Articles by May, 2020

Under the title "The People Against the Disconnected," on Saturday evening, about 1,000 people - including employees and self-employed - demonstrated at the Charles Clore Garden in Tel Aviv, as well as other locations in the country. Protesters protested the economic damage they suffered as a result of health guidelines for dealing with the spread of the corona virus. Parallel to Tel Aviv, similar demonstrations were held in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and Kafr Qasem. Ynet broadcast live demonstration in Tel Aviv. Actor Ran Danker spoke at a rally in Tel Aviv "I came here as an artist and...

Another huge acquisition for Intel in Israel: The company signed a deal with Moovit on Monday. The public transport travel app, with 775 million users worldwide, operates in 45 languages, in 3100 cities located in 102 countries. The value of the transaction is estimated at $ 1 billion. In its early years, Moovit focused on free end-user service, but in recent years its business model has expanded. As part of the new model, Mobit offers its various cities and authorities technology as an infrastructure through which they can map and improve their public transport systems.

Full exit strategy from the crisis: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has recorded "great achievement" in the fight against the spread of the Corona virus. During a press conference held in his Jerusalem office, Netanyahu on Monday presented a series of countries where the proportion of patients and the dead is relatively higher than in Israel, noting that "Israel's achievements serve as a model for many countries." At the outset, Netanyahu said: "Our response to the Corona crisis, the global crisis, is unabated. We are not letting go of the effort to overcome the virus that...

43 people have been diagnosed as positive for the Corona virus in the last day. This is according to the Ministry of Health data released on Tuesday evening. This represents an increase of 0.26%. Since Saturday night, only 104 new patients have been diagnosed. It has been over a week that the daily growth rate does not exceed one percent. 5,586 people are now defined as active patients, and 10,465 have recovered. In the last day, there was also a 4% increase in the number of recoverers. 91 of the patients are in a difficult situation - only one patient increase compared to yesterday....

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) data released on March, a 19.1% increase in food chain revenue was recorded. . The sharp rise in food chains has led to an increase of 4.1% in March in all marketing chains. It can be estimated that most of the increase was achieved from the contribution of food and pharmacy chains, since apart from most of these areas, most of the retail activity was disabled with the closure of shopping malls and street shops, following the Ministry of Health's guidelines. A quarterly analysis shows that in January-March, there was an increase of 2.2%...

The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the local government reached an agreement on the operation of kindergartens operating in the after-school hours from 1400 to 1700 known as the afternoon, after initially providing funding that would only allow them to be opened in authorities where the socioeconomic index is relatively low. Now, the statements are expected to gradually open in all authorities - but not in the third grade for now. Parents will pay for the days when the children will stay in the frames, each local authority will announce the date when the detention...

The Treasury has circulated a memorandum of law that will increase spending in the face of the Corona crisis by NIS 15.6 billion. The same extension is intended to fund the grants to encourage NIS 6 billion in employment, which was agreed to be distributed as a result of the retail chains' protest as well as the establishment of a dedicated loan fund for risk-averse businesses that were refused by the banks. The fund will receive a larger state guarantee and will provide NIS 5 billion in loans. According to the Accountant General's Budget Report, NIS 20 billion has been paid to date in the...

Iranian attempt to harm drug maker Giliad, the only company so far to produce its drug, has been granted US authorization for experimental use in Corona patients: The Reuters news agency reported Friday that Iranian hackers have been trying to break into American society in recent weeks. An Israeli cyber company was the one who discovered this, and prevented the continued hacking. In one case, a fake login page meant to steal passwords was sent in April to a Gilead senior involved in legal matters. This was revealed from a complex version of a site that crawls malicious Web addresses that...

In April, 177,000 new job seekers registered - down 76% compared to March, when the number of new unemployed was 756,000. According to an April report released by the Employment Service on April, an average of 6,200 new jobseekers were registered each day. Of the new jobseekers in April, about 21,000 were laid off (about 12%), compared with about 6% in March. This is due to a 79% reduction in the use of foreign currency. "The Employment Service expects many of the IDF job seekers to be laid off," it said. The number of unemployed reached a record high of 1.15 million in April, which is 28%...

The government ministers (Sunday) approved the opening of public gardens throughout the country, as well a availables the use of the amusement and fitness facilities there, but without amusement facilities. The gaming facilities will not open for use. The decision was made by telephone meeting of the ministers. This is a continuation of the exit strategy from the Corona crisis. At the meeting, which was chaired by Foreign Minister Israel Katz, the ministers also confirmed that the isolation obligation in the hotel would be revoked from abroad, and they could now stay in domestic isolation....