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In a contentious session on Tuesday, Israel's Finance Committee greenlit the transfer of approximately NIS 1.19 billion from the Prime Minister's Office surplus for fiscal year 2023 to be used in fiscal year 2024. Among these funds, about NIS 750 million were earmarked as coalition funds and allocations for unnecessary offices

There is no doubt that returning first- and second-graders to school is much more important. It is not only that the importance to the economy of first and second grade students is greater, because it is more difficult to keep them at home, even with a big brother. It is also the tremendous damage done to first graders in literacy and basic arithmetic. The Minister for Social Equality, Meirav Cohen, asked the cabinet why not switch, that grades 1-2 would be in full capsules and grades 3-4 would study alternately. Education Minister Yoav Galant's unconvincing answer was that there was a...

Classrooms in Israel are more crowded, teachers pay is less than in the OECD, students study more hours and still fail to achieve better academic results than their peers in OECD countries in the meantime - according to the 21Education at a Glance 20 report published today (Thursday) on the OECD. According to the report, Israel ranks third in the OECD in terms of its investment in education as a percentage of GDP, but the gaps between it and other countries are still high. In terms of the positive points - this year Israel also excels in its level of education. Israelis are much more...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said this morning in an interview on the "This Morning" program on Kan B that "we are just before the contagion storm - on a scale we have not seen in Israel." Bennett added that according to the isolation policy that is expected to be adopted by the government, vaccinated people will not be required for isolation - even if they are exposed to a verified patient. The Prime Minister stressed that the data on the hospitalization of children in the world due to the spread of the omicron are on the rise and called on parents to vaccinate their children. The...

The consumer price index rose by 0.3% in February 2021, indicating that after a long period of Corona, prices began to rise, with inflation already estimated to increase by approximately 201%. . Significant price decreases were recorded in fresh vegetables - 1.9% and in footwear - 1.7%. Since the beginning of the year, the consumer price index has risen by 0.2% and in the last 12 months (February 2021 compared to February 2020), the consumer price index remains unchanged, after a negative index throughout 2020. According to the CBS Housing Price Index, which is published together with the...

Thousands demonstrated Tuesday night against the prime minister and the laws he is trying to pass in the Knesset that they believe are undermining democracy. The demonstrators from dozens of organizations gathered near the Prime Minister's residence on Balfour Street, and began marching towards the Knesset, where they demonstrated for about two hours and then returned to Balfour accompanied by District Commander Superintendent Doron Yedid and senior police officers. After 11 p.m., clashes broke out between protesters and police and six protesters were arrested. Police in riot gear stormed a...

The government and the student union have agreed on an economic plan for students affected by the corona crisis, amounting to NIS 800 million. The program consists of three main components of assistance - expanding the system of scholarships for students, promoting youth employment and a one-time reduction in the payment of security fees to academic institutions. This is in fact the addition of scholarships and discounts amounting to about 300 million, and the consolidation of budgets for professional training and employment into the program. This assistance is in addition to the NIS 100...

1,721 public sector wage anomalies were identified among physicians last year. This emerges from the report of the wage anomalies to the public sector of the wage commissioner Kobi Bar-Natan regarding the activity of the enforcement unit in the last two years, which was published on Tuesday. About 62% of the employees who exceed the ranking of doctors are employed by Clalit Health Fund. During the past year a collective hearing was sent to doctors at this fund. In light of this, it was decided to classify them as alleged exceptions (all the anomalies identified in the past year and their...

The Knesset's Constitution Committee is expected to approve the regulations approved by the Corona Cabinet last night. The Corona Cabinet approved the outline proposed by the Prime Minister's Office together with the Ministry of Health, according to which on the night between Sunday and Monday the new restrictions will take effect for two weeks to deal with the entry of the new Omicron variant. After the team of experts presented to the ministers his position, which emphasizes the importance of the vaccine more than ever, the ministers voted to close Israel to foreigners for two weeks....