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The unemployment rate decreased slightly in September, along with the typical decrease for the summer months and holidays in the employed rate. However, relative stability has recently been maintained in the field of unemployment in Israel and it continues to be low to a similar extent as it was on the eve of the Corona crisis. The data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published on Monday shows that the basic unemployment rate in Israel, according to international definitions, reached 3.9% in September, which is 172.8 thousand unemployed - about 7,200 less than in August, when the...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Yair Lapid will bring to the government's approval a horizontal cut in the state budget for 2023, in order to finance the salary agreement with the Teachers' Union - after it became clear that the agreement was illegal. The agreement was signed without finding a budgetary source to finance it, at a cost of NIS 4.5 billion per year

The government convened for a special meeting in the Prime Minister's office in order to discuss and finally approve the maritime border agreement with Lebanon, after two weeks have passed since the agreement was placed on the Knesset table. The meeting ended at 12:00, then Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed the agreement. The signed agreement will be brought to the American mediator Amos Hochstein. Later in the day: the official signing ceremony of the agreement with the participation of the Israeli and Lebanese negotiation teams at the UN base in Bankura, and its submission as an official...

Winter time will begin tonight on October 30, 2022, Thursday in Sheshon Tashpag, the night between Saturday and Sunday. At 2:00 in the morning the hands must be moved back one hour to 1:00. With this, summer time will end, which lasts 219 days this year. Winter and summer time were determined according to the latest version of the "Time Law" from 1992, which was amended in 2013. The law states that "every year, during the period from the Friday before the last Sunday of March at 2:00 a.m. to the last Sunday of October at 2:00 a.m., the time in Israel will be advanced by one additional...

According to the election results as of this hour (Wednesday), only 2,459 votes separate the Netanyahu bloc from the Lapid bloc, while the right-wing parties led by the Likud currently win 65 mandates and the other parties only 55. It should be noted that the number is not final, and may change with the counting of the duplicate envelopes. The small numerical gap between the blocs compared to the apparent gap in the distribution of seats in the Knesset stems from the percentage of obstruction, and from the fact that the right-wing bloc was maximally organized, while the center-left bloc...

The Water Authority Board announced today (Thursday) that it is putting to a public hearing the increase in water rates for domestic consumption by approximately 3.5% starting in January 2023, among other things following a sharp increase in electricity prices and a 2% increase in the price index. This is alongside the increase in investments in the water sector in Israel. A final decision will be made in December. According to the proposal, the rate for a known quantity (the low rate) will be NIS 7.874 per cubic meter from January (instead of NIS 7.608 per cubic meter) and the rate for...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, confirmed on Wednesday that it intends to lay off about 11,000 employees (about 13% of the workforce). Even earlier, the Wall Street Journal published this morning that its founder and big boss, Mark Zuckerberg, told hundreds of her managers in a meeting he held with them that the layoffs would begin today. This is the largest mass of layoffs this year in the technology industry

The Tnuva company announced the increase in the price of non-supervised milk products and milk substitutes by 4.7% on average and up to 4.9% at the maximum. The price increase will take effect next week, starting November 22. Tnuva announced this to all points of sale: among others containers, marketing chains and the institutional market (restaurants, cafes, hotels and offices)

One person was killed and 14 others were injured this morning (Wednesday) in a combined attack that occurred at two central bus stations in Jerusalem, one of them in critical condition and two in critical condition. The attacks were apparently caused by explosive devices planted in the arenas. From documents from the scene, you can see the great damage caused to the place, including the nearby fence. The first explosion happened at the bus station at the entrance to the city. The MDA team that was called to the scene provided medical treatment to the injured and evacuated them to the...

The first round of negotiations for the signing of a free trade agreement between Israel and Bahrain has ended and significant progress has been made.The negotiating teams of Israel and Bahrain met this week in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, and discussed various issues including trade in goods, regulation and standardization, customs, trade in services, government procurement, e-commerce and the protection of intellectual property rights. The delegation, led by the Foreign Trade Administration of the Ministry of Economy and the industry and other representatives from the ministry, as...