Articles by October, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
650 new infections have been diagnosed since midnight, out of 24,046 tests. The percentage of positive tests is 2.7%. This was updated by the Ministry of Health. Seven more Krona patients have died since midnight, bringing the number of victims since the outbreak of the plague in Israel to 2,319. 1,012 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country: 582 in critical condition, including 226 respirators, and 163 in moderate condition. The number of medical staff staying in solitary confinement has dropped below 1,000 and stands at 985, including 130 male and female doctors...
Oct 25, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The State Comptroller's interim report on the handling of the corona crisis reveals a long list of shortcomings that need treatment. However, it does not touch on the main failure: decision-making in the government and in the Corona Cabinet. Even those who agree with Matanyahu Engelman's view that there is no room for personal criticism of decision-makers will find it difficult to justify the lack of criticism of decision-making processes. In doing so, the comptroller misses an opportunity for a thorough repair, and instead of going up to the government floor, he stays in the field clerks
Oct 26, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
"Minister Haim Katz will be prosecuted subject to a hearing on suspicion of tax evasion in the amount of NIS 2.2 million," Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit officially announced on Tuesday evening. According to the suspicion, Katz generated rental income from seven real estate properties, some of which are registered in his ownership and some of which were registered in the name of his family members. According to a statement from the Ministry of Justice tonight, the investigation material allegedly shows that between 2007-2018 Katz did not report his income from some of the seven assets...
Oct 27, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
There is no doubt that returning first- and second-graders to school is much more important. It is not only that the importance to the economy of first and second grade students is greater, because it is more difficult to keep them at home, even with a big brother. It is also the tremendous damage done to first graders in literacy and basic arithmetic. The Minister for Social Equality, Meirav Cohen, asked the cabinet why not switch, that grades 1-2 would be in full capsules and grades 3-4 would study alternately. Education Minister Yoav Galant's unconvincing answer was that there was a...
Oct 27, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Government
More than 300,000 fines, with a total value of NIS 170 million, were imposed by the Israeli police on civilians for various violations of corona laws and regulations. So far, only about NIS 30 million has been paid, for 70,000 fines. The high number of fines and the burden imposed on citizens during a deep economic crisis raises the question of whether fines do achieve their purpose - deterring the public from violating regulations, and preventing the infection and spread of the corona virus. While the purpose of the laws and fines imposed for non-compliance is to maintain physical...
Oct 27, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Capital Market
The second closure interrupted the recovery process of the Israeli economy in the third quarter of the year. This emerges from the Bank of Israel's membership survey published on Monday. Although activity in the economy continued to shrink from July to September, the recovery from the peak of the corona crisis was felt in the economy. The survey shows that the balance sheet of the business sector improved in the third quarter but remained at a very negative level. Although the balance of output in manufacturing recovered in the third quarter, it remained negative. The negative balance...
Oct 27, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Government
Data from the National Insurance Institute published on Wednesday show that about 277,000 are entitled to unemployment benefits for more than 100 days. A total of 1.08 million applications for unemployment benefits have been submitted since the beginning of the crisis, of which over 980,000 applications (92%) were approved, with 114,000 approved under the Corona conditions (qualification period 6-12 months). 85,000 of the applicants were not entitled under the terms of the law to receive unemployment benefits. About 634,000 people entitled to unemployment benefits are unemployed, while...
Oct 28, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Financial
In recent weeks, the tax authority has approached about 150 self-employed people who have received compensation for losses since the outbreak of the corona crisis - and demanded that they return the money they received. According to a senior PA official, it turns out that dozens of self-employed people demanded the funds based on losses incurred by them this year compared to last year. However, an examination carried out by the Tax Authority revealed that some of them did not receive the grants or were overpaid, as their losses were lower than the conditions eligible for the grant. In a...
Oct 28, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Financial
The rating agency Moody's published on Wednesday an explanation of Israel's credit rating, after last weekend it postponed its rating decision from October 23 to a later date, thus effectively maintaining an A1 rating. Moody's notes that the main risk to Israel's credit rating is Israel's debt burden, Israel's long-term demographic trends (apparently referring to population growth where employment rates are as low as the ultra-Orthodox and Arabs - etc.) and the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. Against the background of the polarized political system that also threatens fiscal policy,...
Oct 29, 2020
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Government
The Corona Cabinet has decided Thursday night not to open the street stores until next Sunday, despite the demand of Finance Minister Israel Katz. According to the decision tonight, shortly after midnight, the opening of street shops will be allowed from November 8, on terms to be agreed by the Ministries of Health and Finance. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, who called for unity decisions, voted against following the deviation from the original outline of relief every two weeks. Following this, clashes broke out between the ministers, just before the vote in the debate that took place in...
Oct 29, 2020
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