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Despite a 0.1% decrease in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December, Israel concluded 2023 with a yearly inflation rate of 3%, precisely hitting the upper limit of the government's targeted range (1%-3%). This marks a notable slowdown compared to 2022, which saw a substantial 5.3% increase in prices

Moody's, the prominent credit rating agency, has declared that it is placing the Israeli government's credit rating under review for a potential downgrade. This announcement comes in the wake of the recent outbreak of war in the region, and it closely follows a similar decision made by Fitch, another credit rating company

New treatment for psoriasis that has been recently approved is being available to Israeli patients. The treatment that utilizes a specific mechanism against the disease has demonstrated significant therapeutic success, even in severe cases. It is now available to patients of all HMOs. SKYRIZI™ - A new treatment for psoriasis that has been recently approved is now being available to treat Israeli psoriasis patients and it has demonstrated therapeutic success, even in severe cases. The treatment has been studied for several years in extensive clinical trials, and currently there are already...

In regard to the next Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish Agency published its annual data, regarding the number of Jews in the world, according to a demographic study conducted by Professor Sergio Della-Pergola from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. According to the data, as of today, there are 15.3 million Jews in the world, compared to 15.2 million last year. Of these, 7,080,000 Jews live in Israel, an increase of 130 thousand people compared to the previous year

In 2018, the Ministry of Education continued to budget the religious high school students at huge sums and to discriminate against secular and Arab students, according to the ministry's data on how the ministry distributed the budget. The new Minister of Education, Rafi Peretz, who has been prominent in his recent recommendation to the lesbian and gay community to undergo conversion treatments from their sexual orientation, sought to increase the budgets allocated to religious students even more. The Ministry of Education prided itself on narrowing the gaps, but such a policy is not...

The chairman of the permits committee, retired judge Euni Habash, resigned 10 days ago. The committee operates on behalf of the State Comptroller's Office. Judge Habash told his associates that he felt "political pressure" put on the committee he headed. Last month, the committee rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second request to authorize him to raise $ 2 million in donations from two of his close associates, cousin Natan Milikovsky and businessman Spencer Partridge, to finance his legal representation. According to a statement sent by the State Comptroller's Office to the...

A serious breach in Wetsap has been identified by Israeli cyber researchers, it allowed hackers to send a message to group chats, which could cause the app to collapse for all chat members. In this way, hackers could force users to delete the app, download it again, and delete all data in the group chat. WhatsApp fixed the security vulnerability after Check Point investigators reported it and recommended updating it to the latest version available in the app stores. Wattsap has over 1.5 billion users worldwide and is considered the largest and most popular chat app today. More than 65...