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Danny Avdiah was selected in the NBA draft by the Washington Wizards and became the first Israeli ever to be taken in the lottery selection which are the first 14 selections in the draft. With his selection in the first round, the 19-year-old diamond also secured himself a contract in the best basketball league in the world and thus one can already congratulate the finished: Israel will have a third representative after Omri Caspi and Gal Makal in the NBA. Abdia did something extraordinary on an Israeli scale. To date, Omri Caspi has been the highest pick in the history of Israeli...

In a telephone poll Wednesday, the Corona Cabinet approved an increase in the maximum allowable occupancy of a street store and a store operating in a shopping complex according to the size of the store - so that the number of customers allowed is per person per 7 square meters of store space and no more than 10 people. Will be less than 4 people as approved so far. The Minister of Finance, Israel Katz, welcomed the move and said that "this is an important decision by the Corona Cabinet." He said, "This is a necessary decision in light of the density of queues and the need to facilitate...

The Ministry of Health updated this morning (Wednesday) that 815 people have been diagnosed with Corona in the past day. This increased the number of verified infections in Israel to 325,845. Yesterday, results were obtained for 55,202 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus being 1.5%. 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 8,293. The hospitals hospitalize 502 patients, of whom 131 are respirators and 307 are seriously ill. To date, 2,735 people have died from the corona...

The number of job vacancies in October fell by 2%, from 55.5 thousand in September to 54.5 thousand; This is compared to about 100,000 vacancies at the end of 2019. This is according to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The vacancy rate in October was 2.3%, compared with 2.32% in September. The low number of job vacancies is not just a result of the second closure: even in summer the number of job vacancies did not exceed 60,000. The slump in demand for workers is probably due to the uncertainty of the economy during the Corona period, Another factor is the very little...

American supermarket giant 7Eleven on its way to Israel. The chain is in talks with Electra Consumer, which is controlled by the Zalkind family, to hand over a franchise in which a Fox partner controlled by Harel Wiesel is expected to be a partner. The American company will try - with the help of the Israeli partners - to quickly bite into a share of the Israeli convenience store market, which has a turnover of about NIS 10 billion a year and enjoys growth, according to people close to the negotiations. After the negotiations between the parties were exposed in the media, Fox (-2.05%...

The government and the student union have agreed on an economic plan for students affected by the corona crisis, amounting to NIS 800 million. The program consists of three main components of assistance - expanding the system of scholarships for students, promoting youth employment and a one-time reduction in the payment of security fees to academic institutions. This is in fact the addition of scholarships and discounts amounting to about 300 million, and the consolidation of budgets for professional training and employment into the program. This assistance is in addition to the NIS 100...

The Corona Cabinet on Monday approved the return of fifth, sixth- and eleventh-twelfth-grade students in green and yellow localities to school, and the immediate opening of open shopping centers in green localities. According to the cabinet decision, students in grades 5-6 will return to classes next Tuesday (November 24), while students in grades 11-12 will return on Tuesday in the following week (December 1). In addition, the "Green Tourism Islands" program has been approved. At the beginning of the discussion, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ganz presented a draft...

The Labor and Welfare Committee today (Sunday) approved for the second and third reading the outline proposed by the committee's chairman, MK Haim Katz,for the government to finance most of the isolation days of the workers. According to the outline, workers will bear the cost of only one day and will be deducted up to four sick days. The state will reimburse the employer for 75% of the cost of isolation for employers up to 20 workers, and 50% of the cost for the rest. The indemnity will be provided through the National Insurance Institute

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Friday afternoon in the Kirya in Tel Aviv the completion of the deal with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to supply vaccines against Corona to Israel. The agreement relates to the purchase of eight million portions to be given to four million Israelis - two portions per person. Netanyahu also said that he was working to obtain vaccines for all citizens and noted that he was trying to promote Israel as a global leader. However, he clarified that the vaccines have not yet been approved by the US and Israeli...

The reproduction number R, the way of rating coronavirus or any disease's ability to spread, which is the essential figure for determining the following reliefs, reached 1 Friday for the first time since leaving the quarantine. The last time this level of R was recorded was at the end of September. Data from the Ministry of Health show that the overall R is 1.0. The figure in general society is 0.94, among the ultra-Orthodox - 0.92, while among Arabs it is higher - 1.07. According to the outline of the head of public health services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, the...