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A rare flight from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Israel on Tuesday night, carrying medical equipment to help Palestinians fight the coronavirus pandemic. The landing was confirmed by state-run news agency WAM. The Etihad Airways plane was scheduled to land shortly before 10 p.m. at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Airports Authority spokesman Ofer Lefler said. While Israel and the UAE have had diplomatic relations, ties between them have warmed in recent years, largely over a shared distrust of Iran. Still, there are no publicly known flights between the countries. The plane...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the organization of developed countries of which Israel is also a member, warns the Israeli government and recommends that it not increase government spending in a broad and permanent way, since such an increase may increase inflationary pressures and result in the need for a tightening of monetary policy, that is to say, Additional interest rate increases - this is what the organization's economists write in an updated global report published today (Tuesday). The organization also estimates that the level of interest in...

The Orcam company founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram is laying off 62 employees, most of them in Israel. The company, which was founded in 2010, distributed hearing letters before layoffs to 62 employees, who make up 16% of the company in Israel. The company did not respond. Recently, the company underwent a significant change when Amnon Shashua, one of the founders of the company, stepped down from the position of CEO and transferred the position to Elad Zarfati, who worked with him at Mobilay. Zarfati led a significant reorganization plan as part of a response to changes in world...

The Israeli company PandoLogic, which assists large companies in recruiting employees through artificial intelligence, is being sold to the American company Veritone for $ 150 million in cash and shares, the American company announced. Veriton, based in Costa Mesa, California, is developing the first artificial intelligence operating system, and the acquisition will allow it to expand into the field of manpower and recruitment. The deal consists of $ 50 million in cash, $ 35 million in Veriton shares, and $ 65 million in cash and shares - another amount that depends on the company's...

Google has started operating its servers in Israel and Partner has already started gradually connecting its customers to the company's servers, mainly DNS servers. This means: connecting to a local server and not to the servers abroad that the providers use today, which allows faster access to websites and applications (but not a higher browsing speed) as well as less congestion during peak hours. That is, the consumer will enjoy faster updates now, than through the Internet provider His

The Ministry of Communications is revising the licenses of telecommunications companies and obliging them to adapt their networks to fully support the IPv6 protocol (IP address pool) in order to increase the number of possible Internet addresses. The transition to the new protocol is a complex process, since the core systems of the Internet and the replacement of the end equipment are required, and not all entities currently see a worthwhile return on investment. According to the Ministry of Communications, these are only a few million. The intention is to increase the number of IP...

In a dramatic move, the influential Business Forum, consisting of 76 senior businessmen, has announced its intention to shut down the Israeli economy in protest against the continuation of controversial coup d'état legislation. The decision, made during a meeting of top economic officials, reflects deep concerns regarding the potential ramifications of the legislation

The Ministry of Finance's official in charge of salaries in the Ministry of Finance, Kobi Bar-Natan, published today (Tuesday) the report on wage expenditures in the civil service and the defense bodies for 2019. The report focuses on government ministries, the government health system, the government education system and the defense system. The average monthly salary in government ministries in the past year was almost 60% higher than the average salary in the economy. The average salary in government ministries in 2019 was NIS 16,991, compared to the average salary in the economy that...