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Yesterday on Sunday it was supposed to be the most difficult morning of public transport in years, centered on two consecutive strikes by two different drivers' organizations, in different cities and at different times. But the Regional Labor Court did not approve the strike of the striking drivers who belong to the Histadrut's Transportation Drivers' Organization, and decided to issue restraining orders against them. The planned strike for Monday between 10: 00-12: 00, at present, will not take place. On the other hand, the strike of "Koach LaOvedim" was approved and will take place...

A serological test research done for Sheba Hospital staff who received the Pfizer vaccine revealed a significant decrease in their share of blood antibody levels, a few months after receiving the second vaccine. It is now being investigated whether other measures in the blood may indicate that the vaccines are still efficient. The research team led by Professor Gili Regev-Yohai is examining whether the effectiveness of the vaccine is declining. The hospital said "we are not sure this decline has any significance". One of the study participants reported that two weeks after the second...

Starting this May, some 3,600 IEC employees will be allowed to work from home regularly for two days a week. This is according to an agreement signed between the Electric Company, the person in charge of wages at the Ministry of Finance, the Companies Authority and the workers' organization. According to the agreement, those employees whose work allows it will be allowed to work from home (subject to corona status), when one of the two days will be mandatory and the company's sites will be closed for efficiency reasons. On the other working days of the week, the employees will come to the...

The situation of the labor market in January was more difficult than in October, when the second closure ended - both in the rate of job seekers and in the length of the period in which many of them are out of work. This emerges from an analysis of the employment service. 127.7 thousand new job seekers were registered in January - an increase of 56.4% compared to December 2020. On the other hand, only 18.2 thousand people reported returning to work - the lowest number of returnees since the beginning of the crisis. At the beginning of January, 727.4 thousand jobseekers were registered and...

Cisco's second acquisition in Israel in three months: The American company acquired the Israeli start-up Epsagon for $ 400 million. Epsagon was established four years ago and is developing a platform for identifying and fixing faults in cloud applications. Epsagon was founded by Nitzan Shapira and Ren Rabensaft, and raised $ 30 million over the years. Prominent investors in the company include Lightspeed, Stagevan, Deutsche Telekom Partners and USVP, as well as the founders of Armis Nadir Jezreel and Yevgeny Dibrov

The Social Security website crashed on Wednesday afternoon and soon returned to activity for the most part. The Social Security explains that the reason for the fall was a cyber attack on the site. According to the Social Security, the attack focused on loading information on the site and was handled by the Social Security cyber and computer personnel. The Social Security emphasizes that no databases were hacked at all and that public information is preserved. The Social Security cyber and computing blocked access from abroad, thus returning the site to operation. Alex Steinberg, product...

The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, is promoting legislation that will, for the first time in Israel, lead to regulation of virtual currencies. The goal is to regulate the field and fight black capital and tax evasion, which are currently estimated at hundreds of millions of shekels. It is estimated that the regulation of the field will bring billions of shekels a year into the state coffers in the future. The Ministry of Finance held a special meeting on the subject in the Minister's Office with the participation of senior officials from the capital market, the Anti-Money...

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...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this evening (Thursday): "We have decided on the establishment of an official and complete peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates." According to Netanyahu, "this is a historic moment." Netanyahu issued a statement following the agreement between Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates to postpone annexation in the West Bank in favor of normalization with the United Arab Emirates. However, the prime minister said at the press conference: "There is no change in my plan to apply our sovereignty in Judea and Samaria in...