Articles by December, 2021

The Social Security website crashed on Wednesday afternoon and soon returned to activity for the most part. The Social Security explains that the reason for the fall was a cyber attack on the site. According to the Social Security, the attack focused on loading information on the site and was handled by the Social Security cyber and computer personnel. The Social Security emphasizes that no databases were hacked at all and that public information is preserved. The Social Security cyber and computing blocked access from abroad, thus returning the site to operation. Alex Steinberg, product...

Former United States President Donald Trump is attacking former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an exclusive interview he gives to journalist Barak Ravid in his new book "Trump's Peace" which hits stores today, Trump says: "I loved Netanyahu very much. There was no one who did more for Bibi than me. There was no one who did more for Israel than me. But the election in the country "This one was stolen and sewn. And the first person to run to greet Joe Biden was Netanyahu. Leaders of other countries, such as Brazil, waited months. Putin, Mexico. They also felt that the election was sewn."

After the government's five-year plan of NIS 600 million was approved for the Arab company's participation in high-tech, an event was held in Nazareth to mark the achievement at the initiative of the Tzofen organization that works to build high-tech in Arab society, with senior high-tech, government and Arab society. The plan, recently approved, was formulated by the Council of Chiefs of Staff and Code, in consultation with Deloitte and in partnership with the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation and the umbrella organization of the high-tech industries IATI. The event was hosted by Dr. Ramzi...

The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening that 15 more people have been diagnosed as verified with the Omicron strain in Israel. To date, 67 verified persons have been identified in Israel: 44 who returned from South Africa, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Italy, Namibia and Turkey. Infected. The Ministry of Health also stated that out of those 67 verified, 13 are defined as unprotected (unvaccinated, recovering six months after recovery and vaccinated in a second dose six months after the date of vaccination) and 54 are...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Bitton, fired the director of her office, Yigal Slovik, in an unusual move. This is an unusual move, as it is the immediate dismissal of an incumbent CEO, in the middle of the school year and in the middle of the corona crisis and a large-scale vaccination campaign. According to government sources, the disagreements between Slovik and Shasha-Biton, which led to the unusual move, arose against the background of his support for the new vaccination campaign in schools that began today, and the minister's opposition to the operation. Cause that they...

The Ministry of Finance is expected to announce in the coming days assistance to the aviation and tourism industries in Israel, in light of the fear that these industries will suffer another severe blow in the coming months due to the spread of the new Corona strain, Omicron, and additional restrictions on flights. On Sunday, the Ministry of Finance decided that there is no escape from assistance to these two industries, which have been affected more than any other industry in the economy since the Corona crisis began in March 2020. However, it is now clear that further heavy damage is...

Netafim, a world leader in precision irrigation, is in the advanced stages of implementing a regional development project and training it for agricultural cultivation in eastern Rwanda. The joint venture between the Rwandan government (90%) and Netafim (10%) will establish water infrastructure and prepare land for the purpose of leasing it to local farmers and foreign investors in agriculture. Netafim will also be the operating contractor for the project, whose total investment in its first phase is $ 60 million, and Netafim's share in it reaches $ 50 million. Netafim, managed by Gabi...

The high-tech industry in Israel broke many records this year - and now the numbers indicating its strength are being revealed. According to a report by Start-Up Nation Central, in the first 11 months of 2021, local companies raised a total of $ 24.5 billion. Israeli companies raised $ 10.8 billion. During the period, 74 high-tech companies raised mega-rounds - that is, huge fundraisers of more than $ 100 million - compared to 22 companies in 2020. These fundraisers account for more than half of the total capital raised in 2021 and stand at $ 14.4 billion - a growth of 310% in total...

The Ministry of Communications informed the communications company HOT that it is imposing a financial sanction of NIS 6 million on it, subject to a hearing, because it did not meet its commitment to deploy Internet infrastructure in peripheral localities. This is a violation of the company's obligation to deploy Internet and cellular infrastructure in about 200 of Israel's localities, as an alternative service to the cable infrastructure that the company is obligated to provide throughout Israel by law. This is the second fine of NIS 6 million that the ministry imposes on HOT in less than...

The total number of new mortgages granted by the banks in Israel in November is NIS 10.98 billion, an increase of 2.5% compared to NIS 10.7 billion in October, according to data from the Bank of Israel. Since the beginning of 2021, NIS 104 billion in mortgages have been taken out - further evidence that 2021 is a particularly strong year in the real estate market. During the third quarter. If in 2020 the total monthly mortgage taking averaged about NIS 6.5 billion, then 2021 is expected to end with a monthly average of NIS 9.45 billion in taking out mortgages. This is despite the fact that...