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Snow fell tonight in the northern and central mountains and in Jerusalem. The capital was painted white and the access roads to it - one, four-four-three and the tunnel road - were blocked. There will be no studies in Jerusalem today. At several points in the east of the city and in Beit Safafa, stones were thrown at the leveling vessels. The light rail and police vehicles were also stoned. Police arrested twenty-two suspects. Due to the storm, no studies will be held today in Mevaseret Zion, the northern Golan Heights, Safed, Kiryat Arba and the Gush Etzion Regional Council

1,256,077 Israelis were diagnosed from the beginning of the month until yesterday afternoon (Thursday) as positive for Corona. This is according to data from the Ministry of Health. This is the highest monthly number of verified people since the outbreak of the plague and in fact 47.5% of all verified people - since the first Israeli received a positive answer in the corona test - were diagnosed this month. Data from the Ministry of Health show that from Sunday to Thursday at noon, 405,667 Israelis were diagnosed as positive for Corona. For comparison, in January and February 2021 - the...

Another corona year has passed and the patterns of Internet use in Israel continue to surprise: The screen managed us this year as well - in one day we spend an average of 3.2 hours in front of the TV, 2.4 hours surfing the net, 2.1 gaming, and another 2.8 hours in which we scroll endlessly on social networks. WhatsApp is the undisputed queen - 90% of Israelis over the age of 18 are not willing to give up using the messaging app. At the time of the international glitch on meta servers (formerly Facebook, which owns WhatsApp), 25% of respondents chose not to communicate with other people....

Less than two years after the outbreak of the corona crisis in Israel, for the first time, the basic number of unemployed in Israel fell below the level that was on the eve of the spread of the plague. In the first half of January this year, there were only 148.3 thousand unemployed in Israel, which is 3.5% of the labor force. This is compared to 160,000 unemployed and 3.8% unemployment at the beginning of 2020. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported on Monday that the broad unemployment rate, which includes the unemployed due to Corona-related causes, did not fall in the first...

A day after the announcement of the signing of a memorandum of understanding between El Al and Arkia, it seems that the completion of the move faces significant obstacles. Among EL AL employees, there was unequivocal opposition to the outline of the emerging agreement that would allow Arkia employees to hold EL AL shares. According to the agreement, the merger between El Al and Arkia will be done by an exchange of shares, so Ask Al will acquire full ownership in Arkia in exchange for allocating 10% -14% of its shares after the merger to Arkia owners: the Nakash family (70%) and a strawberry...

The night between Sunday and Monday almost completely reduced the validity of the "green mark" that Israeli citizens were asked to display at the entrance to public and closed places, thus removing another significant part of the restrictions that accompanied the Corona period in general and the Omicron wave in particular. The decision was made by the Corona Cabinet in parallel with the gradual decrease in the number of infections and the coefficient of infection, which has fallen below 1 in recent days. In its decision to abolish the green label, the government was assisted by the backing...

The number of corona patients in critical condition has decreased slightly and stands at 1,254. In the morning a record was set when 1,263 positive for Corona were hospitalized in critical condition, and as of the evening hours 288 of the critically ill patients are connected to respirators. Data from the Ministry of Health show that at midnight 30,924 positive for Corona were diagnosed. This brings the number of verified persons from the beginning of the year to 1,805,109. This is an average of almost 49,000 positives a day. On Sunday, another 16 corona patients died and the number of...

During January, there was a noticeable decline in business activity in Israel. Ruthi Bank Automated announced that there was a decrease of nearly 12% in credit card expenses in January - in the expenses of Israelis in businesses. In contrast, there was an increase in expenses in online transactions, which brings the monthly decrease compared to December to only 3.3%. There was also a decrease in the withdrawal of cash from ATMs, at a rate of about 12%. What is more interesting is the fact that this is the third month in a row that such a decline has been recorded, which may indicate a...

The Austrian-based company Tricentis has announced the acquisition of the Israeli start-up Testim, which has developed an AI-based platform for testing automation offered as a cloud service. The value of the deal is estimated at $ 200 million. Testing will expand Tricentis' testing platform and help it simplify their automation and enable organizations to perform rigorous end-to-end testing quickly and easily. Trisentis customers will now have the flexibility to choose products and services that suit their needs, in a local installation model with a fee for annual licensing or in a cloud...

Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett present their new economic plan. At the center of the program are two significant steps: tax cuts for those who earn up to the level of the average wage in Israel and the second step - a new compensation outline for self-employed people who were injured during the Omicron crisis. The cost of the program is estimated by the Treasury at NIS 4 billion in terms of loss of revenue. The core of the plan is, as mentioned, a reduction in taxes on work for those who earn low wages and a reduction in caps. Prime Minister Naftali...