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The largest mass event since the beginning of the Corona period has become one of the greatest disasters in the country's history: 44 people were killed and more than 100 were injured last night (Thursday to Friday), including 23 in critical condition, at the Toldot Aharon storks' lighting compound on Mount Meron. Around 3:00 a.m., ambulances finished evacuating all the wounded to hospitals in the northern region, and police subsequently continued their efforts to evacuate all participants from the mountain. Dozens of buses on their way to the scene were turned around, and encountered...

Another Israeli security company is making its way to the flagship index of Ahuzat Beit Rada. The company that develops and manufactures radars, today announced a huge deal in which it merges with a subsidiary of the Italian Leonardo SpA, which deals with industry and security aviation. The subsidiary that will merge with Rada is Leonardo DRS, which deals with the development of military technologies. , So that Rada will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo DRS. The transaction does not include cash, but is made through an allotment of shares. Hold at 80.5%. The deal is valued at $...

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...

The government approved emergency regulations to restrict activity to curb the spread of the Corona virus in Israel and take effect at 1700 on Wednesday. The regulations include further reducing the exit to the public space, imposing liability on employers, closing non-essential stores and imposing restrictions on public transport. The regulations will last for a period of 7 days. According to the new emergency regulations, it will not be possible to leave a place of residence or permanent residence in the public space, but for one of the following purposes or purposes

The government deficit continues to decline, amounting to 11.2% of GDP in the last 12 months (May 2020-April 2021); This is after the first time since the outbreak of the corona crisis was recorded in March, a decrease compared to the previous month - to 12.1%. State revenues amounted to NIS 35.5 billion in April (NIS 31.4 billion of which are tax revenues). This is about 10% of the state's revenue forecast for 2021. The state's capital raising was (gross) in April NIS 16.8 billion in the domestic market, and NIS 400 million abroad. In April, NIS 10.3 billion was repaid from the total...

According to data from the Employment Service published Monday, four of the five only cities in which the rate of unemployment claimants higher than 10% is registered are Arabs, and one of them is mixed. These are the cities of Umm al-Fahm (with an unemployment rate of 17.8% in July), Rahat (17.3%), Nazareth (12.9%) and Shefar'am (10.5%). The mixed city of Acre is the fifth city with a unemployment rate higher than 10% - with 12.7%. Only in three cities was there a decrease in the number of job seekers at a rate of less than 20% - two of them Arabs (Umm al-Fahm with 7.5% and Rahat with...

The inter-ministerial pricing committee, jointly with the Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Ministry of Finance, recommended that the price of bread be permanently abolished. The issue of the removal of bread control was raised by the committee a year ago, but a hearing procedure and a final recommendation were now required - which has now been accepted. However, the required approvals have not yet been received from Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Economy Minister Orna Barbibai

Small and medium-sized businesses employ 65% ​​of the labor force in the Arab sector - but the financing products in the economy are not tailored to them. This situation will be tried to change by a new fund owned by the state and a public association, and it will provide 250 loans amounting to NIS 15 million. The fund was established by the Koret Funds Association and the Small Business Agency in the Ministry of Economy, and will provide a solution for registered, existing and new businesses that have not received a loan through the state-guaranteed fund in the past year, as well as for...

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...

Pfizer has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for emergency use the drug it developed for Corona. Upon receipt of the approval, the new drug will be available to tens of millions of Americans, vaccinated and unvaccinated, if infected with the virus. The FDA approved the administration of the drug subject to obtaining a doctor's prescription for diagnosed patients, as long as no more than five days had elapsed from the onset of the first symptoms. According to Pfizer, when the pill was given within three days of the onset of symptoms, the risk of...