Articles by January, 2022

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the transitional provision that was determined in relation to the application of the support tests for subsidizing tuition in daycare centers - according to which the students' families will benefit from the tuition subsidy only until the middle of the current school year - is inconsistent with the rules of law. Procedures. In the majority opinion, it was determined that these rules require that the transitional provision be extended in such a way that the families will continue to enjoy the subsidy, in accordance with the criteria that were...

Is there a chance to end in a gainplea deal the saga of the Netanyahu trial, which has been going on for five years since the first investigation broke out? The attorney general of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Adv. Boaz Ben-Zur, recently raised this possibility in contacts with the State Attorney's Office. The gaps between the parties are narrowing: Is former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the way to a plea deal? Following the publication of the State Attorney's' willingness to close the 2000 case as part of a possible plea agreement - it appears that there is only one...

Peak in housing prices and in the yearly inflation: The Central Bureau of Statistics published the Consumer Price Index on Friday. The index rose 0.3% in December. In total, this is an increase of 2.8% in all of 2021. This is the highest increase in more than a decade and significantly above the Bank of Israel's latest forecast from last week, which stood at 2.4%. Significant price increases were recorded in the clothing and footwear segment, which increased by 1.1%, housing (excluding apartment prices), which increased by 0.8%, furniture and household equipment, which increased by 0.7%,...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave the green light for the establishment of the State Commission of Inquiry into the Submarine Affair, and the vote on this will be submitted to the government for approval at its next meeting on Sunday. The decision was made after discussions between Prime Minister and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz, Justice Minister Gideon Saar and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Gantz, who more than any other government minister promoted the establishment of the committee, welcomed the agreements: "This is a national need, and I thank the prime minister, the foreign minister,...

Corona's isolation has only recently been shortened from ten days to seven, and is now expected to be further shortened: Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Sunday evening ordered his office staff to shorten Corona's isolation shortening from seven to five days, but Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has not yet formulated his position. However, there are growing assessments in the health system that the move will eventually be approved, and final discussions on the issue are expected to take place tomorrow and the day after.

The state aid scheme for airlines, which are suffering from a loss of revenue due to the omicron, is finally closed. The government approved the Ministry of Finance and Transportation's proposal to provide increased assistance in the amount of $ 85 million to the three airlines: El Al, Israir and Arkia. This is after according to the outline formulated in November, the assistance to the companies was supposed to amount to only $ 41 million - that is, an increase in the assistance by $ 44 million

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz decided to shorten the isolation to five days with the encouragement of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Following the announcement of the shortening of the isolation to five days, some members of the epidemic treatment team of the Ministry of Health sharply criticized the decision. The reason: Contrary to the decision to shorten the isolation to seven days discussed by the team after data was presented and a vote was taken, Minister Horowitz and senior officials of his ministry including Director General of the Ministry of Health Prof. Nachman Ash and Head of...

The United States warned on Tuesday against traveling to Israel following the spread of the corona there. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Israel is at the 4th highest level of risk from Corona - and Americans should avoid traveling to it. Along with Israel, 21 other countries were added to the list. The CDC stressed that the recommendation is sweeping for the vaccinated as well - but if it is an important trip, it is better to fly when vaccinated against the virus. The prevailing assessment in Israel is that the coefficient of infection is expected to...

The labor market is expected to immediately face a fundamental change, whereby thousands of workers will be able to get to their jobs even if they have been infected with the corona virus. This is on the condition that their illness is without symptoms and that they will not meet on their way to the workplace and the factory where they are employed by any other worker while they are there. The innovation, which mainly concerns workers in industry, may in fact eliminate the need for many workers in isolation and help workplaces overcome the absence in recent days of many workers, including...

Israel's public debt soared in 2021, in absolute terms, and crossed the NIS 1 trillion mark. However, in the main index for examining Israel's financial strength, the debt-to-GDP ratio in the economy has improved, and it dropped from 71.7% in 2020 to 70.3%. The Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, Yahli Rotenberg, published today (Wednesday) the preliminary debt data for 2021. They show that the improvement in the debt-to-GDP ratio was recorded mainly due to the increase in GDP in the economy in 2021, in light of the economic recovery. The published figure was determined by the...