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The number of verified variants of Omicron in Israel has risen to 11, the Ministry of Health announced. All four new cases are patients who have been vaccinated three times, three of them with Pfizer vaccines and one with modern vaccines. Two of them returned from France, one from the United States and one from South Africa. In total, of the 11 verified for the Omicron variant in Israel, six of them are from South Africa, two from France, one from Malawi, one from England and one from the United States. Six of them were vaccinated three times, four were not vaccinated at all and one was...

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 Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening that 15 more people have been diagnosed as verified with the Omicron strain in Israel. To date, 67 verified persons have been identified in Israel: 44 who returned from South Africa, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Italy, Namibia and Turkey. Infected. The Ministry of Health also stated that out of those 67 verified, 13 are defined as unprotected (unvaccinated, recovering six months after recovery and vaccinated in a second dose six months after the date of vaccination) and 54 are...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Bitton, fired the director of her office, Yigal Slovik, in an unusual move. This is an unusual move, as it is the immediate dismissal of an incumbent CEO, in the middle of the school year and in the middle of the corona crisis and a large-scale vaccination campaign. According to government sources, the disagreements between Slovik and Shasha-Biton, which led to the unusual move, arose against the background of his support for the new vaccination campaign in schools that began today, and the minister's opposition to the operation. Cause that they...

The Ministry of Finance is expected to announce in the coming days assistance to the aviation and tourism industries in Israel, in light of the fear that these industries will suffer another severe blow in the coming months due to the spread of the new Corona strain, Omicron, and additional restrictions on flights. On Sunday, the Ministry of Finance decided that there is no escape from assistance to these two industries, which have been affected more than any other industry in the economy since the Corona crisis began in March 2020. However, it is now clear that further heavy damage is...

Netafim, a world leader in precision irrigation, is in the advanced stages of implementing a regional development project and training it for agricultural cultivation in eastern Rwanda. The joint venture between the Rwandan government (90%) and Netafim (10%) will establish water infrastructure and prepare land for the purpose of leasing it to local farmers and foreign investors in agriculture. Netafim will also be the operating contractor for the project, whose total investment in its first phase is $ 60 million, and Netafim's share in it reaches $ 50 million. Netafim, managed by Gabi...

The high-tech industry in Israel broke many records this year - and now the numbers indicating its strength are being revealed. According to a report by Start-Up Nation Central, in the first 11 months of 2021, local companies raised a total of $ 24.5 billion. Israeli companies raised $ 10.8 billion. During the period, 74 high-tech companies raised mega-rounds - that is, huge fundraisers of more than $ 100 million - compared to 22 companies in 2020. These fundraisers account for more than half of the total capital raised in 2021 and stand at $ 14.4 billion - a growth of 310% in total...

The total number of new mortgages granted by the banks in Israel in November is NIS 10.98 billion, an increase of 2.5% compared to NIS 10.7 billion in October, according to data from the Bank of Israel. Since the beginning of 2021, NIS 104 billion in mortgages have been taken out - further evidence that 2021 is a particularly strong year in the real estate market. During the third quarter. If in 2020 the total monthly mortgage taking averaged about NIS 6.5 billion, then 2021 is expected to end with a monthly average of NIS 9.45 billion in taking out mortgages. This is despite the fact that...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced today (Tuesday) that starting Friday, it will be mandatory to display a green pass at the entrance to closed shopping centers, including malls. According to the guidelines, which will take effect after the approval of the Knesset and the Knesset's Constitution Committee, any person who presents a green card that will be digitally approved will receive a bracelet in a solid color, and it will allow free movement throughout the compound. Exemption from displaying a green label in closed centers will only be given to...

Israeli information security company Check Point reports that Iranian elements tried to attack targets in Israel, using the giant loophole Log4j that was exposed last week. According to Check Point, a group of hackers from Iran tried to attack seven government and business targets in Israel in the last 24 hours. "The experiment took place yesterday between 16:00 in the afternoon and 2:00 in the morning. No such communication was observed with targets in any country other than Israel. Of course, the findings were passed on to the relevant authorities in the country," it was reported. Check...