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The Israeli Space Agency and Space Florida signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday. The signing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Science and Technology, MK Ofir Akunis, Governor of the State of Florida, Mr. Ron de Santis, CEO of Spice Florida, Frank DeLo, Director General of the Ministry of Science and Technology Ran Bar, Yitzhak Ben-Israel, Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and Avi Blassberger, Director of the Israeli Space Agency. As part of the agreement, the institutions will work together to launch educational programs to promote science and technology in Israel...

China's Sichuan Province's General Secretary, the highest-ranking official in the province of 87 million people, opened an innovation and business forum in Tel Aviv yesterday, attended by dozens of Chinese and Israeli businessmen Together with Party Secretary Mr. Peng Qinghua, a delegation of businessmen from southwest China arrived in the fields of agriculture, life sciences and software to expand ties with Israeli companies The visit of the general secretary of the Soochuan Party to Israel this week is the most important visit of a Chinese government official in Israel in 2019, to date....

A double stabbing attack in Jerusalem: A man about 50 years old was seriously wounded from stabbing on Friday morning near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. He goes to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. The medical unit said: "The trauma unit faces a man in the 1950s with stabbings in the neck and head area. A short time later another wounded man was reported to be stabbed, an 18-year-old boy, near the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City. His condition is easy. The police said that the two stabbings were carried out by a terrorist. He was shot by policemen and died.

The Ministry of Finance published a memorandum to increase the retirement age for women, now 62 years. According to the proposal, this is a gradual move that will take place over a period of 11 years, starting next April. In the first three years, the retirement age will be raised at a rate of 4 months per year, and for the rest of the years - 3 months per year. Then the retirement age will be linked to life expectancy when the retirement age for women can not exceed that of men. The first stage in which the retirement age will be raised in 4 months per year will apply to the children born...

The Ministry of Transport published the identity of the winners in four service taxis in Beer Sheva, Ramle-Lod, the southern suburbs of Tel Aviv and Netanya. The use of the multi-line on these lines will only be possible on weekdays, but taxi service operators will be able to offer travel on Shabbat as well. All in all, there are dozens of service taxi lines, half of which are new lines, which will begin operating within a few months. In each of these plans, dozens of municipal and interurban taxis will be operated, doubling the number of taxis in these areas. Passengers in service taxis...

43 employees were killed in work accidents in the first half of 2019 - an increase of 30% over the same period last year, and the highest figure for this period in the last five years. Kav La'Oved, a report published by the Kav LaOved organization, is working to eradicate the scourge of work accidents in general and in the construction industry in particular. The main cause of fatal work accidents is falls from heights - with about 40% of these accidents. The second factor is the fall of heavy objects - with 26% of the fatal accidents, and the third of the injuries to vehicles (18%) most...

The Chinese-Israeli MRC Group, consisting of China's China Harbor and Israel's Mivtach Shamir and Rafak, is the winner of the giant tender for the purchase of the Alon Tavor power plant. The company beat six competitors and will purchase the station for NIS 1.9 billion. This is the first time a Chinese company has been entering conventional electricity generation in Israel. The station is supposed to be transferred to the group until the end of 2019. There is a large gap between the price offered by the group and the estimated shelf price of the station, which is around NIS 800 million....

Demonstrations of Ethiopian Jews and their supporters in the wake of the death of Salomon Tekka from the shooting of a policeman in Haifa deteriorated on Tuesday evening to vandalism, anarchy, police and property damage. The riots continued all night. Rioters threw stones at a bus in Petach Tikvah and its windows were smashed, police cars in Kiryat Malachi were stoned, and policemen were attacked after midnight in Afula. Following riots on Route 431, near the Ramle junction, 10 wounded were evacuated to Assaf Harofeh Hospital, nine of whom were released to their homes. In the disturbances...

The US-Israel Binational Fund for Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) recently approved a $ 8.2 million investment in nine joint ventures between Israeli and US companies. In addition to the grants, the projects will receive financing from the private sector, so that the total investment in the projects will reach $ 20 million. The BIRD Foundation works to encourage cooperation between Israeli and American companies in the various fields of technology