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No plans, no manpower, no professional knowledge and no trust from the public - this is the bleak picture that emerges from the State Comptroller's report when it comes to dealing with the online crime law enforcement system (or cybercrime). According to estimates, in 2020 the global damage from cybercrime was about $ 6 trillion, and it is expected to reach $ 10.5 trillion by 2025. In Israel, the number of investigative cases dealing with cybercrime increased between 2016 and 2020 by about 250% to 8,821 Bags.

Ahead of a discussion to be held Wednesday in the Knesset's Interior Committee on the lack of queues at the Population Authority last year, the PA announced that a new dedicated center will be opened next week that will add hundreds of queues a day for the issuance of temporary passports. The temporary passport center will operate in the center of the country (near the Ayalon Mall, in Bnei Brak) and will be a center for anyone who has not had time to renew a passport before their expected trip. The center will issue temporary passports for a period of two years, at the same cost as a...

The government is expected to approve at its weekly meeting on Sunday a plan to promote and expand economic ties between Israel and Egypt. The plan was formulated following visits by the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Minister of Economy and the Minister of Energy to Egypt over the past year, as well as the Egyptian Foreign Minister's visit to Israel. Among the goals of the program: assistance to significantly increase long-term and broad-ranging engagements between companies, organizations and governments of the two countries; Significantly increase knowledge exports, civic...

Half a year after declaring that "natural gas will wait", Energy Minister Karin Elharar instructed her office staff to prepare for the fourth competitive procedure for natural gas exploration in the State of Israel's economic waters. This was announced at a press conference held on Monday at the Ministry of Energy. The Minister noted that the new directive stems from the war in Ukraine and its effects on the supply of natural gas to the European continent. She updated that she instructed the director of her office, Lior Shilat, to launch the fourth competitive procedure for exploring...

After quite a few delays, the "Shark" rig arrived in Israel and infuriated the Lebanese. The reason for this lies in the conflict over the economic maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, an area with the potential to find gas reserves that could dramatically improve the precarious economic situation of the land of cedars. In order to protect the rig, last week the Economics Committee approved a no-go zone at a distance of about 500 meters from the outer edge of the rig, and within a radius of 1,500 meters around the location of the rig. In Israel, they intend to produce gas from a...

The 118 information and telephone assistance center operated by the Ministry of Welfare, which began operating in 2004, and which is intended to provide information services and initial assistance to the general public, provides the most customer service. According to internal data, calls to the call center last an average of one minute and 22 seconds. "What can be done in almost 90 seconds? Maybe apologize for the lack of help or refer the caller to another source," says Edith Lev of the "Forum for Combating Poverty." The "Rabbis for Human Rights" organization reports similar cases: about...

The results of the reading and reading comprehension tests conducted in the current school year among some 90,000 fourth-graders are very worrying. Despite the experience of the Ministry of Education, it is impossible to hold on to the corona crisis and the long closures as an excuse for the dismal situation. The closures hurt students, as did the political upheavals, frequent changes of ministers, the lack of a state budget and the general neglect of the field of education by previous governments. But the findings published today are reminiscent in severity of those obtained in the...

Yesterday on Sunday it was supposed to be the most difficult morning of public transport in years, centered on two consecutive strikes by two different drivers' organizations, in different cities and at different times. But the Regional Labor Court did not approve the strike of the striking drivers who belong to the Histadrut's Transportation Drivers' Organization, and decided to issue restraining orders against them. The planned strike for Monday between 10: 00-12: 00, at present, will not take place. On the other hand, the strike of "Koach LaOvedim" was approved and will take place...

The government is expected to approve a plan by the Ministries of Science, Energy and Environmental Protection to promote climate technologies, even though Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has already decided to dissolve the Knesset. The scope of the program, which is based on team recommendations between ministries to promote technological innovation in the field of climate, is NIS 3 billion - and it will be submitted to the government for approval on Sunday. The budget of the program comes from the budgets of the offices involved. The work of the headquarters is an initiative of the...

The IAI Board of Directors (IAI) approved a huge dividend of NIS 655 million for the country - the highest in the company's history. It should be noted that the dividend is distributed from the balance of the company's dividend payable, which stands at $ 398 million - approximately NIS 1.4 billion. In 2019, IAI distributed a dividend of NIS 140 million, and since then it has improved its results.