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The emergency discussion on the issue of raising the price of bread ended without decisions. At the beginning of the debate, which took place on Sunday at the initiative of Prime Minister Yair Lapid, he announced that the purpose of the debate is "a complete halt to the rise in the price of uniform bread." During the discussion, a number of economic and legislative proposals were raised on how to reach agreements. Prime Minister Lapid ordered the head of the budget department in the Ministry of Finance to return within three days for another discussion, with the formulation of the best way...

The unemployment rate in Israel is still very low, but at the same time, the volume of layoffs in high-tech is beginning to affect the numbers of high-tech workers looking for work. According to data released today (Monday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), there has been a slight decline in the unemployment rate in the past month, from 3.5% in May to 3.4% in June, which is 146.5 thousand unemployed - a very low figure in Israel. In May there were 150.6 thousand unemployed, which is 3.5% by international definition. At the same time, the employment service today released new data...

Registration for the second lottery for the apartment at a reduced price has ended. 112,625 households registered this time for the lottery, which ended yesterday (Sunday) at 11:59 PM, and which included 5,499 discounted apartments in 25 localities throughout the country. The results of the current lotteries will be announced in August. While apartment prices continue to rise, demand for discounted apartments is also at its peak. The current lottery joins the first lottery in which about 120,000 eligible people registered and won over 10,000 households in the apartment at a discount....

udge Michal Agmon Gonen of the Tel Aviv District Court ruled today (Wednesday) against the prosecution's position on a preliminary question that arose in the Bezeq-yes case, in which an indictment was filed against Shaul Alovich and other defendants, alleging criminal conduct in the manner in which interested parties were promoted

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Thursday that she intends to restrict the work of Ukrainian refugees in 17 cities across the country starting August 1. This restriction is in accordance with the new procedure of the Population Authority regarding the employment of asylum seekers, which was published in Haaretz a month ago. Shaked's announcement comes against the background of the High Court's decision to allow the entry of Ukrainian citizens

"The ultra-Orthodox who enter the site are mainly looking for jobs in high-tech, and we get quite a few resumes from software developers, analysts, etc. In addition, one of the filters we choose the most is work from home, which is great. from afar". This is what Noam Tzobari, co-founder of the "Jobik" website, a new job website for the ultra-Orthodox public, says. The site, which was launched last week, has already been accessed by more than 60,000 job seekers from the ultra-Orthodox sector. This is not the only job site intended for ultra-Orthodox society, but the scope of jobs is...

The average mortgage amount given by the banks to the public decreased in June by about 0.7%, to NIS 988,000 compared to NIS 995,000 in May of this year. In June, banks made 12,024 mortgages and marketed a total of 11.9 billion shekels - according to data published by the Bank of Israel. The decrease in the average mortgage amount occurs at the same time as the decrease in apartment sales and the stagnation in the increase in the volume of mortgages in recent months, after the record recorded in March of this year - NIS 13.4 billion. The decrease in the amount of the mortgage does not...

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Economy Minister Orna Barbibai announced on Monday evening that they had agreed on a more moderate and gradual increase in the price of bread. The price of the uniform sliced ​​bread will increase by 5.5% instead of 11% as previously planned. The price of challah will increase by 8% instead of 21% and the price of flat bread will increase by 5% instead of 36%. Another increase in price will take place in the month of December, when the price of the uniform sliced ​​bread and the price of challah will increase as determined by the price committee, while the...

After a long series of cuts in the startup companies and the unicorns, it is the turn of the public high-tech companies. The Fiverr company, which was considered one of the most successful Israeli IPOs of recent years, informed its employees of the layoff of 60 employees, half of them in Israel. Fiverr developed a platform to connect freelancers with organizations and enjoyed a tremendous boom during the Corona period which led to the recruitment of many employees to meet the load of demand

The price of electricity will increase this Monday at a rate of 8.6%, one percent less than the original decision of the Electricity Authority. This means that the price of electricity will increase on average for a family in two months by about 86 shekels, which is 43 shekels per month and more than 500 shekels per year. The Electricity Authority announced the final price on Wednesday evening after holding an oral hearing procedure for the main parties who challenged the decision to raise the price of electricity at such a high rate, led by the Association of Manufacturers, whose leaders...