Articles by November, 2020

After a little over a month and a half at home, about half a million first- and fourth-year students will return to schools this morning (Sunday) - and will join the half-million kindergarten children who have been in the frameworks for the past two weeks. The young students will arrive this morning in classes in groups of 20, and will be required to wear masks throughout the school day and throughout breaks. Returning to schools after a week of uncertainty and publishing changing outlines is accompanied by mixed feelings on the part of parents and teachers: on the one hand the desire to...

The Corona Cabinet approved the increase in fines for violating Corona regulations, in a decision passed almost unanimously - with the exception of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri who objected. The increase in fines is still subject to Knesset approval. In addition, Corona projector Prof. Roni Gamzo warned in the discussion of an alarming drop in the number of tests: "This is an ongoing war. The tests are free, still in a state of unwillingness to go and be tested. in her". According to the proposal approved by the cabinet, the fine for opening an educational institution, holding a wedding,...

The average wage in the economy in August increased significantly relative to the corresponding period last year and the main reason for this is layoffs and expenses for low-wage workers. In August, the average wage reached NIS 11,578, an increase of 7.3% compared to August 2019. CBS) published today (Wednesday). Such a high increase in the average salary in the economy is expected to result in an increase of thousands of shekels in the salaries of ministers, Knesset members and senior officials in the economy, if there is no legislation on the temporary order proposed by Finance Minister...

The Corona Cabinet approved on Wednesday evening the opening of street shops starting Sunday in all authorities in the country, under a limit of four shoppers in the store. This, with the exception of the red cities where it was decided to impose a closure. Ministers Yuli Edelstein, Meirav Cohen and Amir Peretz voted against the decision. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first spoke out against the opening of stores at the hearing. "We are falling into the trap of a real and honest lack of evidence of the situation. We are not in a situation where if we release the closure we will not...

Teva met profit forecasts for the third quarter of the year, but reported a high write-off following lawsuits. Teva shares declined in pre-trading in New York and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, after earlier trading in gains. The Israeli pharma company managed by Kor Schultz concluded the third quarter of 2020 with revenues of $ 4 billion, a decrease of 3% compared to the corresponding quarter last year. Earnings were 58 cents a share. Teva's revenues are lower than analysts' forecasts, which expected the company to have revenues of $ 4.07 billion, but the profit is in line with...

The deficit in the economy continues to worsen against the background of the corona crisis, and stood at 10.1% in October - compared with 9.1% in September. The cumulative deficit in the last 12 months (January-October) stands at NIS 137.1 billion, compared with a deficit of NIS 37.8 billion in the corresponding period last year. According to the Accountant General, a deficit of NIS 20.3 billion was measured in October, compared with NIS 6.7 billion in October last year

Facebook has removed hundreds of Facebook pages and Instagram accounts that were activated from Iran and tried, among other things, to influence public opinion in Israel - the social network announced tonight. Among other things, pages disguised as pillars of the black flag protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were removed. However, these pages only operated for a short time and received minimal exposure. In Facebook's monthly report on the removal of networks that operate phishing accounts (what the company calls "unauthenticated concerted behavior") in October, Facebook...

The Ministerial Committee for the Declaration of a Restricted Area expanded at noon (Friday) the list of localities in the northern region that are closed due to an increase in the morbidity data in Corona. After yesterday it was decided to extend the closure on Majdal Shams until November 10 and to announce restrictions on the locality of Restaurant until November 11, restrictions were also announced on the localities of Buqata and Hatzor HaGlilit. According to the decision, the restrictions in Buqata will begin tomorrow at 08:00 in the morning and will last until next Thursday at 08:00...

The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, defeated President Donald Trump in the presidential race, the country's media announced tonight (Saturday). Biden reportedly defeated Trump in the state of Pennsylvania, which grants 20 electors, thus crossing the threshold of 270 electors needed to win the election. After the announcement of his victory, Biden congratulated the winner: "America, I am honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work before us will be difficult, but I promise you: I will be president of all Americans - whether you vote for me or not. I I...

About two hours after the resignation of the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, the Deputy Head of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, gave a briefing to the media following the opening of street shops - a move she opposed - and the increase in infection in Israel. "To reach the next opening, we will need less than 500 verified corona patients a day - so there is still a long way to go." According to Dr. Elrai Price, "With the exit from the quarantine, the coefficient of infection increases. This is not surprising. We knew this was going to...