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Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Economy Minister Orna Barbibai announced on Monday evening that they had agreed on a more moderate and gradual increase in the price of bread. The price of the uniform sliced ​​bread will increase by 5.5% instead of 11% as previously planned. The price of challah will increase by 8% instead of 21% and the price of flat bread will increase by 5% instead of 36%. Another increase in price will take place in the month of December, when the price of the uniform sliced ​​bread and the price of challah will increase as determined by the price committee, while the...

"The ultra-Orthodox who enter the site are mainly looking for jobs in high-tech, and we get quite a few resumes from software developers, analysts, etc. In addition, one of the filters we choose the most is work from home, which is great. from afar". This is what Noam Tzobari, co-founder of the "Jobik" website, a new job website for the ultra-Orthodox public, says. The site, which was launched last week, has already been accessed by more than 60,000 job seekers from the ultra-Orthodox sector. This is not the only job site intended for ultra-Orthodox society, but the scope of jobs is...

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Thursday that she intends to restrict the work of Ukrainian refugees in 17 cities across the country starting August 1. This restriction is in accordance with the new procedure of the Population Authority regarding the employment of asylum seekers, which was published in Haaretz a month ago. Shaked's announcement comes against the background of the High Court's decision to allow the entry of Ukrainian citizens

udge Michal Agmon Gonen of the Tel Aviv District Court ruled today (Wednesday) against the prosecution's position on a preliminary question that arose in the Bezeq-yes case, in which an indictment was filed against Shaul Alovich and other defendants, alleging criminal conduct in the manner in which interested parties were promoted

Registration for the second lottery for the apartment at a reduced price has ended. 112,625 households registered this time for the lottery, which ended yesterday (Sunday) at 11:59 PM, and which included 5,499 discounted apartments in 25 localities throughout the country. The results of the current lotteries will be announced in August. While apartment prices continue to rise, demand for discounted apartments is also at its peak. The current lottery joins the first lottery in which about 120,000 eligible people registered and won over 10,000 households in the apartment at a discount....

The unemployment rate in Israel is still very low, but at the same time, the volume of layoffs in high-tech is beginning to affect the numbers of high-tech workers looking for work. According to data released today (Monday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), there has been a slight decline in the unemployment rate in the past month, from 3.5% in May to 3.4% in June, which is 146.5 thousand unemployed - a very low figure in Israel. In May there were 150.6 thousand unemployed, which is 3.5% by international definition. At the same time, the employment service today released new data...

The emergency discussion on the issue of raising the price of bread ended without decisions. At the beginning of the debate, which took place on Sunday at the initiative of Prime Minister Yair Lapid, he announced that the purpose of the debate is "a complete halt to the rise in the price of uniform bread." During the discussion, a number of economic and legislative proposals were raised on how to reach agreements. Prime Minister Lapid ordered the head of the budget department in the Ministry of Finance to return within three days for another discussion, with the formulation of the best way...

The IAI Board of Directors (IAI) approved a huge dividend of NIS 655 million for the country - the highest in the company's history. It should be noted that the dividend is distributed from the balance of the company's dividend payable, which stands at $ 398 million - approximately NIS 1.4 billion. In 2019, IAI distributed a dividend of NIS 140 million, and since then it has improved its results.

The Innovation Authority announced the group of companies selected to establish the Israeli Quantum Computing Center with a budget of NIS 100 million for three years. The group will be led by the Israeli start-up company Quantum Mashins, and the Israeli start-up Classic will also participate. The quantum processors will be provided by three foreign companies: Quantware, ORCA Computing, and cold quanta

The consumer price index rose in June, according to forecasts, by 0.4%. The rise in the index in June accelerates the rate of inflation in Israel and it now reached 4.4% - a record since March 2011. The most significant price increases were recorded in transportation items, which increased by 2.4%, housing, which increased by 0.7%, culture and entertainment, which increased by 0.7%, and health, which increased by 0.6%. On the other hand, due to seasonality, there were significant price decreases in the vegetable and fruit sections, which decreased by 8.5% and clothing and footwear, which...