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The government is scheduled to discuss today and decide on a reform in the technological education system. According to the proposal, the prerequisites for acceptance, the number of hours of training and the number of examinations in technological education under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will be significantly reduced. The model submitted for Cabinet approval was not discussed at all with the Ministry of Education and the Council of Technicians and Practical Engineers. There was no consultation with representatives of the industry, which is supposed to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States took an unexpected turn as he publicly criticized Justice Minister Yariv Levin's original proposal for legal legislation, sparking controversy within the Likud party. During his visit, Netanyahu met with Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. In response to Musk's questions about the legal revolution in Israel, Netanyahu expressed his concerns about Levin's legislative plan presented in January

Three Israeli universities were ranked among the top 100 universities in the world in 2021, in the Shanghai index, which is considered one of the main indices for university rankings. This is the first time since 2013 that three Israeli universities have managed to make the list. This is despite the government's attempts to harm their public status. The Hebrew University was ranked 90th in the ranking and as the leading university in Israel, after failing to make the list of the top hundred in the previous year. According to the ranking, the Hebrew University is ranked 25th in the world in...

Bank of Israel has revealed plans to sell up to $30 billion of its foreign exchange reserves in response to the ongoing security crisis. This marks the first time such a move has been made since the initiation of free trading in the exchange rate. The announcement came even before trading in the dollar opened, aimed at preemptively addressing potential market overreactions

The American company Rapid 7 announced Monday the acquisition of the Israeli cyber intelligence company IntSights. The amount of the transaction will be close to $ 400 million and includes a component of the purchase of shares, cash existing in the company's coffers and an amount for employee retention. Following the acquisition, Insights is expected to become the development center of Rapid 7, in Israel. Insights was established in 2015 by Guy Nitzan (CEO), Gal Ben David (CTO) and Alon Arbetz (Director of the Development Center), all three graduates of various technology units in the IDF....

Marking the prices on stickers on products, which the marketing chains were required to do about 25 years ago, is one of their most hated obligations. Again and again, the networks tried to cancel the obligation, which they claim imposes heavy costs on them, and does not exist in any country except Israel. Now, it seems that the pressure of the networks is going to bear fruit. Next week, a memorandum of law (a draft of a government bill) will be published for public comment that will propose to cancel the labeling on the stickers, provided that the price appears on the shelf, next to the...

Facebook announced that the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Facebook page violated the company's rules and therefore suspended the page's chat bot activity for twenty-four hours. Facebook explains that all chat activity will stop for a day regardless of the content being distributed. That means all Likud campaign content will be blocked in Messenger, and not just texts that violate company rules. The company statement said that the texts posted on Netanyahu's Facebook page were "hate speech" and therefore violated the company's policy. According to the company announcement...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a leading pharmaceutical giant, has announced a notable annual revenue growth of 6.2% for 2023, bringing in a total of $15.8 billion. After enduring five consecutive years of decline, this resurgence is attributed to a substantial advance payment of $500 million received from Snoopy Pharmaceuticals as part of a collaborative effort on an innovative anti-TL1A drug

Two construction workers in their 30s were killed on Monday afternoon and another worker was moderately injured as a result of collapsing scaffolding at a construction site on Rakfat Street in Givat Ze'ev. The police began examining and collecting evidence and findings at the scene and representatives of the Ministry of Labor were called to the scene to investigate the case. The incident was reported at MDA's 101 hotlines in the Jerusalem area at 12:04 p.m. Scaffolding on an exterior wall of a 12-story construction site collapsed and three workers were trapped under them. Medium to...