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With the support of the Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, the Minister of Finance, Avigdor Liethberman, the Minister of Economy and Industry, Orna Barbibai, in coordination with the Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz, agreed on a unique project to support the medical staff who are at the forefront of dealing with the Corona and businesses

According to data from the Employment Service published Monday, four of the five only cities in which the rate of unemployment claimants higher than 10% is registered are Arabs, and one of them is mixed. These are the cities of Umm al-Fahm (with an unemployment rate of 17.8% in July), Rahat (17.3%), Nazareth (12.9%) and Shefar'am (10.5%). The mixed city of Acre is the fifth city with a unemployment rate higher than 10% - with 12.7%. Only in three cities was there a decrease in the number of job seekers at a rate of less than 20% - two of them Arabs (Umm al-Fahm with 7.5% and Rahat with...

If you were hoping to find a green country to spend your holidays in, you may want to make an alternative plan - and this time not because of the Corona restrictions: the Histadrut recently declared a labor dispute in the aviation industry, amid a severe employment crisis. According to the Histadrut, the airlines, which have already laid off thousands of workers and laid off many workers, are now seeking further mass layoffs, and as a result the conflict has been declared. The conflict is relevant to El Al employees, Arkia employees, Israir pilots, and employees of the Airports Authority....

On Friday evening, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described the meeting with US President Joe Biden as "excellent" - and invited him to visit Israel after overcoming the spread of the Delta strain. "It felt like we had known each other for a long time," Bennett said. "I found a leader who loves Israel, knows exactly what he wants - and is also attentive to our needs." The prime minister said that along with him, Biden was also determined that Iran would never be able to reach nuclear weapons, and said he was happy that the target had been agreed on by both sides to work in the near future...

Contrary to expectations, the number of people resigning in 2020, the first year of the corona crisis, rose by 60%. This is despite the severe unemployment crisis. Between 2014 and 2019, there was a steady increase in the rate of resignations from 12% to 16% of all job seekers. But these were mainly strong job seekers with high skills and academic occupations. However, during the Corona crisis, there was a large increase in the proportion of low-wage and unskilled resigners. This is what the employment service report shows. The service explains the phenomenon by guaranteeing the payment of...

The state budget for 2021 and 2022 was approved in the first reading in the Knesset plenum: Three and a half years after the last budget was approved on March 15, 2018, on Thursday evening the Knesset plenum approved in the first reading the biennial state budget. 59 Knesset members voted in favor of the budget. 54 opposed the budget for 2021 and 53 opposed the budget for 2022. Earlier, the Knesset approved on first reading the Arrangements Law by a similar majority. MK Amichai Shikli on the right is absent from the vote. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said immediately after the approval...

Classrooms in Israel are more crowded, teachers pay is less than in the OECD, students study more hours and still fail to achieve better academic results than their peers in OECD countries in the meantime - according to the 21Education at a Glance 20 report published today (Thursday) on the OECD. According to the report, Israel ranks third in the OECD in terms of its investment in education as a percentage of GDP, but the gaps between it and other countries are still high. In terms of the positive points - this year Israel also excels in its level of education. Israelis are much more...

The US House of Representatives this evening (Thursday) approved by a majority of 420 supporters against nine to provide Israel with a total of $ 1 billion in aid for the purpose of equipping interceptors and Iron Dome batteries. The bill will go to a Senate vote and then pass to Biden for approval. The law has won support from all parts of the House - Democrats and Republicans. Of the few opponents, eight were Democrats - most of them progressives known for their opposition to American aid to Israel - and one Republican. Opposing Republican Thomas Massey explained on Twitter: "My 'no to...

A report by the Ministry of Finance reveals that there are too many teachers in Israel, and the worst ones are very difficult to fire. The average starting salary for teachers reached NIS 5,287 (gross) per month in 2020, according to data from the department in charge of salaries and employment agreements in the Ministry of Finance. This is a salary given in the average scope of work for beginning teachers (the salary for a full-time job is NIS 8,474, but beginning teachers are not employed full-time). Like other reports concerning the Israeli education system, the report of the...

About 26% of undergraduate students study computer science, including mathematics and statistics and engineering. This is the fourth year in a row that engineering studies are the most coveted study program in Israel. More than 38,000 students, which is 18.2% of the 208,461 undergraduate students, study engineering. This is according to the report of the Council for Higher Education ahead of the start of the academic year this coming Sunday. The report shows that engineering studies continue to overtake the social sciences, which for years have been considered the largest field of study in...