Articles by October, 2022

The Israeli defense industry company Elbit Systems is benefiting from the tense geopolitical situation and the increase in defense budgets in many countries around the world following the war in Ukraine and has signed contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The company announced that it is signing another contract with the US Army, in the amount of 107 million dollars, for the supply of night vision systems. These are improved night vision goggles - binocular systems (ENVG-B), spare parts, logistical support, and test equipment, for The army, which is expected to be delivered...

Google has started operating its servers in Israel and Partner has already started gradually connecting its customers to the company's servers, mainly DNS servers. This means: connecting to a local server and not to the servers abroad that the providers use today, which allows faster access to websites and applications (but not a higher browsing speed) as well as less congestion during peak hours. That is, the consumer will enjoy faster updates now, than through the Internet provider His

Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbivay, is leaving this morning for a professional visit to Ankara during which a series of meetings will be held with the aim of strengthening the economic and trade relations between the countries. The visit is being held in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister will be joined by the Director of Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy Mr. Ohad Cohen, Deputy Director of Economics at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms. Yael Rabia Zadok, the Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Ms. Irit Lilian and the Economic...

Four months after Yitzchak Abarkhan returned to Shufersal, this time as chairman, and led to the appointment of Uri Waterman as CEO of the company, in the coming weeks the two intend to lead an aggressive streamlining program for the company. Restoring the operating profitability of the food stores to a level of 3.5%-4% will require a cut of NIS 250-300 million per year in the company's operating expenses in view of the erosion of its market share

The Accountant General's Division in the Ministry of Finance publishes the data of the state's tax revenues for the month of September 2022, which in fact summarizes the state's tax revenues in the first three quarters of the year. In September 2022, the state's tax revenues amounted to NIS 35.1 billion, a fairly high amount, but in the analysis of the revenues for the month of September, it must be taken into account that in September 2021, a collection estimated at approximately NIS 8.2 billion was postponed to October 2021 due to the holidays

The food chains are preparing to raise prices as early as next week. The price index of Stornext, which increased in the first 9 months of this year by 4.4% compared to the same period last year, is expected to jump in the next update, in view of the demand of various suppliers, including Sano, Unilever, Terra, Gad Dairies and Diplomat Company, to raise the prices of their products at a rate that reaches up to 25%

The problem of overcrowding and the rate of population growth in Israel is one of the fundamental problems discussed in recent years and is a real challenge for education, transportation, housing, and other systems. Another significant challenge of the increase in the population and its accelerated aging is imposed on the health system - which must continue to provide the public with medical services of a high level, with reasonable availability and accessibility at the very least. A new OECD report illustrates the magnitude of the challenge or, in less subtle words, the major crisis that...

The representatives of the state and the teachers' union signed the new employment agreement with the teachers' union on the night between Wednesday and Thursday, which will include, among other things, an increase in teachers' salaries already now and a change in the vacation schedule starting next year

Three residents of the north gave sensitive information to Hamas in Turkey - and planned to damage the operation of the Cellcom network during a war or a military operation. This is according to the indictment submitted at noon (Thursday) by the Cyber ​​Department of the State Attorney's Office at the end of an investigation by the Shin Bet. According to the indictment, R. A., one of the accused, has been working since 2004 at Cellcom as a software engineer - a position in which he received very broad access privileges for computer systems and information systems in the company. Another...