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The accumulated surplus in the last 12 months in the state budget reached 10 billion shekels in July, and the rate of surplus in the state budget in relation to the GDP reached 0.6% of the domestic GDP - this was announced by the Economic Accountant Division of the Ministry of Finance. The surplus in the budget, for the second month in a row, is due to an increase of more than 20% in the state's revenues from the beginning of the year, compared to the corresponding period in 2021, to NIS 280 billion. The chief economist at the Ministry of Finance recently re-evaluated the state's revenue...

The Knesset plenum opened on Thursday morning and its members will vote in the second and third readings on the Knesset Dissolution Law. The plenum will not advance the Metro Act and the laws necessary to obtain a visa exemption when traveling to the United States. Live broadcast from the Knesset. The vote was supposed to take place last night until midnight, but it was postponed due to the lack of agreements between the opposition and the coalition on laws to be promoted in cooperation despite the dispersal, most notably the Metro Act, laws required to promote U.S. visa exemptions and...

The Corona Cabinet on Monday approved the return of fifth, sixth- and eleventh-twelfth-grade students in green and yellow localities to school, and the immediate opening of open shopping centers in green localities. According to the cabinet decision, students in grades 5-6 will return to classes next Tuesday (November 24), while students in grades 11-12 will return on Tuesday in the following week (December 1). In addition, the "Green Tourism Islands" program has been approved. At the beginning of the discussion, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ganz presented a draft...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening declared that all citizens who leave the house "must wear a mask or scarf," also announced a grant to be given to every family with children and the elderly. In addition, the restriction on traffic to and from Bnei Brak was announced. Treasury officials said they were surprised by the promises of special grants and found out just minutes before the statement. PM Olmert asked Israeli citizens to wear masks at every exit from home, or to cover their faces with cloth, two days after Ynet revealed that the Ministry of Health is expected to...

The Economics Committee approved on second and third reading the amendment to the Traffic Ordinance, which would allow experiments in autonomous cars without having an operator in the vehicle. According to the Ministry of Transportation, this will allow the experiments to start this year. The number of vehicles in the experiments will be limited to 500, according to the proposal of the chairman of the Economics Committee, MK Michael Bitton (blue and white). The committee decided that many regulations would become an addition to the bill, to allow for their speedy enactment. Transport...

IAI has signed a cooperation agreement with the Bosnia-Herzegovina government to establish an online cyber academy in the country. As part of the agreement, the cyber experts of the Elta Division and the Singapore subsidiary, Custody Technologies, will conduct targeted training accompanied by the company's cyber simulator / trainer, TAME RANGE, which is a unique platform that simulates a wide range of cyber scenarios and enables practice, learning and application in the field. In addition, the coach has online verification and testing capabilities of the being taught and he provides...

The Treasury has circulated a memorandum of law that will increase spending in the face of the Corona crisis by NIS 15.6 billion. The same extension is intended to fund the grants to encourage NIS 6 billion in employment, which was agreed to be distributed as a result of the retail chains' protest as well as the establishment of a dedicated loan fund for risk-averse businesses that were refused by the banks. The fund will receive a larger state guarantee and will provide NIS 5 billion in loans. According to the Accountant General's Budget Report, NIS 20 billion has been paid to date in the...

The Ministry of Health on Monday updated that no new infections were detected in Israel since Sunday. the number of confirmed patients is 16,621, withno new infectios were detected in Israel since Sunday with 3,335 of them defined as active patients. 57 patients are in serious condition, including 47 respirators. The number of victims remains at 272 and the number of recoverers is 13,041. The Ministry of Health also noted that a total of 2,417 tests were performed last night. The highest number of patients was diagnosed in Jerusalem - 3,670 patients - and 64,231 tests were performed...

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...