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Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced on Wednesday during a special meeting of his party MK members, Yisrael Beiteinu, that he would resign as defense minister. In a statement to the press. Lieberman announced the move and called for a new date for elections as soon as possible. He announced the convening of the meeting about a day after the end of the round of escalation against Hamas. A senior Likud official said after the announcement of Lieberman's resignation: "We do not have to go to elections, the case will go to Netanyahu

The 48 hours of a recent blue and white fashion shopping celebration on the Google ShoppingIL platform has been a great success for Israeli manufacturers A blue-and-white site that was built on Google's ShoppingIL platform, in which thousands of blue and white products were sold for special offers, resulted in a significant increase in the purchase of blue and white fashion products by Israeli buyers According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Economy and Industry among the Israeli manufacturers who participated in the Blue and White compound, 64% of the surveyed manufacturers...

Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen met with British Trade Minister Dr. Liam Fox, which was held as a direct continuation of efforts by Israel and Britain to regulate bilateral trade relations between the two countries, in view of Britain's exit from the European Union. Britain is Israel's largest trading partner in Europe and the third in the world. The volume of trade between the two countries reached $ 10 billion in 2017, more than half of which was Israeli exports to Britain. In the first three quarters of 2018, Britain continued to be the first European export destination in...

One of the major challenges facing the industry is the need to be economic and competitive and to meet environmental requirements. For this purpose, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Ministry of Finance, through the Industrial Administration, are publishing a tender for the establishment of a center for resource efficiency, amounting to NIS 51 million for five years. Over the past decade, Israeli industry has invested billions of shekels annually in investments to meet environmental regulatory requirements. Most of these investments...

Israel attacked Syria from Lebanese airspace, the Syrian media reported. According to reports, three soldiers were wounded in an attack aimed at Hizbullah weapons depots, and the Syrian air defense system managed to intercept several hostile targets. It was also reported that the attack was continuing and that the Syrian air defense system was still retaliating against enemy targets. A resident of Damascus told the DFA news agency that there had been explosions in the town, and Lebanese living near the Syrian border said they had heard the movement of planes in the area.

Just before 2018, last year's 4 million tourist visit to Ben Gurion Airport ended this week, an 11% increase over the number of tourists who entered Israel in 2017. Direct revenues from tourism in 2018 amount to about $ 22 billion A rise of about 13% in revenues compared with the previous year According to Ministry of Tourism data, most of the countries have seen an increase in the number of entries to Israel, especially China and Russia, two countries that are in the top ten countries in incoming tourism in Israel, According to the ministry's data, in the first 11 months of the year there...

Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman has warned in recent days that a foreign country intends to intervene in the Israeli elections, according to the Channel 12 news agency. Argaman said at a conference of the Friends of Tel Aviv University that the attack could be carried out in cyberspace by hackers. The Shin Bet explained that "the State of Israel and the intelligence community have the tools and capabilities to locate, monitor and thwart attempts to influence foreign influence, if any. The ability of the Israeli defense establishment to allow the existence of democratic and free elections in...

The Industrialist Association of Israel and the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce appealed to Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon against "the intention of the Israel Tax Authority to use a new measurement method (WLTP) as an excuse to raise new vehicle taxes. The two organizations are asking the Finance Minister to refrain from making decisions that lead to an increase in living in Israel and to adjust the measurement method, so that it will not lead to the increase of new vehicles

The Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Economy built a basket of 68 products to help consumers compare prices and cause chains to lower prices. These are products such as milk and dairy products, bread, meat and fish products, dry food, fruit and vegetables, and toiletries and cleaning products. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the basket accounts for 45% of the total household expenditure. In the basket are included basic products that are best sellers, so argue the Ministry of Economy. The basket "will enable monitoring of the monthly price changes of the...

A survey conducted by the Manufacturers' Association shows that an alarming rate of Israeli factories has not undergone advanced production. Many factories throughout the country do not meet international standards of competitiveness and continue with traditional production processes that lead, among other things, to low productivity and the inability to cope with competition and changes at the global level