Articles by August, 2021

At midnight (Tuesday-Wednesday) the new corona restrictions came into effect, with the aim of curbing the rise in morbidity, which includes the expansion of the green label on most sectors of the economy and the activation of the purple label in malls and shopping centers and crowd restrictions. In the late evening, however, pressure was exerted to exclude children from having to present a negative test in order to enter pools or attractions. During the night, a telephone poll was expected in the government with the aim of approving the exclusion of the swimming pools, nature reserves,...

Significant news for Holocaust survivors: Their annual pension will increase by more than NIS 2,500. A memorandum of law to increase the annual grant for Holocaust survivors has been circulated for public comment. As part of the budget discussions, Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Minister of Social Equality Meirav Cohen agreed to increase the annual grant for Holocaust survivors. Today, the Ministry of Finance raised for public comments a memorandum of law stating that the annual grant transferred to Holocaust survivors will increase to the amount of...

The IEC reported a loss in the second quarter of 2021. This, when in the background there was an increase in demand for electricity compared to the same period last year. According to the company, the second quarter of the year is usually characterized by low profitability or loss due to "seasonal effects". That is, in the second quarter, which occurs in the spring months, power consumption is generally low due to the mild weather. The company reported a loss of NIS 33 million in the second quarter, compared to a loss of NIS 474 million in the second quarter of 2020. In the first half of...

With the support of the Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, the Minister of Finance, Avigdor Liethberman, the Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbibai, in coordination with the Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz, agreed on a unique project to support the medical staff who are at the forefront of dealing with the Corona and businesses

99,079 Israelis received their third vaccine over the weekend. A total of 1,365,887 received the booster dose. This is according to data published tonight (Saturday) by the Ministry of Health. In addition, 7,249 Israelis received the first dose of the vaccine. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 6.7% of those aged 40 to 49 have already received the third vaccine dose, as have 34% of those aged 50 to 59, 58.5% of those aged 60 to 69, 74.6% of those aged 70 to 79, 70.4% of those aged 80 to 89 and 65.1 % Among people aged 90 and over. At the same time, there was an increase over the...

The seven directors of public hospitals in Israel have threatened to stop accepting Corona patients from Monday - because they claim that the agreements with them have not been fulfilled. "We are here several months after signing an agreement with the Ministries of Finance and Health, and this agreement has been violated," said Shaare Zedek Hospital director Prof. Ofer Marin. These are the Shaare Zedek and Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem, Laniado in Netanya, the Springs of Salvation in Bnei Brak, the English Hospital in Nazareth, and the Holy Family (Italian) and St. Vincent de Paul...

The Corona Cabinet approved tonight (Monday) to open the school year as planed on September 1st. The cabinet has approved the outline for learning in the red cities, according to which a class with a rate of vaccinated and recovering students will be less than 70% will study remotely. In addition, it was decided to apply the green label outline to teaching staff in kindergartens and schools. Unvaccinated workers will not be able to enter the premises of the educational institutions without presenting a vaccination certificate or a valid corona test. At the same time, the cabinet approved...

According to data from the Employment Service published Monday, four of the five only cities in which the rate of unemployment claimants higher than 10% is registered are Arabs, and one of them is mixed. These are the cities of Umm al-Fahm (with an unemployment rate of 17.8% in July), Rahat (17.3%), Nazareth (12.9%) and Shefar'am (10.5%). The mixed city of Acre is the fifth city with a unemployment rate higher than 10% - with 12.7%. Only in three cities was there a decrease in the number of job seekers at a rate of less than 20% - two of them Arabs (Umm al-Fahm with 7.5% and Rahat with...

If you were hoping to find a green country to spend your holidays in, you may want to make an alternative plan - and this time not because of the Corona restrictions: the Histadrut recently declared a labor dispute in the aviation industry, amid a severe employment crisis. According to the Histadrut, the airlines, which have already laid off thousands of workers and laid off many workers, are now seeking further mass layoffs, and as a result the conflict has been declared. The conflict is relevant to El Al employees, Arkia employees, Israir pilots, and employees of the Airports Authority....

The chairman of the Knesset's Interior Committee, Said Al-Kharomi (RAAM), died last night (Tuesday to Wednesday) at the age of 49 after suffering a heart attack. "The Islamic Movement and Ra'am announce with great sorrow the death of the righteous Banan, MK Said al-Kharomi, after a heart attack during the night," the party said in a statement. The party's chairman, Mansour Abbas, paid tribute to him outside the hospital. "An energetic and very smart young politician," he said. "He always believed in his way as the son of the Arabs of the Negev. The loss is great. "