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Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received the second dose of the corona virus at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer. Exactly three weeks ago, they received the first dose in front of the cameras, and officially launched the vaccination campaign in Israel. "I am trained but I am also excited," Netanyahu said before receiving the shot from his personal physician, Dr. Berkowitz. "I am sure that Israeli citizens who are supposed to receive the second dose are as excited as I am." The Prime Minister spoke about the arrival of vaccine shipments in...

An innovative agtech company that specializes in vertical farming, has signed an agreement with Moderntrendo S.R.O, one of the largest agricultural distributors in the Ukraine, for a promotion of nationwide deployments of vertical farms. Vertical Field will conduct an initial pilot at Varus, one of the biggest national supermarket chains in the country, in early 2021 before expanding to other chains. Varus operates 95 stores across 25 cities and attracts approximately 260,000 customers daily. Vertical Field has developed and commercialized unique soil-based vertical farms in containers...

The Bank of Israel estimates that the government's decisions to move to a stricter closure, which will reduce attendance at workplaces and completely close jobs that receive an audience and the education system, will entail a cost of NIS 3.5-3 billion a week for the economy. This is in contrast to the Bank of Israel's estimate of the cost of the least tightened closure, which began at the end of December, which was NIS 2.5 billion a week. The new decisions join, of course, the existing restrictions on leaving the house up to a distance of 1 km, cultural activities, banquet halls, etc

The Knesset's Constitution Committee, chaired by MK Yaakov Asher, convened on Monday to discuss the "Green Passport" initiative for recovering people from Corona and those vaccinated against it, which could allow citizens holding it free access to sites now closed to all due to the spread of the epidemic. The presentation of the Ministry of Health presented to the Knesset members suggests the areas for which the "green passport" will be valid. According to the plan, the passport may allow entry to cultural events, sporting events, conferences, events and museums, and possibly also to...

Crowds of Israelis in parks and bathing beaches also expressed distrust on Saturday in the third closure that went into effect on Sunday afternoon and remained on paper only. When this is the situation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a discussion next week on the issue of imposing a tight and short closure that "will allow a quick opening of the economy." It was also reported that Netanyahu continues to hold talks with the heads of the pharmaceutical and vaccine companies in order to allow the vaccinations to continue at the fastest pace in the world. Netanyahu is interested...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein arrived at the Clalit Health Fund's vaccination complex in the city of Umm al - Fahm on Friday, where the millionth vaccine against the corona virus was carried out. "This is great excitement," Netanyahu said after city resident Muhammad Jabarin received the vaccine. "We are breaking all records, we have brought millions of vaccines to Israel." Netanyahu added: "We have preceded the whole world and now we are ahead of them with our excellent health funds. We are moving forward with tremendous speed to vaccinate the entire...

The number of students in Corona increased by 480% in December. According to the Ministry of Health, 80,000 adults, mostly parents, have been infected with children since March. The concern: Without the tightening of the closure, even the lower classes will be "corona incubators." "Out of 20 interrogations I received today, 12 were children (60%). There were several other adults who were infected from their children, who were infected in schools. This is the case almost every day these days," he wrote this week on Facebook in the Ministry of Health's epidemiological investigations. "The...

Now it's official: starting in another three weeks, on January 17, the limit on taking out a prime interest mortgage will be removed, so that up to two-thirds of the mortgage on this component can be taken out. This is the cheapest component in a mortgage, but the borrower is also exposed to an increase in payment in the scenario of an interest rate increase. This relief will be relevant in three weeks to all apartment buyers (first apartment, housing improvers and investors). As for those who refinance a mortgage - he will be able to enjoy the relief a month and a half later - starting on...

Minister of Higher Education and Water Resources Zeev Elkin (Likud) announced this evening (Wednesday) that he has resigned from his position as minister and announced his joining Gideon Saar's party - "New Hope". Saar congratulated Elkin on joining and said that Elkin "will serve as my deputy." Elkin spoke in a statement at the beginning of which he said, "I joined the storm out of responsibility. For many years I have been marching alongside Netanyahu, chairman of the coalition and kosher, I accompanied him at the most complex intersections. "Recently and especially recently, I feel that...

Blue and white chairman and deputy prime minister Bemi Gantz on the last day of the 23rd Knesset, the leadership he so desperately lacked during his tenure in the Netanyahu government. He preferred the good of the state over his personal good and agreed that the government would approve a continuing budget. The Finance Ministry's bill according to which the follow-up budget for 2021 will not be based on the last approved budget - for 2019. According to the decision, another NIS 100 billion can be spent, which means that instead of a NIS 100 billion cut in ministry expenses, the cuts will be...