Articles by February, 2021

 Manufacturers' Association legal opinion: Employer is allowed to force an employee to be vaccinated
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

The Manufacturers' Association issued a legal opinion on Monday evening to all employers affiliated with it, according to which the employer is allowed to force an employee to be vaccinated or tested on a daily basis, and even to expel an employee to the Knesset if he chooses not to do so. 'Specializing in labor law, may apply to about 400 thousand workers directly employed by industrialists from the association.

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Feb 16, 2021

Northern Israel and Jerusalem have been painted white -  snow has piled up
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Many areas in Israel have been painted white, and in the high areas of Jerusalem the snow has piled up to a height of 2 cm. Snowflakes have been falling in the capital in recent hours, and according to the forecast, snow is expected to increase tonight. In Jerusalem and all the intercity lines to and from it as well as the light rail activity. In the evening, it also started to snow in Mitzpe Ramon. In the north, the snow piled up in some localities to a height of about 40 cm. Kerem Ben Zimra and Dalton. A resident of Mitzpe Ramon, Effie Perry, said following the snow that "the excitement...

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Feb 17, 2021

The highest unemployment rate in the corona period was recorded among ultra-Orthodox men
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Financial

The highest unemployment rate in the corona period was recorded among ultra-Orthodox men in most months of the crisis, according to a report by the Labor Market in Israel 2020 published today (Thursday) by the Ministry of Labor and Welfare. The report also shows that women were significantly more affected than men during the three closures. The average unemployment rate in the corona period, from March to December 2020, averaged 16%, more than four times higher than in the pre-crisis period. The rate between closures (July-August 2020) was about 10% and reflects to some extent the economic...

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Feb 18, 2021

Health Minister Edelstein admitted: it was a mistake to prefer the malls over education
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

This coming Sunday, classes will be resumed in grades 5-6 as well as 11-12 in green, yellow and orange cities where more than 70% are vaccinated, but 7th-10th graders will continue to be at home - at least until March 7, 11 Days before the beginning of the Passover holiday. Teachers, parents, children and educators from all over the country harshly criticized the decision that remained: "Opening malls and commerce before the education system symbolizes the importance of the education system and Israeli students in the eyes of the political echelon. Shame and disgrace." Ahead of tonight's...

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Feb 18, 2021

Ministry of Health study: Corona vaccine is 99% effective in preventing in preventing death
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

The Ministry of Health this evening released data showing that 14 days after receiving the second vaccine, the data are even higher than in Pfizer's initial study. Corona vaccines in Israel have been found to be very effective in preventing illness, with an emphasis on serious illness, hospitalization and mortality - this evening (Saturday) increased the effectiveness of the vaccines performed by the Department of Epidemiology in the Ministry of Health. According to the results of the test, which was conducted until the previous weekend, there is an efficiency of 95.8% in preventing all...

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Feb 20, 2021

The Ministry of Health is discussing a possibility of imposing severe restrictions on Purim holiday
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The Ministry of Health has been discussing in recent days the possibility of imposing severe restrictions on the coming Purim, in order to prevent a renewed increase in morbidity, which has been declining significantly in recent days. Meanwhile, many people took advantage of the trade opening yesterday to buy costumes for Purim - and toy stores have long queues ahead of the holiday, which will begin on Thursday evening. At this stage, the Ministry of Health has not yet formulated a decision regarding restrictions on Purim, with one option being to impose a night curfew to prevent...

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Feb 21, 2021

 32-year-old woman in advanced pregnancy died from Corona at Hadassah Medical Center
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Health

32-year-old woman in advanced pregnancy died after being infected with Corona, Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem announced on Sunday morning. The doctors were unable to save the fetus. The woman, in the 30th week of her pregnancy, was hospitalized due to breathing difficulties at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Tuesday, and her condition was defined as serious. Tonight her condition deteriorated into a multi-system failure. A team of experts was called to the scene, and began lengthy resuscitation attempts as well as a caesarean section in order to save the fetus, but the attempts failed...

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Feb 21, 2021

The hearing of the evidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's casses will be delayed to April
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Law

The hearing of the evidence in the Alpine cases in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust will begin on Monday, April 5, 2021, that is, after the election. This is what the court ruled. The judges also rejected Netanyahu's request to cancel the indictment due to defects in the ombudsman's approval of investigations in cases 1000 and 4000. The three judges stressed that they do not accept the request in a way that justifies the dismissal of the entire indictment, but left an opening for a discussion of Netanyahu's allegations after the...

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Feb 22, 2021

The government will decide today on limitations in Purim and on openong 7-10 grades classes
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by Ifi Reporter

Category: Government

The heads of the local authorities are trying to reach an agreement with the government on the introduction of the return of studies to the middle schools. This follows the threat of the Local Authorities Forum to open its schools tomorrow. The government will convene after noon to discuss the matter. There is still no agreement between Blue and White and the Likud on this matter. Mayors from the 15th Forum announced at the begining of the week the opening of classes for grades 7 to 10 starting Wednesday, ahead of a date set by the government, are calling on teaching staff to cooperate...

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Feb 23, 2021

"The situation of the labor market in January was more difficult than last October"
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The situation of the labor market in January was more difficult than in October, when the second closure ended - both in the rate of job seekers and in the length of the period in which many of them are out of work. This emerges from an analysis of the employment service. 127.7 thousand new job seekers were registered in January - an increase of 56.4% compared to December 2020. On the other hand, only 18.2 thousand people reported returning to work - the lowest number of returnees since the beginning of the crisis. At the beginning of January, 727.4 thousand jobseekers were registered and...

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Feb 23, 2021

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