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The approaching holidays mark not only the massive departure of Israelis abroad, but also the arrival of tourists who return to flood the streets of the cities. However, despite a considerable recovery in the arrival of tourists, the inbound tourism industry reports that they are still not arriving here in the numbers they were before the corona virus - while Israelis are flocking abroad in droves, and the figures are already equaling, and even surpassing, the numbers before the crisis. The number of tourists reaches 60%-70% of their number before the crisis. According to data from the...

The Sea Arm, together with the Administration for Research, Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure in the Ministry of Defense and the Aerospace Industry, successfully completed in August a complex test of the 'Gabriel 5' type naval missile system. This experiment is another milestone in the process of carrying out the 6th Saari ships. The Ahi Oz missile ship, the second in the series of defense ships, participated in the test, which was tested for its ability to deal with various threats using new and advanced weapons, including the Gabriel 5 missile. Gabriel 5 is an...

South Korea's parliament approved a trade agreement with Israel and it is expected to enter into force in December. This is Israel's first free trade area agreement with an Asian country. With the entry into force of the agreement, mutual tariff reductions will apply to imported and exported products, alongside the improvement and facilitation of trade in a variety of other areas such as services, investments, and standardization. The agreement will give Israeli companies a competitive advantage in the Korean market and is expected to increase and diversify Israeli exports to Korea, as...

The Ministry of Finance announced that the committee for examining Israeli food standards reached agreements regarding the cancellation and modification of the standards. In recent months, the committee examined the Israeli food standards, and its goal was to balance as much as possible the Israeli regulation in the field of food with that practiced in other developed countries, thereby facilitating both the import of food to Israel and its local production in the Israeli food industry. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Finance, the standards that will be canceled will...

The rate of population growth in Israel is harming the attempt to improve the education system. Between 2012 and 2019, the budget of the Ministry of Education increased by 67%, but the increase in the number of students eroded the increase so the budget per student increased by only 21%. This is according to the annual education report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published today (Monday) and referring to the 2019 budget data

The agreement on the demarcation of the northern maritime border between Israel and Lebanon was placed on the Knesset table on Wednesday evening, during the recess. Earlier, the government approved not to vote on the agreement in the Knesset. The cabinet approved the agreement and so did the government. Minister Ayelet Shaked voted against it. Knesset Speaker Miki Levy and Knesset Secretary Dan Marzok presented the agreement to an empty plenary. "I heard the security officials and learned the details of the dispute and understood the importance and necessity of the agreement. During my...

Every October, the Swiss bank UBS published the annual "Global Real Estate Bubble Index" report, which examines real estate prices in major cities around the world. This year, Tel Aviv climbed to eighth place out of twenty-five cities, and is in the red zone, indicating the Clear formation of a bubble. For comparison, last year Tel Aviv was ranked seventeenth out of twenty-five cities, and was marked in a yellow zone, which means "overestimated". This year it climbed nine places - a particularly steep rise - and one of the analysts who compiled the report, Matthias Holzi, even predicts the...

The US Department of Homeland Security has informed that Israel still does not meet the necessary conditions to be included in the list of visa-exempt countries - according to a letter sent last month to members of the House of Representatives in Washington. House Democrat Don Baier. In a statement, Logo ruled that "Israel does not currently meet all the conditions for obtaining the exemption from permits for its citizens" and reasoned that American citizens do not receive a similar exemption at the border crossings to Israel, "in particular due to the treatment of citizens of Arab origin

The representatives of the state and the teachers' union signed the new employment agreement with the teachers' union on the night between Wednesday and Thursday, which will include, among other things, an increase in teachers' salaries already now and a change in the vacation schedule starting next year

The Orcam company founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram is laying off 62 employees, most of them in Israel. The company, which was founded in 2010, distributed hearing letters before layoffs to 62 employees, who make up 16% of the company in Israel. The company did not respond. Recently, the company underwent a significant change when Amnon Shashua, one of the founders of the company, stepped down from the position of CEO and transferred the position to Elad Zarfati, who worked with him at Mobilay. Zarfati led a significant reorganization plan as part of a response to changes in world...