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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced today (Wednesday) that the obligation to wear masks indoors will be abolished on Saturday evening, April 23, starting at 8 p.m. However, it will still be mandatory to wear masks in places with a high potential for infection such as hospitals, nursing homes, and flights. Even a person who is on the road to isolation will need to wear a mask. According to Bennett and Horowitz, the abolition of the obligation to wear masks will be possible due to the reduction in morbidity in Corona. In recent days, an average of...

Severe increase in unemployment and the number of unemployed in the background of the second closure and intentions to extend it until the end of October: From the last report of the Employment Service yesterday until this morning at 7:00, 14,723 new jobseekers were registered. A total of 909,460 jobseekers are currently registered with the employment service, of which 572,908 are on unpaid leave. Since September 17, 2020, the day before New Year's Eve and the entry of restrictions, 178,020 jobseekers have been registered with the Employment Service - 162,858 of them due to leaving the...

The number of corona patients who are in a serious condition continues to decline, and their number on Tuesday evening is 489. This is the first time since August 13 that the number of patients is seriously lower than 500. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 197 of the seriously ill patients are connected to respirators. Of the 489 patients who were severe, 363 were not vaccinated at all, 79 received the two vaccine doses but not the booster dose and 33 were also vaccinated in the third dose. In fact, more than 76% of severe patients are not vaccinated, compared with less than 7%...

Ben & Jerry's announcement almost a year ago that it would no longer sell ice cream in alleged "occupied Palestinian territories" continues to provoke outrage, as it finds itself a target. Ben & Jerry's initial announcement caused a large number of state pension funds and other sources to get rid of the company while devaluing its investment potential. According to some estimates, Unilever lost about 8% of its value of more than $ 4 billion in the six days following the Israeli announcement. It is unclear whether the argument will have weight in court. Unilever acquired Ben & Jerry's in...

The report of the Wage Commissioner relating to the health system in 2020 reflects well not only the main health development of that year - the corona plague - but sheds light on the structural problems of the most complex system in the public sector. The clear conclusion from 2020 is that the Israeli government has significantly increased Not only the number of employees in the system but also their salaries. In other words, the government has significantly increased inputs to health. The corona has only increased the jump, as the trend is clear when looking at the system over a period...

Corona's isolation has only recently been shortened from ten days to seven, and is now expected to be further shortened: Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Sunday evening ordered his office staff to shorten Corona's isolation shortening from seven to five days, but Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has not yet formulated his position. However, there are growing assessments in the health system that the move will eventually be approved, and final discussions on the issue are expected to take place tomorrow and the day after.

The police and the Shin Bet opened an investigation into suspected damage to the railway tracks between Acre and Karmiel, after it was discovered that an obstacle had been placed on the track near Route 85. There were no casualties and no damage was caused. For the security officials' investigation. The rest of the details of the case and the investigation are subject to a publication ban. The detainee took advantage of the shutdown of the track due to the holiday, and placed an engineered accessory, which was apparently designed to cause a train to derail on its journey at the end of the...

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

An end to the saga of a lack of budgets for medical care in hospitals? The Ministry of Finance and the public hospitals announced tonight (Wednesday) that an agreement has been reached according to which all the hospitals together will receive NIS 105 million each month for their operation and for the purchase of urgent equipment and medicines

The chief economist at the Ministry of Finance, Shira Greenberg, undermines the Ministry of Housing's hopes that the prices of apartments in the free market will be curbed following the renewal of subsidized housing tenders.The increase in apartment seekers in the free market has led to an increase in general demand and an increase in apartment prices. This claim was also influenced by contractors and apartment marketers and was quoted extensively in the media. Accordingly, the Ministry of Housing argued that the resumption of lottery operations would return those eligible to the waiting...