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According to the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published on Tuesday, last December there were approximately 141,543 vacancies in the economy - similar to November. But in the high-tech sector the decline continued, when the average in October-December was 11,468 vacancies for engineers, of which 7,282 Software developers - a drop of 8% compared to the September-November average and a drop of about 35% compared to the numbers a year ago which were 16,899 engineers, of which 13,280 were software developers

The net profit of the aerospace industry in the nine months of 2022 jumped by 54% compared to the corresponding period last year and was about 202 million dollars. In this way, this is the most profitable period in the history of the company, which published its financial statements this morning (Thursday). Referring to the third quarter alone, the company's net profit jumped by about 135% compared to the corresponding quarter last year and amounted to about 73 million dollars

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...

Although the "per citizen" grant program has been approved by the government and will be submitted to the Knesset for approval today, it turns out that hundreds of thousands of eligible people will probably have to wait to receive the money for several weeks or even more. The reason: the difficulty of the Social Security which is responsible for distributing the grants in locating their bank accounts. The National Insurance Institute currently has only the bank account data of 5.1 million eligible for the grant, out of the six million eligible. Therefore, it will be possible to transfer...

The slowdown in the economy has also reached the number of vacancies which continues to decrease and with it, the demand for high-tech people also drops. The number of vacancies decreased from 144,700 in October to 141,200 in November (seasonally adjusted data). This is a decrease of nearly 10,000 jobs from the record of 151,400 last April. Particularly affected was the demand for software engineers (programmers), which fell by 45% from last March

In a move that has sparked controversy and accusations of curbing the freedom of protest, Chief Avi Biton, the commander of the Central Police District, has imposed restrictions on demonstrations near the homes of ten members of the Knesset and ministers. The restrictions were implemented to address concerns raised during a government meeting about the lack of enforcement during protests near ministerial residences and following requests from members of the Knesset to limit demonstrations outside their homes

The government approved the compromise proposal that the obligation to prioritize Israeli products in public procurement be expanded. Today there is an obligation to prioritize local produce in the procurement of government ministries amounting to up to 15% of the product price. The manufacturers and representatives of the business sector pushed for the expansion of compulsory procurement to other public bodies as well. On the other hand, the Ministries of Finance and the Competition Authority warned that the proposal could harm Israel's competitiveness and productivity. Prime Minister...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein arrived at the Clalit Health Fund's vaccination complex in the city of Umm al - Fahm on Friday, where the millionth vaccine against the corona virus was carried out. "This is great excitement," Netanyahu said after city resident Muhammad Jabarin received the vaccine. "We are breaking all records, we have brought millions of vaccines to Israel." Netanyahu added: "We have preceded the whole world and now we are ahead of them with our excellent health funds. We are moving forward with tremendous speed to vaccinate the entire...

At midnight (Tuesday-Wednesday) the new corona restrictions came into effect, with the aim of curbing the rise in morbidity, which includes the expansion of the green label on most sectors of the economy and the activation of the purple label in malls and shopping centers and crowd restrictions. In the late evening, however, pressure was exerted to exclude children from having to present a negative test in order to enter pools or attractions. During the night, a telephone poll was expected in the government with the aim of approving the exclusion of the swimming pools, nature reserves,...

The State of Israel, through the State Attorney's Office, filed a NIS 340 million lawsuit against the Teva District Court for violating the state's intellectual property rights due to non-payment of royalties from the sale of Copaxone preparation in its renewed version for multiple sclerosis. The lawsuit was filed as part of the activities of the Civil Enforcement Unit of the State Attorney's Office, the Accountant General's Division of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health for the protection of state assets and rights, including intellectual property rights through civil law...