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After staying in their homes for almost two weeks since the operation began in Gaza, today (Sunday) about 2.4 million students returned to school and kindergarten in the southern and central localities. In accordance with the directive of Education Minister Yoav Galant, the rehearsal began today and will be done gradually to allow each authority and school to prepare accordingly, until a full rehearsal tomorrow. The directive also applies to youth villages and boarding schools. The principal of the Alon School of Science in Sderot, Vered Afenger, said upon returning to school that "we feel...

Foreign airlines resume flights to and from Israel. This follows the ceasefire reached between Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Israel. Some of the companies, mainly American, returned to fly to Israel this weekend. Most foreign companies will resume flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport early next week. After Delta Airlines announced yesterday the return of flights to and from Israel, today American Airlines also announced the resumption of flights to Israel. American will take its first flight from New York to Ben Gurion Airport on May 24 and from Ben Gurion Airport to New York on May 25. As...

The number of job vacancies in April was about 130.3 thousand, and this is again the highest estimate observed since the beginning of the survey in 2009. This is according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. According to the data, along with the broad opening of the economy last month, the number of job vacancies actually continues to rise, with the previous record also recorded in March with about 112,500 job vacancies. According to the data, the vacancy rate in April was 4.86% compared to 4.63% in the previous month. The vacancy rate in the hospitality and food industries...

The Israeli economy contracted by 1.7% in the first quarter of 2021, relative to the fourth quarter of 2020. The decline in GDP, according to a first estimate by the Central Bureau of Statistics, was mainly due to the consequences of the corona crisis - the sharp closure in January and February. On an annual basis, there was a decrease of 6.5% in GDP compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 The negative data for the quarter contradict the early forecasts of analysts, who believed that the Israeli economy would actually continue to recover after emerging from the corona crisis. For example,...

A 12-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man were killed and more than 160 were injured this evening (Sunday) after a grandstand set up in the Carlin Synagogue in Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem, collapsed during prayers on the eve of Shavuot. According to MDA, 167 wounded were evacuated to hospitals - including five in critical condition and ten in moderate condition. The tribune that collapsed in the synagogue was temporarily erected for Shavuot celebrations. According to the report, hundreds of people were present at the time of the collapse of the grandstand. Helicopters were launched to...

International pressure on Israel is gaining momentum. Many countries express dissatisfaction with the continuation of Israel's massive attacks in the Gaza Strip, attacks that have killed more than one hundred and seventy Israelis. President Biden has twice called on Prime Minister Netanyahu and expressed concern about the number of innocent casualties in the Gaza Strip. China and the European Union are also putting pressure on Israel to end the fighting.

Also on Saturday evening, riots and violent riots continue in Arab localities and mixed cities in the country, against the background of Operation in Gaza. The riots began at the end of Shabbat, and the police announced a curfew in Lod, which they mark as the main boiling point, starting at 19:00. To this end, and at the request of the Israel Police, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz extended the validity of the declaration of a "civil emergency" in Lod by an additional 48 hours. He toured the city and gave Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai a declaration extending the validity of the civil...

Judea and Samaria sector warms up, in parallel with the continuation of the operation in Gaza: 9 Palestinians were killed on Friday, according to the Palestinian Authority's official news agency, in clashes with IDF forces across Judea and Samaria. He was wounded in the hospital earlier in the day by a terrorist who tried to run over and stab soldiers near Ofra in Binyamin. In an attempt to ignite the fire in the West Bank as well, Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida sent a message to West Bank residents: "Congratulations on your uprising. Ignite the land under the feet of the...

In light of the security situation, foreign airlines continue to cancel their flights to and from Israel in the coming days. Only a few foreign airlines continue to operate flights to Israel, including the Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, and meanwhile also the Ethiopian Airlines, which at this stage has not yet announced the cancellation of the upcoming flight that is scheduled to depart at 1:00 at night, Play Dubai, Aegean Scheduled to fly on Monday and others. The first to cancel the flights were the American airlines United, Delta and American Airlines, which announced last...

Right-wing party chairman Naftali Bennett said today (Thursday) that a new government led by him and Yair Lapid is no longer an option and dropped out of the chapter. Meanwhile, the party's negotiating teams met today with Likud teams. Chairman Yesh Atid Yair Lapid, who has the mandate to form a government, commented on Bennett's decision and said that "I understand the distress, but he is wrong. Change is not made when comfortable. Whoever waits for the right moment will find that he will never come. Change is made when you believe it is the right thing to do. "Lapid added in a statement...