Articles by April, 2020

IMF: israeli GDP will shrink by 6.3% and unemployment will jump to 12%
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Financial

Following the Corona epidemic, Israel will hit by 2020 the hardest recession it has ever known: GDP will shrink by 6.3% and unemployment will jump to 12% - according to the World Economic Outlook (IMF), the world's largest economic organization every six months. According to the April 2020 version of the fund, this is a much graver and much more difficult forecast than the Bank of Israel Research Division's forecast of a 5.3% contraction and only 6% unemployment rate. In the global financial crisis in 2009, Israeli GDP did not decline, the economy was not in a recession - nor technical,...

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Apr 14, 2020

Ben Gurion University and Simbionix 3D systems improve Coronavirus diagnosis with lung ultrasound
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

Israeli company Simbionix, the simulator division of 3D Systems Corporation, which specializes in the development of manufacturing of medical simulators, including ultra-sound, has harnessed its capabilities to help fight COVID-19. Simbionix has developed a unique training module for diagnosing COVID-19 with a lung pulmonary. Developed in collaboration with medical teams across the globe and Israel, including Dr. Lior Fuchs, member of Ben Gurion University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and senior physician at the Intensive Internal Care Unit at the Soroka University Medical Center, and Dr....

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Apr 15, 2020

After about a year and a half Israel will soon have a unity government
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Government

After about a year and a half of an unprecedented crisis and three election campaigns, Israel will soon have a government: The Likud and Blue Blue on Monday signed an agreement to form a rotating government that should include 32 ministers - the largest ever. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in office for a year and a half, followed by his replacement for another one and a half years. The Labor Party will also join. Sources on her right say: "Netanyahu shows us the way out." The main summaries on how the government will be conducted: * The government will be equal and so will...

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Apr 20, 2020

The Holocaust and Heroism Anniversary: In 2019 - 18% increase in antisemitic incidents
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Government

The Holocaust and Heroism Anniversary events began in the shadow of the Corona virus struggle. This year's beacons are Zohar Arnon, Aviva Blum-Wex, Haim Arbiv, Leah Miriam Reuveni, Abraham Carmi, and Yehuda Baylis. The survivor's speech will be delivered by Naomi Cassuto. In addition, at a ceremony led by Danny Kushmaru, State President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lowe, Chief Rabbis David Lowe and Yitzhak Yosef, Cantor Daniel Dahan, Singers Songs Financing and Shai Sabri and Actor Zohar Strauss. In 2019, there was...

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Apr 20, 2020

"Israel attacked with missiles in Syria Iranian Millitias near the city of palmyra"
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Government

Syrian news agency Sana reported on Monday night that defense systems were activated in the Tadmor area "following an Israeli attack." According to the report, "some of the targets were successfully intercepted." The Syrian Center for Human Rights reported that the "Israeli attack" was aimed at targets of Iranian militias in the region and that no fatalities were reported. The Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Center reports the Israeli attack was carried out from Lebanon's airspace. It was also reported that the attack took place at military posts of Iranian militias in the Palmyra area also...

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Apr 20, 2020

68% of Jews are confident that they will return to work after Corona crisis - 42% among Arabs
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Financial

68% of Jewish workers are confident that they will return to work at the end of the Corona crisis, compared to 42% among Arab workers, according to a survey by the Israeli Democracy Institute. The survey was conducted the week before Passover, between March 29 and April 2, among a representative sample of the working population in Israel. The survey was initiated, drafted and analyzed by the Center for Governance and Economics at the Israeli Institute of Democracy, assisted and methodologically supervised by the Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Studies, when field sampling was...

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Apr 21, 2020

Fireworks on independence day allowed -  arrival of bereaved families to the cemeteries is forbidden
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Government

The government approved Wednesday a resolution on the operation of fireworks and laser shows in preparation for the Independence Day to be held this year under a general closure, in an attempt to prevent the wave of infection in Corona. According to the decision, in a local authority with more than 20,000 residents, two fireworks operating centers will be operated, with maximum dispersal of the operating sites in the authority, to prevent congregation. In addition, the authorities must, in every possible way, inform the residents of the prohibition on reaching the operating centers as well...

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Apr 22, 2020

Hope: A new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis was successfully tested including israel
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

A new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis will enable more patients, including ones with serious conditions, to attain remission. a significant improvement of their health and day to day performance The treatment has been studied on 5,000 patients throughout the world including Israel.The patients who participated in the study reported quick improvement in their pain sensation, physical performance, level of fatigue, ability to work and general quality of life. The treatment has been included in the national health basket services for 2020 and will be available to patients in all the...

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Apr 23, 2020

Government will allocate another NIS 6 billion assistance and 200 commerce chains will open
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Government

PM Netanyahu will hold a hearing on the operation of the education system at noon. The Ministry of Health wants to resume activity according to the morbidity data so that educational frameworks are not opened in areas with a high infection rate. The government last night repealed the ban on staying more than five hundred yards away from home during sporting activities The resolution will only take effect after Independence Day, Thursday at 8 am. On Independence Day, thousands of police will enforce the closure and erect checkpoints on exits from the cities. Police will not allow meals and...

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Apr 25, 2020

Positive data: 11-year old girl recovered from Corona but still in serious condition - 210 died
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

Positive data in the fight against coronary proliferation: Decrease in the number of patients in difficult condition. The youngest of them, an 11-year-old Elad girl who is enrolled in Rambam Hospital, is still in serious condition - but the hospital said her condition has improved, and she has even recovered from the virus. The number of people who died of the virus rose to 208, including six in the past day. The number of recoverers from Corona is 7,375. 117 of the patients are in serious condition, compared with 129 yesterday morning. The number of breaths has also dropped, but smaller -...

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Apr 28, 2020

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