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The salary report for 2019 published today (Tuesday) by the Minister of Finance's salary, Kobi Bar-Natan, once again reports a particularly high salary paid to hundreds of employees in public bodies, up to an average monthly salary cost of NIS 119,000 for the 12 senior employees in the PA Airports. The report again includes serious data on huge wage gaps between men and women in public bodies, although the wage commissioner has made efforts in this area in recent years and told us today that "we see some improvement in this area." The wage gap between men and women continues to be high...

950,000 of nearly 4 million participants in the labor market in Israel did not return to work in May due to causes related to the Corona virus (IAA or days off). At the same time, the number of temporary workers absent from work all week among persons aged 15 and over was 797.6 thousand, compared with 1.5 million in April. 684,000 were absent all week due to Corona virus-related causes, up from 1.3 million last month. The number of unemployed persons absent from work for part of the week among persons aged 15 and over was 666.1 thousand (compared with 1.011 million in the previous month)....

Coinbase acquires the Israeli cyber company Unbound Security, and establishes a development center in Israel based on the company and its employees. Purchase amount not reported. Coinbase, founded in 2012, is the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. It has been traded on the Nasdaq since April, and its market capitalization is $ 67.8 billion. Coinbase shares are currently trading at 6% less than on the day of issue. According to the Coinbase website, the company has more than 70 million verified users, living in more than 100 countries. Anbound was established in 2014 under the name Didiq...

The discussion that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convened on Sunday evening with senior Ministry of Health officials and some ministers ended without decisions. Ministers present at the hearing said there was no point in imposing restrictions on the current state of the epidemic, and especially not on gathering restrictions - which the ministers said would "put the economy in a spin". The Prime Minister's Office said that further consultations will be held later today in order to formulate the continuation of the action plan for the treatment of Omicron, which will be submitted for...

The director-general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, announced on Thursday that from midnight onwards, all countries will be removed from the list of red countries. It is recommended not to fly, "the CEO emphasized," but at the moment there is no point in doing so anymore. " The decision was made following a pre-defined policy, according to which the mechanism of the red states will be suspended in a situation in which the percentage of nationals who entered from abroad falls below 5% of the total morbidity in the country

The number of corona patients in critical condition has decreased slightly and stands at 1,254. In the morning a record was set when 1,263 positive for Corona were hospitalized in critical condition, and as of the evening hours 288 of the critically ill patients are connected to respirators. Data from the Ministry of Health show that at midnight 30,924 positive for Corona were diagnosed. This brings the number of verified persons from the beginning of the year to 1,805,109. This is an average of almost 49,000 positives a day. On Sunday, another 16 corona patients died and the number of...

Melanox will connect to the Israeli cyber IC3 led by the aerospace industry and market its products within the framework. In addition, Melanox and Custudio Technologies (Custudio Technologies), the Singaporean subsidiary of the cyber industry, will collaborate in developing an advanced and unique cyber investigation product based on Melanox BlueField-2's smart card network and CyVestiGO cyber event investigation system. The integrated solution will enable extensive and comprehensive log collection in advanced server environments and their rapid analysis, enabling rapid detection of advanced...

The tightened closure will last longer than planned: On Tuesday evening, the government approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to extend the tightened closure by 10 days. Thus, the severe restrictions that were supposed to expire after two weeks this coming Thursday - will last until Sunday 31 January at midnight. At the same time, it was decided that a negative corona test would apply 72 hours before departure from abroad to Israel. The tight closure was supposed to end on Thursday this week, but the morbidity data led to its extension. , Yesterday a record of more than...

In the shadow of the decline in morbidity and after a month without discussions, the Corona Cabinet convened on Sunday. The Ministerial Committee has decided that starting this coming Tuesday businesses will be required to scan the new green label by reading a barcode. Libraries and museums will meanwhile be excluded so that organic classes in capsule layout can come through their gates without corona testing. However, it was decided that enforcement of the new green label would only begin on Thursday. During the discussion, the professionals presented to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet...

Bank Leumi's net profit amounted to NIS 6 billion in 2021, a record profit for the bank, the highest in the sector and almost three times the net profit in 2020, which stood at NIS 2.1 billion (an increase of 285%). The profit reflected a return on equity of 15%, compared to a return on equity of 5.7% in 2020. At the end of the fourth quarter, Leumi earned NIS 1.5 billion, an increase of 67% compared to NIS 900 million in the corresponding quarter. Leumi's annual profit line is higher than NIS 1 billion than that of its major competitor, Bank Hapoalim, which reported an annual profit of...