Articles by July, 2020

The Central Bureau of Statistics published a comprehensive survey at noon (Sunday) in which many Israelis were asked about their health, mental and economic status during the period of the second wave of the Corona virus. Naturally, the concerns that arise around the health crisis are also related to the mental health and economic well-being of Israelis, especially in light of the closure imposed in the first wave, and the fear allows for a closure in the near future. More than half of Israelis fear that they will not be able to cover their monthly expenses. This is an increase of 9% from...

Although the "per citizen" grant program has been approved by the government and will be submitted to the Knesset for approval today, it turns out that hundreds of thousands of eligible people will probably have to wait to receive the money for several weeks or even more. The reason: the difficulty of the Social Security which is responsible for distributing the grants in locating their bank accounts. The National Insurance Institute currently has only the bank account data of 5.1 million eligible for the grant, out of the six million eligible. Therefore, it will be possible to transfer...

The Prime Minister succeeded in bringing about the removal of the chairwoman of the Corona Committee in the Knesset, MK Yifat Shasha Bitton. This is because it did not align itself with the government's decisions and approved the easing contrary to Netanyahu's opinion. Reminds you of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that democracy is not his strong suit? After a stormy faction meeting, shouts and exchanges between MKs and Likud ministers over a breach of coalition discipline - including a vote on the law banning conversion therapy - the sanctions came on Tuesday. Coalition Chairman Miki...

Israel, whose response to the corona virus epidemic was initially considered a success story, especially compared to the way the epidemic was dealt with by countries like the United States, has lost its initial advantage and even worse. On Tuesday, Israel "surpassed" the United States in terms of the number of people infected with the corona virus per million people, for the first time since the end of March. At the end of May, the average weekly number of infected people in Israel was close to zero, while in the United States at that time it was about 80. Since then, the average number...

The Knesset plenum approved on second and third reading the economic assistance program - a one-time grant for each resident. According to the approved plan, every resident over the age of 18 will be entitled to a grant of NIS 750, and an additional grant of NIS 500 for each child up to the fourth child in the family. Starting with the fifth child, a grant of NIS 300 will be received for each additional child. Earlier, Social Security announced that if the law passes today, on Sunday the grants will be transferred only to parents of children under the age of 18, and later the rest of the...