Articles by April, 2021

Israel has signed an agreement with Pfizer to purchase 10 million vaccine doses by the end of 2022 - of which about two million vaccines have already been sent to Israel, "at the expense" of the deal signed today. In addition, Israel and Pfizer have agreed on the existence of an option to purchase millions of other vaccine doses, which will be adapted to variants, if necessary. The deal signed today with Pfizer and the one that will soon be signed with Moderna, includes a 50% lower number of vaccines compared to the original deal presented by the Ministry of Health and the Prime Minister....

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit did call on the High Court to reject the petition of the Movement for Quality of Government, which demanded the declaration of the prime minister's imprisonment due to his criminal trial, but the saga of the imprisonment is just beginning. , Which may lead to imprisonment. The adviser pointed to two main parameters that could lead to Netanyahu's imprisonment. The first parameter: "functional" fortification resulting from his involvement in the trial against him. "The possibility cannot be ruled out categorically that in exceptional concrete...

March data on new mortgages published today (Monday) by the Bank of Israel were another illustration of how hot the residential real estate market is. Amounted to NIS 22.3 billion - an increase of about 7% compared to the corresponding quarter in 2020. It is one of the strongest quarters in the mortgage market ever in the country. In addition, the volume of mortgages taken in the first quarter of 2021 is 44% higher than the rate of mortgages taken in the corresponding quarter in 2019

The price of the economic corona: The government debt has reached almost a trillion shekels. In 2020, government debt increased by about 20% and stood at NIS 984 billion each, compared to NIS 823 billion last year. The government deficit more than tripled during 2020 and has reached unprecedented proportions since the 1980s. Add to this the dramatic drop in tax revenues recorded at the beginning of the crisis and the ongoing budget, it will be possible to understand the magnitude of the event that took place in the offices of the Accountant General Unit, responsible for providing funding...

An anti-aircraft missile fired from Syria at Israel fell overnight in the Negev, after an attack attributed to Israel. An air defense system was activated against Syrian anti-aircraft fire, and in response the Air Force attacked the battery from which the missile was fired. In Syrian space. According to reports in Syria, the air force attacked several targets in the Damascus area shortly after 01:30 tonight, and then several surface-to-air missiles were fired, one of which fell in the south of the country. An IDF spokesman said that "the missile, apparently an SA5 model, which reaches a...

According to updated data from the Ministry of Health published this morning, no deaths were recorded on Thursday as a result of complications of the corona virus in Israel. This is the first time since June 29, 2020, between the first wave of morbidity and the second wave. A total of 6,346 corona patients died in Israel from the outbreak of the plague. The optimistic figure joins the sharp decline in the number of people in critical condition in hospitals, which this morning stands at 160 compared to more than 1,200 at the height of the third outbreak of the corona plague. In addition,...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the climate summit organized by the US president that "I pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and successfully complete the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Israel by 2050." Netanyahu was introduced by US Energy Minister Jennifer Greenholm. She explained that the leaders speaking on the second day of the conference are those whose countries are leading technological developments or those who are leading in the field of renewable energy production. Netanyahu said in his pre-recorded speech: "I can announce that we have...

Another evening of rockets and alarms in the Gaza Strip in parallel with clashes and riots in Jerusalem: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded around 10:30 pm (Saturday) in Israeli territory near the perimeter fence and a red alert was sounded in Kibbutz Nirim in the Eshkol Council. Earlier, a rocket was fired in the Sderot area using an iron dome. An 18-year-old girl from Sderot suffered from anxiety and was treated in the emergency room at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. A red alarm was sounded shortly before 21:00 in Sderot and nearby localities and the residents entered the...

Clashes in Jerusalem again. At the end of the prayer near the Nablus Gate, young people tonight (Saturday) started throwing stones and firing fireworks at the police, who responded with stun grenades. Then cavalrymen were also activated. A Border Police officer was injured after he was attacked by a young Arab man who was arrested. The policeman's condition is still unknown. Hundreds of people, some of whom ended the traditional Tarawiyh prayer that takes place on the nights of the month of Ramadan, shouted at the police "Allah Akbar" and other shouts. Security forces began dispersing...

Small and medium-sized businesses employ 65% ​​of the labor force in the Arab sector - but the financing products in the economy are not tailored to them. This situation will be tried to change by a new fund owned by the state and a public association, and it will provide 250 loans amounting to NIS 15 million. The fund was established by the Koret Funds Association and the Small Business Agency in the Ministry of Economy, and will provide a solution for registered, existing and new businesses that have not received a loan through the state-guaranteed fund in the past year, as well as for...