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The highest unemployment rate in the corona period was recorded among ultra-Orthodox men in most months of the crisis, according to a report by the Labor Market in Israel 2020 published today (Thursday) by the Ministry of Labor and Welfare. The report also shows that women were significantly more affected than men during the three closures. The average unemployment rate in the corona period, from March to December 2020, averaged 16%, more than four times higher than in the pre-crisis period. The rate between closures (July-August 2020) was about 10% and reflects to some extent the economic...

This coming Sunday, classes will be resumed in grades 5-6 as well as 11-12 in green, yellow and orange cities where more than 70% are vaccinated, but 7th-10th graders will continue to be at home - at least until March 7, 11 Days before the beginning of the Passover holiday. Teachers, parents, children and educators from all over the country harshly criticized the decision that remained: "Opening malls and commerce before the education system symbolizes the importance of the education system and Israeli students in the eyes of the political echelon. Shame and disgrace." Ahead of tonight's...

Many areas in Israel have been painted white, and in the high areas of Jerusalem the snow has piled up to a height of 2 cm. Snowflakes have been falling in the capital in recent hours, and according to the forecast, snow is expected to increase tonight. In Jerusalem and all the intercity lines to and from it as well as the light rail activity. In the evening, it also started to snow in Mitzpe Ramon. In the north, the snow piled up in some localities to a height of about 40 cm. Kerem Ben Zimra and Dalton. A resident of Mitzpe Ramon, Effie Perry, said following the snow that "the excitement...

The Manufacturers' Association issued a legal opinion on Monday evening to all employers affiliated with it, according to which the employer is allowed to force an employee to be vaccinated or tested on a daily basis, and even to expel an employee to the Knesset if he chooses not to do so. 'Specializing in labor law, may apply to about 400 thousand workers directly employed by industrialists from the association.

Following the anger of the US administration and the official complaint forwarded to the Israeli government - US airlines will participate in the US flight schedule. The arrangement that has been found is that the three companies that operate on the line, United, Delta and El Al, will operate a schedule that will be divided between the three: every day a different company will operate a flight on the line from the US to Tel Aviv. However, Delta and United will be allowed to board passengers on flights departing from Tel Aviv every day. As part of the division of the flight schedule, Delta...

The Ministry of Health updated tonight (Saturday) that 4,595 people have been diagnosed with Corona in the past day. Thus, the number of infected people in Israel since the outbreak of the epidemic rose to 721,759. Yesterday, results were obtained for 75,587 tests, of which 6.8% were found positive. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health. The number of active patients is 61,920. The hospitals house 1,534 patients, of whom 315 are respirators and 1,002 are seriously ill. Currently, 5,340 people have died from the corona...

The Corona Cabinet has approved the updated traffic light index, according to which studies will be able to resume in cities defined as "bright orange" from next Tuesday. The localities where more studies are open are Gush Etzion, Gan Yavne, Ganei Tikva, Yokneam Illit, Kfar Yona, Mevaseret Zion, Ma'ale Adumim, Nahariya, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Rehovot and Ramat Gan. They will also be able to reopen their studies in the settlements of Yakir and Peduel in Samaria, Mevo Horon in Mateh Binyamin, and in Sde Nehemia in the Upper Galilee. In Eilat, the municipality announced that the institutions...

Thousands of people demonstrated Saturday night against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government corruption, for the 34th week in a row. About a thousand demonstrators in front of the prime minister's residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem and several hundred demonstrators near the Netanyahu family's home in Caesarea. These demonstrations were preceded by a series of smaller protests at intersections, bridges and interchanges across the country. Some of the protesters reported incidents of violence during the demonstrations at the intersections. A young woman was arrested after...

The Ministry of Finance's official in charge of salaries in the Ministry of Finance, Kobi Bar-Natan, published today (Tuesday) the report on wage expenditures in the civil service and the defense bodies for 2019. The report focuses on government ministries, the government health system, the government education system and the defense system. The average monthly salary in government ministries in the past year was almost 60% higher than the average salary in the economy. The average salary in government ministries in 2019 was NIS 16,991, compared to the average salary in the economy that...

Bloomberg News says it is possible to measure when the epidemic will end based on the current vaccination rate. To this end, Bloomberg has built the largest database of vaccines worldwide, having already given over 119 million doses in various countries. Scientists in the United States, including Dr. Anthony Pauchi, who was one of the top members of the Trump administration's team to deal with the corona virus, estimate that around 70 percent to 85 percent of the population needs to be vaccinated so we can return to normal life. The Bloomberg Surveillance Index shows that in some countries...