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The government committee that examined the brokerage gaps concluded that the reason the Israeli consumer pays much more for fruits and vegetables is the fault of the farmers and not the marketing chains. As of 2020, the total consumption market for fruits and vegetables in Israel was NIS 29.1 billion per year. Of this amount, the volume of consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables was about NIS 24.7 billion. According to the results of the joint government committee for the director general of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Dr. Ron Malka, the director general of the Ministry of...

Israel is among the ten happiest countries in the world, according to the World Happiness Report published today, this is the tenth year. Israel was ranked ninth in the ranking, compared to 11th place in 2021 and 14th place in 2020. Finland is the happiest country in the world for the fifth year in a row in the ranking, where more than 150 countries are ranked. The ranking is published by a body called the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and is based on data from a Gallup global survey, along with other variables such as per capita GDP and life expectancy. Finland's...

The Arab and mixed cities continue to lead the list of cities with the highest rates of job seekers even in February. This emerges from data published today (Tuesday) by the Employment Service. Of the ten cities with the highest rate of job seekers in Israel, on the second anniversary of the Corona crisis, six are Arab, one mixed (Acre), and three more from the northern and southern periphery - Dimona, Safed and Tiberias. At the top of the list is Umm al-Fahm, which is the only city with a rate of job seekers higher than 10%, with a rate of 10.1% in February. It was followed by Rahat with...

Historical agreement: Israel and the United Arab Emirates complete negotiations for a free trade area agreement between the two countries The agreement, which is comprehensive and significant, includes, among other things, issues related to trade in goods, including regulation and regulation, customs, trade in services, cooperation, government procurement, e-commerce and protection of intellectual property rights. The issue was discussed at a meeting between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and heir apparent Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi last December, where it was agreed to speed...

The tax on fuel known as "blo" will be reduced by half a shekel, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced today (Tuesday), despite the opposition of professional ranks. The reduction will be made for the next quarter only, after which a reassessment will be made as to whether to continue the extension. The reduction will be implemented immediately and is subject to the approval of the Finance Committee

The chief economist at the Ministry of Finance, Shira Greenberg, undermines the Ministry of Housing's hopes that the prices of apartments in the free market will be curbed following the renewal of subsidized housing tenders.The increase in apartment seekers in the free market has led to an increase in general demand and an increase in apartment prices. This claim was also influenced by contractors and apartment marketers and was quoted extensively in the media. Accordingly, the Ministry of Housing argued that the resumption of lottery operations would return those eligible to the waiting...

The defense establishment has announced that it has successfully completed a series of experiments in a target interception system using a powerful laser. The experiments have taken place in recent weeks in an experimental field in the south of the country, in which the ground laser system intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles, shrapnel, rockets and anti-tank missiles in various scenarios. Israel is the first country in the world to present experimental results demonstrating operational capabilities for laser interception. During the experiment, the developers imagined the launches over...

The Ministry of Education will abolish the matriculation exams in history, literature, citizenship and the Bible, and they will be replaced by internal assignments and multidisciplinary work. Under the new program, schools will be allowed to choose the teaching method of the four subjects '. "We decided on the change to give students a chance to stop memorizing, and really get interested," Education Minister Shasha-Bitton said at a news conference. Regarding the teachers 'union's opposition to the new program, the Minister of Education replied that the teachers' terms of employment would...

Holocaust Martyrs 'and Heroes' Remembrance Day will begin tonight at 8 p.m., at the state rally at Yad Vashem. The main theme this year is "Trails to Doom - The Deportation of Jews during the Holocaust". Data from the National Insurance Institute show that there are slightly more than one hundred and sixty-one thousand survivors of the Holocaust in Israel - almost a third of whom receive a supplement to their income for a "senior citizen" pension. 161,400 Holocaust survivors and victims of antisemitic harassment during the Holocaust live in Israel - according to data published today...

At Mount Herzl in Jerusalem opens tonight (Wednesday) the celebrations of the 74th Independence Day of the State of Israel with the traditional beacon lighting ceremony - which for the first time in two years was held without any corona restrictions, and thousands came to the audience. This year, the ceremony was held under the banner "A hand meets a sister's hand," and 13 Israelis were chosen to light the 12 beacons symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel. As a sign of consideration with the battle shocks, and as municipalities across the country have done, there will be no fireworks at the...