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Ministers on Friday approved the new mall outline. According to the outline, malls will operate in the format of a purple character, according to the occupancy ratio of one person every 15 meters. In addition, entry to stores with an area of ​​more than 100 square meters will be allowed subject to the presentation of a green label, and it will not be possible to sit at the food stalls but only self-collection. The green label will not apply to stores that provide essential services. * Malls will operate in a purple character format, according to an occupancy ratio of 1:15 (one person...

The number of job seekers is declining, and is very close to the levels recorded on the eve of the Corona crisis. This is according to the Employment Service report for January 2022 published on Tuesday. According to the report, in January the number of jobseekers active in the employment service was 168.8 thousand, very close to 164 thousand registered in February 2020. In fact, this is the lowest number since The outbreak of the crisis. The data of the Employment Service actually correspond with the Central Bureau of Statistics reports regarding January, according to which in January the...

The reproduction number R, the way of rating coronavirus or any disease's ability to spread, which is the essential figure for determining the following reliefs, reached 1 Friday for the first time since leaving the quarantine. The last time this level of R was recorded was at the end of September. Data from the Ministry of Health show that the overall R is 1.0. The figure in general society is 0.94, among the ultra-Orthodox - 0.92, while among Arabs it is higher - 1.07. According to the outline of the head of public health services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, the...

Significant news for Holocaust survivors: Their annual pension will increase by more than NIS 2,500. A memorandum of law to increase the annual grant for Holocaust survivors has been circulated for public comment. As part of the budget discussions, Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Minister of Social Equality Meirav Cohen agreed to increase the annual grant for Holocaust survivors. Today, the Ministry of Finance raised for public comments a memorandum of law stating that the annual grant transferred to Holocaust survivors will increase to the amount of...

The government committee that examined the brokerage gaps concluded that the reason the Israeli consumer pays much more for fruits and vegetables is the fault of the farmers and not the marketing chains. As of 2020, the total consumption market for fruits and vegetables in Israel was NIS 29.1 billion per year. Of this amount, the volume of consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables was about NIS 24.7 billion. According to the results of the joint government committee for the director general of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Dr. Ron Malka, the director general of the Ministry of...

Matthias Korman, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), arrived at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem today and presented a presentation to the Prime Minister and government ministers on the impact of the corona on the Israeli economy. In the presentation, data were presented to the ministers, according to which the increase in employment in the past year was higher than the average of the other OECD countries. So while the employment rate for ages 25-64 in Israel is about 75%, the average in the member states of the organization is about 70%....

The American private equity fund Francisco Partners acquires MyHeritage. The companies did not publish the purchase value, but Calcalist has learned that it is about $ 600 million. The deal price may even go up. CEO Gilad Yefet: "It's hard to be a promising start-up after 17 years and among the options on the agenda, the Francisco option was the most suitable for me. They are the factor that most wants to bring the company to an exit and come without changing world orders. "Instead of being sold to a competitor, we have long contacts with the buyer and in the end we got married. I am...

The United States warned on Tuesday against traveling to Israel following the spread of the corona there. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Israel is at the 4th highest level of risk from Corona - and Americans should avoid traveling to it. Along with Israel, 21 other countries were added to the list. The CDC stressed that the recommendation is sweeping for the vaccinated as well - but if it is an important trip, it is better to fly when vaccinated against the virus. The prevailing assessment in Israel is that the coefficient of infection is expected to...

132,275 Israelis were diagnosed last week as positive for Corona, 10,354 of them yesterday (Saturday). For comparison, in the week between February 6 and 12, 240,756 positive for the virus were diagnosed in Israel, a decrease of about 45%. If the downward trend continues at a similar pace, it is likely that in the coming days less than 10,000 positive viruses will be diagnosed in Israel in the next few days. At the same time, the coefficient of infection has remained stable over the past three days and stands at 0.67 - indicating a decline in the epidemic. Data from the Ministry of Health...

Returning to the routine, also on the economic side: The consumer confidence index in March rose to 7% - compared to 12% - in the previous month, and similar to the value measured in February 2020, on the eve of the corona crisis, then the index stood at 6%. This is what the Central Bureau of Statistics publishes today (Tuesday). The balance sheet relating to the individuals' intentions for large purchases in the coming year compared to the previous year stands at 24%, similar to February; The balance sheet has been improving since October, when it stood at 45%. The balance sheet relating...