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Studies will be resumed in all the orange localities, not only the "border" ones, and the facilities for 11th-12th grade students who have also been vaccinated in red localities will be facilitated. In the shadow of calls for a full opening of the education system and the relatively encouraging morbidity data, the Corona Cabinet approved on Wednesday evening additional relief for students. The new relief means another 200,000 students will return to classrooms and kindergartens. Instead of 1,861,081 students currently studying frontally - following the new traffic light map, 2,069,212...

The Ministerial Committee approved the extension of the closure in the red authorities, the morbidity of which has not decreased enough to allow for the relief - but approved the opening of the education system until the age of 6, contrary to the experts' opinion. In a discussion held among the ministers on Friday afternoon, it was decided that despite the gradual withdrawal from the closure, the restrictions in Bnei Brak, Beitar Illit, Elad, Modi'in Illit, Rechasim and some neighborhoods in Jerusalem will remain until Wednesday, and Corona commissioner Prof Gamzo said he estimates some...

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...

One week after the signing of an agreement between the Israeli franchisee of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's and the global Unilever corporation, an arrangement that will allow him to sell the ice cream he also produces in the settlements, the American company is trying to thwart the move. Ben & Jerry's has sued its parent company Unilever with the aim of blocking the same move, saying the sale of ice cream across the Green Line "does not match its values". According to the lawsuit, this "undermines the social integrity that Ben & Jerry's has built over decades." Five members of the...

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...

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...

The number of tests performed on Yom Kippur was, as expected, very low, but the data when it came out are far from encouraging: on Monday evening, the number of corona patients with a severe condition rose to a record 772 patients, and the number of respirators peaked at 209 in total. 1,507 corona patients died from the outbreak, 562 of them (37% of all deaths) - in September alone. The rate of infections in corona tests has risen gradually in recent days and in the last two days has reached more than 14%. That means one in seven tests is positive. A Ynet survey shows that in four cities...

The number of deaths from the outbreak of the corona plague in Israel tonight (Sunday) stands at 7,999. Last weekend, 15 corona patients died, and according to data from the Ministry of Health, one more person died today. Of those who died in the last three days - 11 were not vaccinated at all, one with an invalid vaccine and three were vaccinated. No details were given about another person who died. All the deceased in the last three days are over 60 years old. Data from the Ministry of Health show that in the last 30 days, since September 18, 453 corona patients have died. 74 of those...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo comes to Israel for about eight hours to discuss Netanyahu with two key issues: Iran and China. Washington is very unhappy with the acquisition of Israeli infrastructure by China. It is about the two ports of Israel in Haifa and Ashdod and that China is the one that will establish Israel's new ports. Alongside these, the US is unhappy with the acquisition of Beijing's Tnuva and Dor Alon Tabor power plant. In statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz; and designated foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi, after meeting...

The average wage in Israel continued to rise, and as of March was NIS 12,672, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. This is an increase of 5.2% compared to the previous month and an increase of 1.5% compared to the corresponding period last year. However, the increase in the average wage is explained as a seasonal change. The average high-tech salary in March was NIS 29,772, a decrease of about 1% compared to the previous month and an increase of 2.5% compared to the corresponding period last year. The average wage in high-tech is 2.4 times higher than the average wage...