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The State Comptroller published a harsh report on the state of public transportation, stating that the density of traffic on Israel's roads is 3.5 times higher than the average in the OECD countries. Over the years, the use of public transportation has remained small, and the use of private cars has increased. State Comptroller Yosef Shapira described the state of transport in a special and severe criticism report on the crisis and harshly criticized the conduct of the Ministry of Transportation.

The chairman of the permits committee, retired judge Euni Habash, resigned 10 days ago. The committee operates on behalf of the State Comptroller's Office. Judge Habash told his associates that he felt "political pressure" put on the committee he headed. Last month, the committee rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second request to authorize him to raise $ 2 million in donations from two of his close associates, cousin Natan Milikovsky and businessman Spencer Partridge, to finance his legal representation. According to a statement sent by the State Comptroller's Office to the...

Israel Natural Gas Lines Company inaugurated the natural gas pipeline to Jerusalem in a ceremony attended by Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon.This is an 18-inch, 34-kilometer-long pipe, costing NIS 290 million. The construction was done in two sections. The first part, the western one, starts close to the Sorek interchange on the Trans-Israel Highway and the second begins at the Zion Railroad station near Sha'ar Hagai. It ends at Beit Zayit. Only when this facility is completed can the gas flow to factories and consumers in the Jerusalem area. In 2020, the...

After counting ninety-four percent of the votes in the elections - equality in seats between Likud and blue and white: thirty-five each. The ultra-Orthodox bloc has sixty-five seats, compared with fifty-five for the center-left bloc and the Arab parties The ultra-Orthodox parties - Shas and United Torah Judaism - received eight seats each, the Labor Party and the New Tal list, six each for the right-wing parties and Yisrael Beiteinu, five for Meretz and four for each. Ten o'clock at night is sixty-seven percent and nine-tenths. The prime minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu...

Harsa - a manufacturer of toilets, sinks and other sanitary equipment from the Hamat group - will close its doors on Monday, April 29. The workers of the 70-year-old factory were not allowed to return to work at the end of the Passover holiday. The workers' committee said that the factory management hired a security company to prevent the workers from entering their work place after a two-week intensive vacation. "The day is a very difficult day for you and me. It has been eight years since I acquired the Hamat Group, during which I tried with all my might to improve it and bring it to...

In light of the deterioration of the security situation in the south of the country, the Manufacturers Association of Israel has opened a special emergency room in the settlement of Omer, which will provide 24 hours a day to the southern industrialists in order to help them pass the period of combat and to function optimally according to the Home Front Command's security instructions. 250 factories employing some 60,000 workers, within a radius of about 40 kilometers from Gaza. The war room will provide a continuous response to all the needs and problems of the factories following the...

Israel kicked off its 71st birthday celebration in the usual Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) style with cookouts, aerobatic shows, silly string, torch-lighting ceremonies and festive fireworks across the nation. In only seven decades, Israel has proven it’s possible to do the impossible at home and abroad, whether greening deserts with world-leading technological knowhow, rescuing people in distress in distant lands, or sending the smallest-ever spacecraft to the moon. Last year, ISRAEL21c brought you a timeline, “70 Years of Israeli achievement,” and a fantastic companion film, “70...

The online revolution reaches Zara in Israel: The Spanish fashion giant is opening an online store in Israel. It began running on Wednesday through the app and on Thursday through an online site. The Spanish retailer will provide its customers with home deliveries within three to six days at a cost of NIS 30, or free delivery of more than NIS 200. Zara also allows customers to collect the products ordered from 10 of its 25 physical stores. The app shows women's, men's and children's Zara brand only. Zara has other brands it intends to sell online, among others, Pull and Bear and Barshke

The Neterlands won the Eurovision song contest after winning 492 points. Italy was second and third was Russia. At the end of the judges' count, Sweden won the premiere but the audience gave the victory to Duncan Lawrence of Holland, who also watched his victory Kobi Merimi was ranked 23rd. Of the judges he received twelve points, all from Belarus. Of the world audience received thirty-five points. Only Germany received no points from the crowd. Our correspondent, Shani Nachshoni, states that at the end of the vote counting, members of the Icelandic delegation took a political protest and...

The Histadrut, the management of the Perrigo Yerucham pharmaceutical factory and representatives of the workers 'workers' committee signed a special collective agreement that regulates the terms of employment and wages of the workers and workers, after the sale of the plant being fabricated is completed. Negotiations on the agreement prior to completion of the sale are intended to ensure the workers' rights in a continuous manner upon completion of the transaction. Only a month ago, the company's management announced the withdrawal of the agreements between the parties regarding the sale....