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The Knesset's Economics Committee has approved the food chapter in the import reform, which will shorten the import processes of sensitive food and is supposed to increase competition. According to estimates by the Ministry of Finance, the reform will save consumers about NIS 3 billion a year. This is a chapter from the import reform that the government sought to approve within the framework of the Arrangements Law. The purpose of the reform is to adjust the regulation on imports in Israel to the European one, thus increasing competition and lowering prices. The food chapter is intended to...

A new scientific development may lead to blood tests for cancer diagnosis: Weizmann Institute researchers have located genetic changes in the blood of cancer patients, which may represent a "seal" that will enable early diagnosis of various diseases and cancerous tumors - with a simple blood test. The research findings are published in the scientific journal Nature Biotechnology. Cancer is the world's leading cause of death, even before heart disease, and the diagnosis is often made too late, when the tumor has already spread and the metastases cannot be destroyed. The currently accepted...

The buses will return to operate on Monday after 22:00. Transport Minister Miri Regev said the decision to resume operations at night - just a few days after it was interrupted - was made "following an assessment of the situation with senior officials and public transport companies." Last week, the Ministry of Transport decided that bus traffic would be halted at 10 p.m., unless buses leave train stations. At the same time, last Thursday, the buses began operating at half the capacity - 32 passengers on an intercity bus and 30 on a city bus

In recent weeks, the tax authority has approached about 150 self-employed people who have received compensation for losses since the outbreak of the corona crisis - and demanded that they return the money they received. According to a senior PA official, it turns out that dozens of self-employed people demanded the funds based on losses incurred by them this year compared to last year. However, an examination carried out by the Tax Authority revealed that some of them did not receive the grants or were overpaid, as their losses were lower than the conditions eligible for the grant. In a...

The government approved Wednesday a resolution on the operation of fireworks and laser shows in preparation for the Independence Day to be held this year under a general closure, in an attempt to prevent the wave of infection in Corona. According to the decision, in a local authority with more than 20,000 residents, two fireworks operating centers will be operated, with maximum dispersal of the operating sites in the authority, to prevent congregation. In addition, the authorities must, in every possible way, inform the residents of the prohibition on reaching the operating centers as well...

Bank Leumi reported that it has signed a deal with the American Valley National Bank under which Leumi USA and the American bank will merge at a value of $ 1.2 billion. Thus, after the merger, Leumi USA will hold 14.2% of the merged bank and will be the largest shareholder in the bank - but not a controlling shareholder. Bank Leumi is expected to post a profit of up to NIS 750 million from the transaction. The merger The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and the approval of the General Meeting of Bank Valley. The merged bank will be the 29th largest bank among the banks traded...

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 Ministry of Health, the health funds and the inpatient system are not prepared for an outbreak of an infectious viral disease, such as pandemic influenza, for which some 2,250,000 people may be infected, according to an annual report by the state comptroller published on Monday. Medication shortages, which today account for only 16% of the population, vaccines and outpatient solutions. In addition, the visitor warns of a shortage of ICU and respiratory machines. In fact, on days when doctors, nurses, MDAs and other medical professionals work nights to treat the large number of corona...

The government approved the expansion of the aid plan budget by NIS 14 billion on Sunday. According to the Treasury's calculations, together with the aid provided by leveraging those budgets, the total aid package is NIS 100 billion, but the actual implementation is much lower, of course. The expansion approved by the government today will allow the NIS 8 billion loan to NIS 14 billion to expand to NIS 8 billion, financing tools for high-tech companies of NIS 2 billion, providing state guarantees for vendor credit worth $ 750 million and more

10,947 people have been diagnosed with the corona virus in the last day, the Ministry of Health said this morning (Tuesday). Yesterday, results were obtained for 145,868 tests, of which 7.65% were positive. The death toll from the outbreak rose to 7,043. Of the verified diagnosed, 5,461 are students. The number of critically ill patients stands at 719, and the number of active patients is 83,542. Patients are hospitalized in hospitals, and the number of respirators now stands at 1 To date, we have vaccinated 5,974,921 people in the first vaccine dose in Israel, and 2,157,299 in the third...