Articles by April, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The Ministry of Health updated Friday that 2,479 people were diagnosed in Corona last week - a figure that is about half the week before, when 5,011 people were diagnosed with the virus. This is the lowest figure since June 2020. The total number of people infected in Israel since the outbreak is 833,707. Also, 56 people died this week - after 93 people died last week. This is the lowest figure since November. The total death toll from the virus is now 6,220. In the last day, 331 people have been diagnosed with corona carriers. Out of 35,768 tests, the positive rate is 1%. The test data...
Apr 2, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Banking
The EU's investment bank EIB will provide NIS 30 million in financing to Brennmiller Energy for the construction of a plant for innovative thermal energy storage systems, which will be established near Dimona and will provide the city's residents with about 100 new jobs. Funding for the new plant is made possible as a result of Israel's participation in the European Horizon 2020 Framework Program for the Advancement of Research and Innovation. The loan is supported by the European Commission as part of the financing of InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects. The European Investment Bank...
Apr 2, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Politics
A few hours remain until the expiration of the mandate given by the president to Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government, and the political system is eager to find out to whom Reuven Rivlin will grant the mandate in his place. In the bloc of parties trying to bring about political change, workers are working so that the chairman of the Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, will receive the mandate and with him a large force to control events in the near future. All options are open. Yesterday there were quite a few talks in the Netanyahu bloc to resolve the political tangle and think of ways to...
Apr 6, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Government
The state opening national event to mark Holocaust Martyrs 'and Heroes' Remembrance Day was held Wednesday night at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. The ceremony was attended by President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speaker of the Knesset and chief justice of the Supreme Court Ester chayut. This year's ceremony was marked by the phrase "until the last Jew - 80 years since the beginning of the mass extermination." In his speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nuclear talks with Iran - and sent a message to the United States: "An agreement with Iran will not...
Apr 8, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
Three months ago, Israel was among the leading countries in morbidity in Corona and at one point was in the first place in the world in morbidity per million inhabitants. But now, almost four months after the start of the vaccination campaign, when 85% of the target population has already been vaccinated - the situation is completely different. According to data collected by a research body belonging to Oxford University, Israel is ranked 97th in the world in the ranking of new infections in the last week per million inhabitants - lower than the world average at the time. The morbidity...
Apr 9, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Politics
For the first time since the election, and after the imposition of the task of assembling the government on Benjamin Netanyahu, about a thousand people demonstrate tonight (Saturday) in front of the prime minister's residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem against him and his government. At the same time, about 30 demonstrators stood in front of the president's house and police forces were called to the scene. Before that many protested at intersections and bridges. The protesters first arrived at the Knesset, from where they marched to Balfour, and some even continued as far as the...
Apr 10, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The rate of positive tests is lower than one percent in the last whole week. The number of verified daily has been lower than 500 for two weeks. The coefficient of infection also decreases. Still, most schoolchildren still study in capsules - so stay home most of the day. Data from the Ministry of Health published on Saturday evening show that the rate of positive tests has been lower than 1% for six days in a row. Yesterday the positive rate was 0.6%. A total of 221 Israelis were diagnosed positive for Corona yesterday (Friday), and another 48 have been diagnosed since midnight. A total...
Apr 10, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Government
The Iranian nuclear agency announced on Sunday a malfunction in the electricity system at the Natanz nuclear facility - less than a day after the announcement of the operation of advanced centrifuges at the site. It can be estimated that this is an Israeli cyber attack. Because according to reports, it was Israel that was behind cyber activity ten years ago, an activity known as "Staxent", a computer worm that caused a real disruption in the Natanz hubs. The background to the malfunction is unknown, but the agency said that the issue is under investigation and the conclusions will be...
Apr 11, 2021
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