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The train will return to activity on Monday morning after months of disabling, since the Corona virus erupted. The opening is made possible after the decision of the Corona Cabinet last week, which approved the opening after several rejections. The opening of the train has become imperative, as the economy has returned to activity, traffic jams have increased without a proper public transport alternative, and the need for an effective mobility solution has become critical for the public. The train was run this past week and drafted a plan to run it, under new health ministry restrictions....

950,000 of nearly 4 million participants in the labor market in Israel did not return to work in May due to causes related to the Corona virus (IAA or days off). At the same time, the number of temporary workers absent from work all week among persons aged 15 and over was 797.6 thousand, compared with 1.5 million in April. 684,000 were absent all week due to Corona virus-related causes, up from 1.3 million last month. The number of unemployed persons absent from work for part of the week among persons aged 15 and over was 666.1 thousand (compared with 1.011 million in the previous month)....

The prime minister was focused this week on one thing that managed to boil over the people of Israel and its voters. He promised in the Knesset that he would receive tax benefits, more correctly say tax refunds. I do not dispute Benjamin Netanyahu's right to exercise his rights vis-à-vis the tax authority. With that, every move also has the issue that makes your move a winning move. Netanyahu is an expert in this field. This is how elections win. But the man is probably in financial obsession, always has been. For some reason he forgot that there are about a million unemployed, many of whom...

For the second time this week, the number of job seekers is higher than those returning to work. This is evident from the data published by the Employment Service. The data shows that in the last 24 hours, 1,448 reports of return to work were received by the Employment Service. At the same time, 1,592 new job seekers were registered. The last time a higher number of layoffs was reported in relation to people returning to work was on Sunday this week, it was reported that the number of job seekers was double the reported return to work, with 466 reports of returning to work, compared to 850...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the much-awaited plan with Finance Minister Israel Katz on Thursday evening. Netanyahu took responsibility and admitted that the opening of the economy may have been premature. He delayed the transfer of funds to the business owners, and pledged that bureaucrats would be handed over to the self-employed as early as next week. Netanyahu emphasized: "We are in the midst of a second wave of the Corona. It has come to us and it has reached other countries as well. In my estimation, it will not pass on almost any country. "We have had a success in the...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Israel Katz met with representatives of the Independents on Friday afternoon, with the aim of preventing the big rally scheduled for Saturday evening in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. Despite the compromise attempts, the organizers renewed the required license from the police and it will go as planned. Netanyahu, who presented the "Corona safety net" program on Thursday, spoke with one of the organizers, restaurant representative Roi Cohen, and other representatives who complain about the government's handling of the economic crisis...

Israel suffers from a large number of workers with low work skills and a very weak professional training system. These two data contribute greatly to the relatively low productivity data of the Israeli worker. In an OECD skills testing survey, Israel ranks 28th out of 34 countries. Moreover, in computer skills Israel is ranked 24th out of 29. Israel's investment in vocational training for adults is among the lowest among OECD countries and stands at less than 0.4% of public spending on education, placing it among the last five places out of 19 countries surveyed. Israel also came in third...

Shikun VeBinui is the winner of the tender for the construction of the intelligence complex in Likit, whose construction cost is estimated at NIS 3-2.5 billion. This was announced by the director of the move south to the Ministry of Defense. This is a PFI tender in which the winning company will finance, plan, build, operate and maintain the complex - which is expected to contain 350,000 square meters that will be built on an area of ​​2,500 dunams - for 26 years. The Blikit Intelligence Campus is the latest and most complex tender issued by the defense establishment as part of the IDF's...

The buses will return to operate on Monday after 22:00. Transport Minister Miri Regev said the decision to resume operations at night - just a few days after it was interrupted - was made "following an assessment of the situation with senior officials and public transport companies." Last week, the Ministry of Transport decided that bus traffic would be halted at 10 p.m., unless buses leave train stations. At the same time, last Thursday, the buses began operating at half the capacity - 32 passengers on an intercity bus and 30 on a city bus

Thousands demonstrated on Wednesday night in Jerusalem, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign following the indictments against him for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. The demonstrators gathered in front of Netanyahu's residence, then marched on King George Street toward Zion Square. Hundreds of marchers blocked the light rail route on Jaffa Street using chairs and tables from local cafes. The police used cavalry and water spray to disperse the demonstration, and one demonstrator...