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First step on the collision course between the Israeli government and the judiciary system - on the way to canceling the reason for reasonableness and enacting the superseding clause by a majority of 61. Justice Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) held a press conference in the Knesset this evening (Wednesday), where he presented the main points of his legal reform. Several key sections of the reform focus on weakening the judiciary and the Supreme Court

Six tenants and three employees in the nursing ward at Neot Avi - Ahuzat Eyal Nursing Home in Or Yehuda have been infected with the Corona virus in recent days. This after working at the institution was infected with the virus. The adherents were diagnosed on the second test, after the first test did not indicate infection. Following the diagnosis, all the occupants of the department and the workers were isolated - 29 patients and five employees. In addition, the institution began examining all tenants and employees. Some adhesives were transferred to other geriatric centers. According to...

Preliminary data from the Leumitech and IVC report for the third quarter of the year in the Israeli high-tech sector reveals intriguing insights into the industry's recent performance. While headline figures indicate a significant decline in investments, a closer look reveals encouraging signs of stabilization and recovery

More than half a year after the digital wallet Apple Pay was launched in Israel and after more than a year that phone users with the Android operating system pay here at the box office with the mobile phone: Google Pay arrives in Israel. She enters the country late after a number of postponements. The Google payments app will be available tomorrow in the Google app store (Google Play) and Israeli customers of all banks and credit card companies will be able to use Google's digital wallet for the first time. You have to download the app (for free), enter credit card numbers into it, take...

On February 24-27, Israel will host the world's largest industrial innovation week, the "II4.0" Conference - led by "Start-Up Nation Central" (SNC), Grove's venture capital fund and international consulting firm Deloitte. The conference will discuss machine communication issues, secure production lines and 3D printing and will present lectures, forums and professional panels led by industry executives. Significant international companies are expected to announce new activities to take place in Israel, as well as new collaborations with Israeli companies and startups. Yariv Lotan, SNC's...

The department in charge of wages at the Ministry of Finance contacted all government bodies, clarifying that workers in public workplaces who do not join the framework agreement will be forced to return in August the NIS 6,000 salary increase they received in March. The measure is intended to put pressure on workers' committees to sign the framework agreement with the state, although its final text has not yet been fully agreed upon and is not known. The framework agreement for the wages of public sector workers, established at the beginning of March, established a gradual wage increase...

"The ongoing uncertainty surrounding the legal reform constitutes a significant negative risk to Israel's economy." This is what the report of the International Monetary Fund claims. According to the organization's economists, in the case of a pessimistic scenario surrounding the reform, growth per capita is expected to be reduced to only 1.5%-1.6% in the next two years (2023-2024), which reflects negative economic growth per capita (the natural increase in Israel stands at 2%). According to the report, "Protests and social conflicts have accompanied the economic uncertainty, which, if it...

The outline of the open sky for the return of civilian flights went into operation this morning (Sunday), but the road to the next vacation is still very far. A lot of hopes were hung on the deadline for the opening of the sky and the possibility of returning and flying - August 16th. Technically, the sky is not really closed to flights to and from Israel. Flights still appear on the airport's flight schedule and in fact they never stopped. However, the series of conditions that restrict passengers have made this activity extremely limited. Not only a ban on entry to Israel for passengers...

The mortgage market continues to boil: Bank of Israel data show that the volume of new mortgages taken out in February was NIS 7.3 billion, a jump of 19% compared to February last year, and of 11% compared to the average in the last 12 months. Similar to January, the average mortgage amount reached NIS 800,000 in February. The banking system notes that the strong data are due to high demand, for fear of continued price increases, and the lack of a plan to address the supply in the housing market on the horizon. In addition, economic uncertainty diminished with the gradual return to...