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The nurses' strike that began today (Monday) is about to end. In a meeting held tonight between Finance Minister Israel Katz and the chairman of the Nurses' Federation, Ilana Cohen, an outline was agreed for ending the strike. And these are the agreements: 1. An additional 2,000 temporary standards for nurses and 400 for physicians Within three days, a joint team will be set up to make recommendations and conclusions within a month (until August 25) and make a decision - on the scope of the additional additional standard required and the way and date of implementation. 3. The issue of...

The grants announced by Prime Minister Netanyahu at the beginning of last week and promised to be paid by last Wednesday have not yet reached the bank accounts of Israeli citizens. Today, Sunday, the government approved the grants in the total amount of six billion shekels. However, it seems that not every citizen will receive the same grant in the coming days as Prime Minister Netanyahu announced. The proposals that will be summarized on Monday morning in the "Four Committee" of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz, Finance Minister Israel Katz and Economy...

The restaurants and food business will remain open until next Tuesday at 05:00 in the morning, according to the format that has been used until now - the Prime Minister's Office said today (Friday). According to the bureau's announcement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Deputy Prime Minister Bnei Gantz have decided to do so in order to allow preparations and due to the purchase of food supplies in restaurants. The decision comes after a fierce protest by restaurant owners across the country, against the decision to reopen the restaurants, except for self-collection and deliveries....

The Israeli economy contracted in the first quarter of 2020 by 6.9% at an annual rate, after an increase of 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2019. This emerges from the third estimate for the first quarter published today (Monday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The negative development of the quarter was affected Directly from the corona crisis and the government's steps to halt the spread of the virus, which slowed economic activity. The CBS 'first estimate predicted a contraction of 7.1% in the quarter and a second estimate of 6.8%. The sharp decline in car imports intensified...

Education Minister Yoav Galant today unveiled the ministry's continuation of plans to open the school year on September 1, under Corona restrictions. According to the plan being formulated by the Ministry of Education, studies in kindergartens and grades 1-4 will in any case take place in classes of up to 18 students per class - so that existing classes in elementary schools will be split into two. In kindergartens the classroom split will be more complex, and will require different solutions like installing a partition inside the kindergarten to create separation between the groups and...

The government is examining the possibility of imposing a closure on weekends only, in order to reduce the contagion in Corona at parties and social events and to eliminate the need for a full closure Science Minister Yizhar Shai raised the proposal in a consultation convened yesterday afternoon by Prime Minister Netanyahu in his office in the shadow of the spread of the disease. In response, Netanyahu said that closing on weekends only is an interesting idea and should be examined Netanyahu has already pushed for tougher restrictions, including closing camps, reducing crowds and shutting...

The Bank of Israel extends the outline of freezing of bank loan payments received in May due to the Corona crisis. The Supervisor of Banks announced today (Monday) the extension of the possibility of freezing loans, when according to the new outline it will be possible to apply for a freeze for all types of loans such as consumer loans, mortgages or business loans, until the end of October. The significant expansion of the mortgage has been made in the field of mortgages: It has been established that in this area, customers who have already requested a mortgage freeze will be able to...

The buses will return to operate on Monday after 22:00. Transport Minister Miri Regev said the decision to resume operations at night - just a few days after it was interrupted - was made "following an assessment of the situation with senior officials and public transport companies." Last week, the Ministry of Transport decided that bus traffic would be halted at 10 p.m., unless buses leave train stations. At the same time, last Thursday, the buses began operating at half the capacity - 32 passengers on an intercity bus and 30 on a city bus

Shikun VeBinui is the winner of the tender for the construction of the intelligence complex in Likit, whose construction cost is estimated at NIS 3-2.5 billion. This was announced by the director of the move south to the Ministry of Defense. This is a PFI tender in which the winning company will finance, plan, build, operate and maintain the complex - which is expected to contain 350,000 square meters that will be built on an area of ​​2,500 dunams - for 26 years. The Blikit Intelligence Campus is the latest and most complex tender issued by the defense establishment as part of the IDF's...

Israel suffers from a large number of workers with low work skills and a very weak professional training system. These two data contribute greatly to the relatively low productivity data of the Israeli worker. In an OECD skills testing survey, Israel ranks 28th out of 34 countries. Moreover, in computer skills Israel is ranked 24th out of 29. Israel's investment in vocational training for adults is among the lowest among OECD countries and stands at less than 0.4% of public spending on education, placing it among the last five places out of 19 countries surveyed. Israel also came in third...