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Report for 2021 of the employment arm of the Ministry of Economy and Industry: The employment rate of ultra-Orthodox and Arab women in the fourth quarter of 2021 was high compared to 2019, on the eve of the corona crisis, and even reached the employment target set by the government for 2030 - 81%. This is the highest figure in the rate of women among ultra-Orthodox women in Israel, and very close to the employment rate of non-ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, which stood at 83% in the fourth quarter of 2021. However, it is interesting to note that a recently published report by the News...

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...

Thousands of teachers and kindergarten teachers demonstrated on Monday evening in the Tel Aviv Museum plaza, in a show of strength that has not been remembered for a long time, demanding an increase in their salaries. In the shadow of its public support, the struggle is winning, especially for young teachers and kindergarten teachers who earn meager salaries compared to their counterparts in the OECD, the Teachers' Union and the Ministry of Finance have not yet reached agreements - and the threat of strike is constantly hovering. The bedrock of the dispute between the Teachers 'Union and...

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...

The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court rejected El Al's request for a temporary order, which would prohibit the company's pilots from taking organizational measures and ensure that the flight schedule was maintained as planned. The request was made against the background of cancellations of many flights caused by management due to the pilots' claim to return their wage terms to those that were before the signing of a collective labor agreement in July 2020. This agreement was forced on the pilots, and included massive wage cuts. The pilots for their part claimed that they were complying with...

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 Bennett-Lapid government has come to an end. The announcement by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid that they had decided to advance the election put the political system in a spin. The bill to dissolve the Knesset will go to a preliminary reading next week. It will then be submitted for preparation to one of the Knesset committees in preparation for the vote in the second and third readings. The Knesset has the option of advancing the vote to final approval within a day or at most a week, and this also depends on agreements on the election date