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The OECD has published an optimistic forecast according to which the Israeli economy is expected to grow by 5% this year, and by 4.5% in 2022. Although current growth forecasts for the global economy (5.8%) and the countries of the organization (6.3%) are higher than for Israel, it is worth considering two additional data: The decline in Israel's GDP as a result of the corona crisis was lower than in the world and the West Of 3.5% and 4.8% respectively), but the expected growth rate next year is higher in Israel than in the rest of the world and the Western world (as mentioned, an increase...

After more than eight hours of a tense cabinet meeting on Sunday, the ministers approved a closure on Fridy, New Year's Eve, at 2 p.m that will last at least three weeks. This is in order to stop the surge in coronary heart disease in Israel. Towards the end of the original closure period, a situation assessment will be conducted in which it will be decided whether to extend the closure. The closure was approved by a majority of votes in the yeshiva, and only Ministers Zeev Elkin and Assaf Zamir voted against. Ministers Itzik Shmuli and Ofir Akunis abstained, the rest supported. Prime...

In a significant move, several European countries, including Spain and Ireland, are set to formally recognize a Palestinian state on May 21. The announcement came from Joseph Borrell, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, who described the decision as a symbolic gesture expressing support for the existence of Palestine

An Israeli study, the first of its kind in the world, which included hundreds of thousands of Pfizer vaccines, shows that the chance of developing myocarditis following the vaccine is extremely rare, and even when it is realized, it is a very mild disease, without affecting heart function. The study is published Thursday night in the leading medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine. The study, conducted by the Beilinson Hospital Cardiology Department in collaboration with the Clalit Research Institute, examined the prevalence of myocarditis and its severity after receiving the...

Handwashing hygiene stations developed by Israel Development have been set up in Bangalore and Podochary districts in India with the aim of guiding and encouraging local residents, children and adults, to wash their hands properly and effectively and contribute to reducing morbidity from infectious diseases. The stations were self-funded by the startup Soapy Care, which set itself a policy of providing washing stations in India and Africa with a tithe of ten sales in Israel and around the world. The project is in collaboration with the Swasti and Sanitation First organizations that promote...

Citizens paid NIS 3.6 billion that they did not have to pay to the tax authorities in the years 2013-2019. This is according to the State Comptroller's report published on Tuesday. The report also states that the Tax Authority did not act to correct the many deficiencies found in the previous report regarding the exercise of public rights in the tax field. The tax they deserve, so they did not use it and paid the state treasury more tax than the law obliges them, and moreover: the tax authority does not have the details of the bank accounts of half a million Israelis at all, who may very...

"You should buy fast, even if it's a package of 20 antigen tests, because if you come in another hour there will be no more," the saleswoman at the Good Pharm branch on Florentine Street explained to one of the customers today (Sunday). The Super-Pharm branch, which is 200 meters away, has not been inspected since Thursday. The cashier says they were assured that the inventory would be replenished later in the day, but she does not know exactly when. Since the Ministry of Health announced last week that vaccines exposed to a verified patient will be able to settle for a home corona test to...

New data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics reveals that the unemployment rate in Israel, by broad definition, fell in the first half of October to 7.1%, compared with 7.9% in the second half of September, when the Tishrei holidays were held. In the last three months since mid-July, the extended unemployment rate has stuck between 7.6% and 8.1%. At the beginning of November, there were "only" another 12,000 unemployment benefit recipients aged 45 and over, with the payment being suspended for about 100,000 in recent days. By the beginning of 2022, the payment of unemployment...

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education have officially announced a new outline for the education system, and it will take effect this coming Sunday, subject to the approval of the government and the Knesset Education Committee. The bottom line of the decision, the traffic light layout is abolished, and the conduct of the education system will be the same as driving throughout the economy, regardless of the color of the authority