Articles by September, 2022

The technology giant Google buys the Israeli BreezoMeter. Breezometer is a climate company founded in 2014 and engaged in predicting environmental hazards such as air pollution, pollen and fires. Its technology turns the information into insights and makes them accessible to consumers through apps, smart home devices, vehicles and more. Google has recently started adding air pollution indicators to its products such as the Pixel 6 mobile device and Google Maps and it is possible that it is interested in more comprehensive information than what it receives from its suppliers. Google...

In regard to the next Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish Agency published its annual data, regarding the number of Jews in the world, according to a demographic study conducted by Professor Sergio Della-Pergola from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to the data, as of today, there are 15.3 million Jews in the world, compared to 15.2 million last year. Of these, 7,080,000 Jews live in Israel, an increase of 130 thousand people compared to the previous year

The police and the Shin Bet opened an investigation into suspected damage to the railway tracks between Acre and Karmiel, after it was discovered that an obstacle had been placed on the track near Route 85. There were no casualties and no damage was caused. For the security officials' investigation. The rest of the details of the case and the investigation are subject to a publication ban. The detainee took advantage of the shutdown of the track due to the holiday, and placed an engineered accessory, which was apparently designed to cause a train to derail on its journey at the end of the...

The Elis plane is designed for regional flights, as a passenger plane with 9 passengers and 2 crew members, an aircraft carrier, or a cargo plane. It is capable of flying a range of up to 830 km, at a speed of up to 460 km, and carrying a weight of 1.1 tons. It has two engines with a power of 850 hp each, and batteries with a capacity of 900-kilowatt hours, like 15 popular electric cars. But the batteries make up about 60% of the plane's weight at takeoff, which currently makes it difficult to build an electric plane for longer ranges

South Korea's parliament approved a trade agreement with Israel and it is expected to enter into force in December. This is Israel's first free trade area agreement with an Asian country. With the entry into force of the agreement, mutual tariff reductions will apply to imported and exported products, alongside the improvement and facilitation of trade in a variety of other areas such as services, investments, and standardization. The agreement will give Israeli companies a competitive advantage in the Korean market and is expected to increase and diversify Israeli exports to Korea, as...

The Ministry of Finance announced that the committee for examining Israeli food standards reached agreements regarding the cancellation and modification of the standards. In recent months, the committee examined the Israeli food standards, and its goal was to balance as much as possible the Israeli regulation in the field of food with that practiced in other developed countries, thereby facilitating both the import of food to Israel and its local production in the Israeli food industry. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Finance, the standards that will be canceled will...

The financial closure of the express lanes project has been completed. As part of the financial closure, which is a significant milestone in the project, the franchising company contracted will provide financing for the project's franchise in a total amount of approximately 2.3 billion shekels. Construction, operation and maintenance of the set of express lanes in Gush Dan will last for a concession period of 14 years. As part of the project, Dania and Electra will build high-capacity park and ride parking lots (for about 11,000 vehicles) at the Ayalon interchange (Rishon Lezion), and the...

The price of fuel will remain unchanged on October 1 - NIS 6.37 per liter; The surcharge for self-service will be 21 cents per liter, also unchanged - the Ministry of Energy announced. According to the announcement, a drop in the international price of gasoline and an increase in the exchange rate resulted in a reduction of 10 cents from the price of fuel. However, the increase in the excise tax resulted in an increase of 10 cents in the price - so the bottom line will remain unchanged.

The Consumer Protection Authority imposed a fine of NIS 5,598,720 on Domicar Ltd. (Budget Car Rental) for misleading consumers under aggravating circumstances: concealing a material detail in the transaction. It is alleged that Budget sold 93 vehicles that were used as rental vehicles, which it presented as vehicles that were used as leasing vehicles to 93 different consumers. In addition, the company published 28 cars on the company website and on the Focus website, presenting them as leasing vehicles, while in practice they were used as rental vehicles, and sometimes even as leasing...