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Over the weekend, an increase in attempts at cyber attacks against a number of hospitals and medical organizations was identified, according to a joint statement from the Ministry of Health and the National Cyber ​​System. It was also reported that early assessments and a quick response from the center and staff on the ground halted the attempts and no damage was done. It was further reported that the additional burglary attempts were to the government hospitals, probably due to the fact that there is a less good defense system there than in the public hospitals and in general. Check...

The number of deaths from the outbreak of the corona plague in Israel tonight (Sunday) stands at 7,999. Last weekend, 15 corona patients died, and according to data from the Ministry of Health, one more person died today. Of those who died in the last three days - 11 were not vaccinated at all, one with an invalid vaccine and three were vaccinated. No details were given about another person who died. All the deceased in the last three days are over 60 years old. Data from the Ministry of Health show that in the last 30 days, since September 18, 453 corona patients have died. 74 of those...

A large proportion of Israelis continue not to compromise in finding work, and thus the number of job vacancies in the economy has increased, rising in September to 137,487 women and men, compared with 133,835 job vacancies in August. The increase is also reflected in the vacancy rate of all jobs in the economy from 4.79% in August to 4.90% in September. This is according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. In the third quarter, there was a 6.7% increase in job vacancies compared to the second quarter, against the background of the broad opening of the economy in these months....

The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, announced that he had instructed his ministry to formulate a bill to repeal the levy on the employment of foreign workers in the economy. According to Lieberman, the bill will be submitted immediately after the budget is approved - as early as 2021. The current law requires every employer of a foreign worker to set aside 15% of the worker's salary. The purpose of this duty was to reduce the incentives for employing foreign workers. Lieberman now intends to reverse the trend, on the grounds of lowering the cost of living. "Taxation on the...

Citizens paid NIS 3.6 billion that they did not have to pay to the tax authorities in the years 2013-2019. This is according to the State Comptroller's report published on Tuesday. The report also states that the Tax Authority did not act to correct the many deficiencies found in the previous report regarding the exercise of public rights in the tax field. The tax they deserve, so they did not use it and paid the state treasury more tax than the law obliges them, and moreover: the tax authority does not have the details of the bank accounts of half a million Israelis at all, who may very...

The Jerusalem Municipality has approved three business complexes in East Jerusalem. The municipality, through the local planning and construction committee, this week approved the plan to build the business complex in Wadi Jouz, which was developed in a joint initiative with the Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry. In addition, the plan for the development of an employment area in the a-Tour neighborhood was approved for deposit, and the plan for the establishment of an employment and commercial complex in the Umm Tuba neighborhood was approved. In the Wadi Jouz neighborhood, a plan for the...

The number of corona patients in a serious condition continues to decline and on Wednesday evening their number is 343. For comparison, exactly one month ago the number of critically ill patients was 708. This is a decrease of more than 50%. Of the severe patients - 155 are connected to respirators. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 256 of the critically ill patients are not vaccinated at all, 23 are vaccinated without validity - that is, half a year or more has passed since they received the second vaccine dose and 54 are defined as vaccinated. For some critically ill patients,...

The Knesset's Economics Committee has approved the food chapter in the import reform, which will shorten the import processes of sensitive food and is supposed to increase competition. According to estimates by the Ministry of Finance, the reform will save consumers about NIS 3 billion a year. This is a chapter from the import reform that the government sought to approve within the framework of the Arrangements Law. The purpose of the reform is to adjust the regulation on imports in Israel to the European one, thus increasing competition and lowering prices. The food chapter is intended to...

The Ministry of Environmental Protection's Environmental Impact Index for 2019, published for the ninth year, provides the rating of the environmental impact of companies and enterprises that are publicly and government-owned. The index provides the public with comparative and simple information on the performance and environmental risks of public companies with large environmental impact and the factories they own. The index examines in depth the environmental risk of 49 public companies, 124 large industrial plants and about 700 gas stations, and its methodology is based on the...

The Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Innovation agreed on a basket of benefits for the advancement of the Israeli high-tech industry. The government will promote three legislative amendments designed to strengthen and promote Israeli high-tech as a key engine of growth in the economy. The Ministry of Finance has issued a memorandum of law for public comments that includes three legislative amendments: 1. "Angel Law": granting a tax credit to an investor in a start-up company. This is first and foremost in order to encourage first-round investments ("pre seed"...