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Hospital medical staffs work Thursday morning in a Saturday format in protest of recent cases of violence in medical centers. Protests and demonstrations are taking place in hospitals across the country with the participation of senior Ministry of Health officials. The director general of the ministry, Prof. Nachman Ash, said that this is a "difficult time", but the phenomenon is not new. "We have been dealing with it for a very long time. "In the last few months there have been a number of difficult incidents and there are a lot of small incidents that do not reach the eye of the media and...

After lengthy discussions in the government, Naftali Bennett this evening (Sunday) approved the outline prepared by the Ministries of Health and Education for September 1. According to the outline, which still needs to get the corona cabinet approval and will only apply if there is no closure, classes will open as usual from kindergartens to twelfth grades, under six "layers" of protective actions, including serological tests starting later this week, speed tests to be provided to parents, tests Initiated in schools in orange and red localities, observance of the rules of the corona - and...

Israeli high-tech companies employing workers in Ukraine are in a major crisis. It is estimated that Israeli high-tech companies employ about 15,000 workers in the country, the vast majority of whom are developers. Ukrainian developers have become in demand due to being skilled workers seeking lower wages than is customary in Israel, as well as due to the fact that the flight distance is short and the time zone is the same. Even before the Russian invasion, start-ups began offering their workers in Ukraine packages of assistance or assistance in moving to another country. For example,...

The Minister of Transportation, Merav Michaeli, ordered the addition of bus stops at the entrances to ten Bedouin localities in the Negev, some of which are illegally recognized. Notice of the addition of the stations was sent to the Coalition Labor Party's partner, the RAAM Party. Two bus stops have recently been set up at the entrance to the new Bedouin settlement, Abda, located on Road 40 north of Mitzpe Ramon. The settlement has recently received official recognition from the state, as part of the coalition agreement with RAAM. The other stations will be built mostly, at the entrance...

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...

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...

Ahead of a discussion to be held Wednesday in the Knesset's Interior Committee on the lack of queues at the Population Authority last year, the PA announced that a new dedicated center will be opened next week that will add hundreds of queues a day for the issuance of temporary passports. The temporary passport center will operate in the center of the country (near the Ayalon Mall, in Bnei Brak) and will be a center for anyone who has not had time to renew a passport before their expected trip. The center will issue temporary passports for a period of two years, at the same cost as a...

Prolonged shutdown of three power plants, for the purpose of carrying out maintenance and renovation work, resulted in a decrease in the operating profit of the OPC company controlled by the Canon company of the Idan Ofer group. OPC, which is managed by Giora Almogi, lost NIS 11 million in the second quarter of 2022, an 85% decrease in loss compared to the corresponding quarter in 2021. The second quarter, which is a transition season in Israel and the US, is the seasonally weakest quarter in OFC's operations. The company operates two power plants in Israel and controls (70%) the American...

Data from the National Insurance Institute published on Wednesday show that about 277,000 are entitled to unemployment benefits for more than 100 days. A total of 1.08 million applications for unemployment benefits have been submitted since the beginning of the crisis, of which over 980,000 applications (92%) were approved, with 114,000 approved under the Corona conditions (qualification period 6-12 months). 85,000 of the applicants were not entitled under the terms of the law to receive unemployment benefits. About 634,000 people entitled to unemployment benefits are unemployed, while...

The largest Israeli IPO on Wall Street is underway. Monday has completed its initial round of funding and will begin trading today in New York at a value of $ 6.8 billion. The IPO closed at $ 155 a share, above the original range, promising a $ 573 million raise for the company. The stock is expected to be traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "MNDY". Monday is a work OS, through which organizations of all sizes can create the tools and processes they need to manage every aspect of their work. Monday enables an efficient and intuitive way to manage teams, projects, business processes, complex...