Articles by August, 2021

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. "

An additional 9,891 people have been diagnosed with Corona in the past day, the Ministry of Health said this morning (Wednesday). This is a 6.69% positive out of a total of 150,657 tests. Also, the number of critically ill patients rose to 692, including 129 respirators. Yesterday, 16 patients died of the virus, so the death toll from the outbreak rose to 6,880. To date, we have vaccinated 5,923,082 people in the first vaccine dose in the country, and 1,673,1565 in the third dose. This, after the Ministry of Health announced yesterday the expansion of the third vaccination campaign, so...

The Bank of Israel is on its way to becoming the "big brother" of Israeli citizens: it requires banks and credit card companies to provide it with comprehensive information on the consumer behavior of their customers, which it will centralize in a special database. The database will centralize the expenditure on each citizen's credit cards, the use he made of checks and the amount of cash he withdrew and how he conducted himself with the "grant per citizen" he received. In a letter sent by the Governor's Chief of Staff, Dr. Golan Benita, to the banks and credit card companies, he demanded...

The crisis in public hospitals continues even though efforts have been made by various parties to reach agreements. The Knesset Health Committee will convene tomorrow evening to discuss the crisis. The Ministry of Finance announced that following the directive of the Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, an advance of more than NIS 100 million was transferred at the expense of the aid money promised to the public hospitals to "solve the crisis in the hospitals", although the support tests were not completed. However, with the announcement, hospital administrators were quick to respond:...

On Friday evening, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described the meeting with US President Joe Biden as "excellent" - and invited him to visit Israel after overcoming the spread of the Delta strain. "It felt like we had known each other for a long time," Bennett said. "I found a leader who loves Israel, knows exactly what he wants - and is also attentive to our needs." The prime minister said that along with him, Biden was also determined that Iran would never be able to reach nuclear weapons, and said he was happy that the target had been agreed on by both sides to work in the near future...

Contrary to expectations, the number of people resigning in 2020, the first year of the corona crisis, rose by 60%. This is despite the severe unemployment crisis. Between 2014 and 2019, there was a steady increase in the rate of resignations from 12% to 16% of all job seekers. But these were mainly strong job seekers with high skills and academic occupations. However, during the Corona crisis, there was a large increase in the proportion of low-wage and unskilled resigners. This is what the employment service report shows. The service explains the phenomenon by guaranteeing the payment of...

The number of patients in serious condition, which was stable last week, rose to 751 on Sunday evening. These are 45 more severe patients than the number at midnight. Data from the Ministry of Health show that there was an increase of 31 new critically ill patients who were not vaccinated, 12 who were vaccinated and two who were partially vaccinated. Simultaneously with the increase in the number of critically ill patients, there was an increase in the number of respirators, and their number tonight stands at 157. Meanwhile, at midnight, 4,234 Israelis were diagnosed as positive for...

10,947 people have been diagnosed with the corona virus in the last day, the Ministry of Health said this morning (Tuesday). Yesterday, results were obtained for 145,868 tests, of which 7.65% were positive. The death toll from the outbreak rose to 7,043. Of the verified diagnosed, 5,461 are students. The number of critically ill patients stands at 719, and the number of active patients is 83,542. Patients are hospitalized in hospitals, and the number of respirators now stands at 1 To date, we have vaccinated 5,974,921 people in the first vaccine dose in Israel, and 2,157,299 in the third...

State Comptroller Netanyahu Engelman published a special report with many significant shortcomings in the treatment of the corona epidemic in the first, second and part of the third wave. Together with the then replacement prime minister, Bnei Gantz. The Comptroller referred to the fact that the lack of a state budget harmed the government's budgetary conduct in times of crisis, to harm students following prolonged distance learning through zoom, and also to the fact that no solution was found to the issue of contagion by returning to Israel via Ben Gurion Airport. Persistent and raised...