Ifi Reporter

xAn additional 1,182 corona virus infections were diagnosed in Israel since the Sabbath. This is according to data from the National Security Headquarters published tonight (Saturday). The number of breaths increased during the Shabbat at seven and stands at 49, the number of dead persons rose by three and stands at 354. According to the data, 630 new infections were diagnosed at midnight. The number of patients hospitalized in critical condition remained 133. Over the entire weekend, 1,990 new infections were diagnosed

On Saturday evening, more than ten thousand people demonstrated in Rabin Square. They protested the government's conduct regarding the economic crisis and the treatment of the self-employed and employees in the shadow of the spread of the corona virus. It was a protest that would be interesting if it gained momentum and caused a shock in the government and the coalition. The demonstrators demanded that the government immediately implement the economic plan for the rehabilitation of workers - self-employed and employees - who had been severely affected by a crisis that had lasted for many...

Ministerial Committee on Declaration of Restricted Areas will convene tonight (Thursday) to announce the imposition of restrictions on a number of cities across the country following the rise in morbidity in Corona. The Ministry of Health has narrowed its requirements, leaving the list of cities of Raanana and Bnei Brak subtracted. The restrictions on the issue concern seven cities: Modi'in Illit, where all educational institutions over the age of 10. Beit Shemesh, which will also close educational institutions above these ages, and also complete closure in the Menucha and Nachala...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Israel Katz met with representatives of the Independents on Friday afternoon, with the aim of preventing the big rally scheduled for Saturday evening in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. Despite the compromise attempts, the organizers renewed the required license from the police and it will go as planned. Netanyahu, who presented the "Corona safety net" program on Thursday, spoke with one of the organizers, restaurant representative Roi Cohen, and other representatives who complain about the government's handling of the economic crisis...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the much-awaited plan with Finance Minister Israel Katz on Thursday evening. Netanyahu took responsibility and admitted that the opening of the economy may have been premature. He delayed the transfer of funds to the business owners, and pledged that bureaucrats would be handed over to the self-employed as early as next week. Netanyahu emphasized: "We are in the midst of a second wave of the Corona. It has come to us and it has reached other countries as well. In my estimation, it will not pass on almost any country. "We have had a success in the...

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein held an event with dozens of invitees, hours after announcing the gathering restrictions for 20 people in private homes - it was reported Wednesday evening. The minister arrived at the event on Thursday, held in a private house in Herzliya Pituah, immediately after the press conference, which announced the reinstatement of social remoteness. Despite the controversial timing in which the Minister of Health chose to hold the event, its very existence did not violate the guidelines, since these were not yet in effect. Edelstein's office said in response: "This...

For the second time this week, the number of job seekers is higher than those returning to work. This is evident from the data published by the Employment Service. The data shows that in the last 24 hours, 1,448 reports of return to work were received by the Employment Service. At the same time, 1,592 new job seekers were registered. The last time a higher number of layoffs was reported in relation to people returning to work was on Sunday this week, it was reported that the number of job seekers was double the reported return to work, with 466 reports of returning to work, compared to 850...

Following the worsening of the infection data, the ministerial committee imposed a closure on Betar Illit for a week from Wednesday at 08:00.The Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Health said that in view of the decision, entry and exit to the city of Beitar Illit will be restricted, as well as traffic and business within the city itself. The motion for a resolution will be placed on the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee table as soon as possible. The motion for a resolution will be placed on the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee table as soon as...

After the Bank of Israel left interest rates unchanged - at 0.1%, Governor Amir Yaron recently presented the Bank's expected plans to deal with the economic crisis. During the press conference, the Governor referred, among other things, to an update of the growth forecast for 2020. Governor Prof. Amir Yaron lowers the growth forecast for 2020 to a minus 6% - compared with the previous forecast published at the end of May for a 4.5% contraction. According to the bank's forecasts, by 2021 GDP is expected to grow 7.5% - slightly higher than in the May forecast. The inflation rate in 2020 is...

Defense Minister Benny Gantz's fight against Prime Minister Netanyahu is giving positive results. Following the spread of the virus and the inability of the Ministry of Health to curb the morbidity, it was decided to start using the IDF to curb the spread. About three hundred soldiers will probably be trained to work on epidemiological investigations. Today, it is clear that such a shortage of researchers is detrimental to the ability to cure morbidity. Professor Sigal Sadecki warned of the dire situation as early as last weekend. After a situation assessment led by Chief of Staff, Chief...

El Al's CEO, Gonen Ussishkin, strongly attacked the company's pilots committee in light of the expected decision by the company's board of directors on the outline of the state's request for assistance. Adjust the scope of personnel to the activity. Ussishkin said that as of late June, the company pilots refused to staff the flights, and that all inquiries were not answered for four consecutive days after hundreds of inquiries. "Spins and Pike News can be talked about in the media, but the truth is always within the company and our people know it," the CEO wrote to his employees. It is her...

The Ministry of Defense and the Aerospace Industries launched the first (second and second) night into space on the Ofek 16. This is an advanced spying satellite of Israel, joining a family of Ofek satellites that have so far been launched into space. The Defense Ministry said that the Mafia Space Agency (the Research, Development and Military Infrastructure Administration) dispatched the satellite at 4am, using a "comet" launcher. The launch of military aircraft into the air, in addition to the ground crews from the central control centers and the Palmachim. Although the launch was...

977 infections in Corona were diagnosed in Israel in the last 24 hours. This is according to data released this evening by the Ministry of Health. According to the data, four people died during this time, and the total death toll rose to 330. The number of active patients rose to 10,292 - 84 of them in serious condition and 27 of them breathing. According to the Ramallah Health Ministry, 237 new infections were diagnosed this morning and a total of 561 new infections were diagnosed in the past day. It was also reported that the number of active patients in the West Bank rose to 3,588 and...

Nesher Mayor Roi Levy comes out against the new restrictions and says city inspectors will only enforce a mask. The new restrictions are the destruction of the economy, he wrote on Twitter He says these restrictions are cutting business deaths and harming the livelihood of hundreds of residents. The woman in the series has moved into the welfare department, where there is not even a soul machine, according to Roy Levy, Nesher Mayor. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Thursday) announced new restrictions on gatherings in closed places in light of the increase in the number of people...

Finance Minister Israel Katz met yesterday with the chairman of the Histadrut Arnon Bar-David. The two We discussed at length the burning issues facing the economy, including 700,000 unemployed and distressed industries on the verge of collapse, including aviation and tourism. The two agreed to form joint teams to discuss the best solutions for the Israeli economy and society. The Finance Minister emphasized to the Histadrut the importance of public sector harnessing. The chairman of the Histadrut promised that the Histadrut would continue to act responsibly while maintaining the status...

The battle between El Al pilots and the company's management reached its peak: 500 employees, including 100 pilots who were still flying, were taken on leave without pay after management claimed they refused to staff flights as part of the professional struggle they were conducting. All El Al passenger flights to Paris, London and New York have been canceled and passengers transferred to other airlines such as United and Ishair, which will make flights to London and Paris. The company currently employs only 300 people, after a total of about 6,000 employees were expelled to the UAV...

The layoffs of employees in the high-tech companies are expanding. It is clear that these companies are also experiencing slowdowns in Corona or are taking advantage of the crisis for efficiency measures. Various reports indicate that Amdocs is considering laying off hundreds of employees and a deputy / minister who is 1,000 employed. Amdocs employs about four thousand five hundred workers in Israel and another 25,000 worldwide. The layoffs are likely a response to a slowdown in demand in the company's target markets as a result of the Corona crisis. Amdocs, which is a global company,...

Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the Mendelblit government's coup d'etat was revealed to its full extent. In a Facebook post, Netanyahu wrote that amazingly and shamefully, senior Justice Department officials urged him to resign as a condition that he could defend himself against the unfounded indictment that Mandelblit had violated. The prime minister also wrote that Mandelblit is trying to overturn the democratic decision of millions of citizens who elected him to the prime minister, as well as the decision of eleven Supreme Court justices who determined he could serve in his post....

The Ministry of Health announced last Sunday that from midnight to 10:30 pm, another 299 Querna patients were diagnosed in Israel. A total of 23,755 cases of corona virus infection were detected in Israel since the beginning of the epidemic, of which 6,363 are currently active (not including recovering and dying). The death toll rose to one in 318 people, the number of patients in severe condition decreased by two to 39, of which 22 were respiratory. The condition of 60 of the active patients is moderately defined. Yesterday there was another drop in the number of tests and 8,572 -...

The Melnick state of the Israeli Economy Index fell by a cumulative rate of 11.7 percent in the months of ç 2020. Statistical difficulties, due to a break in the data series, and problems estimating the seasonal factors, do not allow the monthly declines of the index to be separated for the months of April and May. According to our estimate, the industrial production index and the revenue in commerce and services, seasonally adjusted, fell in April by 17.6 percent and 17.3 percent correspondingly (see note below). Imports of inputs for domestic production, which is a major component of the...