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Another corona year has passed and the patterns of Internet use in Israel continue to surprise: The screen managed us this year as well - in one day we spend an average of 3.2 hours in front of the TV, 2.4 hours surfing the net, 2.1 gaming, and another 2.8 hours in which we scroll endlessly on social networks. WhatsApp is the undisputed queen - 90% of Israelis over the age of 18 are not willing to give up using the messaging app. At the time of the international glitch on meta servers (formerly Facebook, which owns WhatsApp), 25% of respondents chose not to communicate with other people....

Rafael announces its financial results for 2021, as approved at the company's board meeting, with sales of NIS 9.931 billion ($ 3.075 billion) and a net profit of NIS 431 million. For the first time, the company consolidated the reports of its subsidiaries Aeronatics and Controp. At the end of the 2021 work year, Rafael CEO Yoav Har-Even said: "2021 was a very successful year in all areas of the company's operations, which were also reflected in the impressive financial results despite objective challenging parameters, such as the continued effects of the corona plague on the economy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the much-awaited plan with Finance Minister Israel Katz on Thursday evening. Netanyahu took responsibility and admitted that the opening of the economy may have been premature. He delayed the transfer of funds to the business owners, and pledged that bureaucrats would be handed over to the self-employed as early as next week. Netanyahu emphasized: "We are in the midst of a second wave of the Corona. It has come to us and it has reached other countries as well. In my estimation, it will not pass on almost any country. "We have had a success in the...

June 1 is a date that will undoubtedly be remembered in the history of the State of Israel's war on the corona virus: in light of the low and stable morbidity along with a successful vaccination campaign, the need for a green label will be eliminated from today (Tuesday). This means that after a year and three months of restrictions, closures and a variety of areas of life that have entered silence - life as we knew it is back. In enclosed spaces there is still a duty of masks, but most of the economy should today move to normal activity, with no occupancy restrictions, no need to display...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced today (Tuesday) that starting Friday, it will be mandatory to display a green pass at the entrance to closed shopping centers, including malls. According to the guidelines, which will take effect after the approval of the Knesset and the Knesset's Constitution Committee, any person who presents a green card that will be digitally approved will receive a bracelet in a solid color, and it will allow free movement throughout the compound. Exemption from displaying a green label in closed centers will only be given to...

The cellular company Cellcom, which operates a cell phone network, Internet and telephone services, and controls Golan Telecom, published its financial reports for the second quarter according to which the company recorded revenues of NIS 1.069 billion compared to NIS 1.003 billion in the corresponding quarter last year - an increase of 6.5%. The company's net profit in the second quarter amounts to about NIS 39 million compared to a loss of NIS 14 million in the second quarter last year. The company's operating profit in the current quarter amounted to approximately NIS 95 million...

In light of the security situation, foreign airlines continue to cancel their flights to and from Israel in the coming days. Only a few foreign airlines continue to operate flights to Israel, including the Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, and meanwhile also the Ethiopian Airlines, which at this stage has not yet announced the cancellation of the upcoming flight that is scheduled to depart at 1:00 at night, Play Dubai, Aegean Scheduled to fly on Monday and others. The first to cancel the flights were the American airlines United, Delta and American Airlines, which announced last...

About 26% of undergraduate students study computer science, including mathematics and statistics and engineering. This is the fourth year in a row that engineering studies are the most coveted study program in Israel. More than 38,000 students, which is 18.2% of the 208,461 undergraduate students, study engineering. This is according to the report of the Council for Higher Education ahead of the start of the academic year this coming Sunday. The report shows that engineering studies continue to overtake the social sciences, which for years have been considered the largest field of study in...

More than five years after suspicions of corruption in the purchase of submarines from Germany were first revealed, the government will approve on Sunday at its weekly meeting the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the affair. The committee, chaired by a judge, will be empowered to investigate the decision-making processes of the political echelon in relation to procurement processes and vessel transactions, as well as the involvement of former security officers and senior officials as intermediaries in large security transactions. The proposal, promoted by Defense...

A young Israeli man was fatally injured this morning in a suspected drive-by attack near the Assaf intersection, close to the settlement of Beit El Binyamin. The IDF spokesperson reported that the driver of the gas tanker involved in the incident was neutralized at the scene and is currently in serious condition. IDF forces have set up blockades in the area as they search for additional suspects.