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The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, has decided to increase the income supplement for seniors. The benefit will increase by almost NIS 500 per person. The Ministry of Finance says that the move means that exercising the rights to receive income supplementation will allow the elderly to receive income above the poverty line. Income supplement is paid to adults whose income is low, usually without a pension, and who are mainly based on an old-age pension. The average benefit today is NIS 3,230 per person per month, and will now increase to at least NIS 3,710 per month. This amount is...

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...

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

In response to the growing trend of "mortgage recycling" and the challenges customers face when refinancing at the same bank, the Bank of Israel has announced a new regulation aimed at simplifying and expediting the process. This groundbreaking directive, set to take effect next year, seeks to revolutionize the mortgage consulting field and alleviate the frustrations faced by borrowers

In March Israel moved for the first time from June to an annual deficit in the state budget that increased in April, since then the trend has been a consistent increase in the deficit. In June, the rate of the deficit in relation to GDP in the last 12 months was already 0.9%, which is NIS 15.4 billion. In June, a deficit of NIS 6.2 billion was recorded compared to a deficit of NIS 1.5 billion in May last year. This is according to the data of the Accountant General at the Treasury published today (Sunday). Since the beginning of the year, there is still a surplus of NIS 6.2 billion, which...

The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, rejected the harsh criticism leveled at him for his decision to introduce a criterion of exhausting earning capacity to subsidize day care centers as early as September - a move that will lead to the cessation of subsidies for 18,000 ultra-Orthodox families. "We did not invent the wheel," Lieberman told reporters at a special briefing with senior officials of his office ahead of the 2022-2021 budget. "I heard all the cries of the robbed Cossack. But we have done it twice already. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also did it in 2003 and in...

Sanctions by El Al workers' committees disrupt the company's regular activities on Independence Day. Mechanics at the company abandoned their positions this morning before the civilian flight of the airlines, and following the protest, El Al is not participating in the civilian flight. The EL AL workers' protest took place after the Minister of Transportation, Rabbi Michaeli, spoke this morning at the opening of the launch event of the Israeli Civil Aviation aircraft of Independence Day

Education and health ministries on Monday concluded an outline for a gradual return to elementary, middle and high school studies. The ministry has concluded that fourth-12th graders will return to school this Sunday, May 17, but only for part of the week and in a limited format. All classes will be divided into separate groups of 20 students. According to the layout, students will not be required to wear a mask, but will keep two meters apart. The teacher will also keep a similar distance from the students, and if he travels between them, they will be required to wear masks. It was...

The Labor and Welfare Committee today (Sunday) approved for the second and third reading the outline proposed by the committee's chairman, MK Haim Katz,for the government to finance most of the isolation days of the workers. According to the outline, workers will bear the cost of only one day and will be deducted up to four sick days. The state will reimburse the employer for 75% of the cost of isolation for employers up to 20 workers, and 50% of the cost for the rest. The indemnity will be provided through the National Insurance Institute