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The National Poverty Report published by the National Insurance Institute shows data on an increase in the poverty rate in Israel in 2018 - among the general population as well as among children and families. The couple employed - rose. For the first time after years in which inequality in Israel was reduced, in 2018 it began to expand. Internationally, the poverty rate among children in Israel remains higher in the OECD - more than in Chile and Mexico - when only in Turkey is the poverty rate among children higher.

The highest payed in government companies in 2018 was Rafael's CEO, Yoav Har Even, with gross salary of NIS 113,127 a month, followed by CEO of Electric Company Ofer Bloch with gross monthly salary of NIS 97,365. This is according to the annual report released this morning by the CEO of the government corporation, Yankee Quint, which includes 49 government companies. Other notable highlights: CFO of the aerospace industry earned NIS 94,380, chief labor officer at Haifa Port earned NIS 86,629, CEO of Aerospace Industries earned NIS 82,583 and a router at Ashdod port earned NIS 78,744 in...

Following the weather, the Finance Committee has decided that it will work to determine compensation for natural damage under the law. This is in the wake of the damage done to business owners and private individuals in the intense wave of rains that hit Israel. The Capital Market Authority said about 4,500 applications were submitted to the insurance companies. The company's estimate indicates weather damage totaling NIS 130 million. The Deputy Commissioner of Fire said: We warned in advance that the systems would collapse. We need NIS 30 million, and the political situation paralyzes us...

A new report from the Manufacturers Association indicates that the downward trend from which Israeli exports are also suffering in the coming quarter, with a further decline of about 2%. This is at the same time as the output of Israeli industrial companies' overseas production lines is projected to jump 17%, after falling in the last quarter of 2019. President of the Manufacturers Association, Shraga Brosh: "The Bank of Israel should concentrate on its goals of strengthening the economy and improving the competitiveness of exports and will not act to introduce uncertainty in the Israeli...

"Accelerating communications infrastructure development will close the gaps between the periphery and the center. This requires telecommunications companies and municipalities to join hands and improve the situation," said Nati Cohen, director of the communications ministry, at a joint conference held by the firm on establishing communications infrastructure in the Bedouin communities in the south. Establishing the communications infrastructure in the Bedouin communities was a low national priority and these communities did not receive the level of infrastructure found in their localities...

The government approved the construction and housing minister Yifat Shasha Biton's proposal to extend his stay in Israel to 1,700 Chinese construction workers. According to the decision, which is intended to prevent damage to construction and infrastructure projects in Israel. The workers' residence permit will be extended until the end of June 2020 following the postponement of the arrival of new workers from China following the virus. The worrying outbreak in China of the Corona virus that has infested thousands of people and has already taken the lives of hundreds of victims,...

The large gaps between Jews and Arabs in educational attainment are not due to sectoral or cultural differences but to income differences. This is evident from a study published by Nahum Blass of the Taub Center for Policy Studies. It turns out that the big gaps stem mainly because the Arab sector is much poorer than the Jewish sector. When comparing the achievements of the same economic strata, the achievements of the Arabs are compared to the Jews, and in some cases even exceed them. Blass points out that the gap between Jews and Arabs in the Mitzvah and even adulthood tests has narrowed...