and suppliers across the supply chain

The third person killed in a work accident in 2020: A 30-year-old construction worker was killed Wednesday morning at a backed-up construction site on Lehigh Street in Rishon Lezion. MDA paramedics and paramedics arrived on the scene. An initial police investigation revealed that it was probably a work accident. Police also said the report had been transferred to the Ministry of Labor. With the opening of the police investigation, evidence from everyone present collects to determine how the worker who worked on a scaffold on the sixth floor fell to his death. One of the directions being...

The National Cyber directorate and the Ministry of Communications have inaugurated a control center that will provide a national response to cyber threats to the communications sector and to maintain its functional continuity. The inauguration of the center was attended by Yigal Ona National Cyber, Head of Communications David Amsalem and Director of the Ministry of Communications Nati Cohen. The center, which will begin operation in early February, is part of the National Cyber ​​Events Management Center of the National Cyber ​​Array located in the high-tech park in Be'er Sheva, and is...