Articles

Data published on Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics reveal that the basic unemployment rate rose slightly in May to 3.5%, after it was 3.1% in April, 3.3% in March, 3.7% in February, 4.1% in January and 4.3% in December. Before seasonally adjusted data that neutralizes irregular jumps and external events, the unemployment rate remains at 3.6%, and in any case, it is a relatively low unemployment rate both in Israel's past and in the world today

The scope of the use of digital wallets and smart watches reached a peak of NIS 3.2 billion in May: 2.7 times compared to its scope in May 2022, according to SBA data, which develops and manages the national credit card payment system in Israel. Two years ago, in May 2021, Apple Pay entered Israel and was the first international company operating in the field. In the months before that, a number of local digital wallets were operating, but the scope of use was only tens of millions, and when Apple Pay was introduced, the scope of use was only 150 million shekels

The governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Amir Yaron, on Tuesday, summoned the CEOs of the banks in Israel to a meeting on the issue of interest rates on deposits and loans. The conversation that took place in the governor's office was relatively relaxed, but it can be called a "mild reprimand conversation", in which the governor criticized a lack of sensitivity towards the middle-class populations mainly those who pay high-interest rates on loans and when they have money in deposits and current accounts receive low interest, if at all, in an improbable manner of difference from the...

Four people were murdered at noon on Tuesday in a shooting attack at a gas station near the settlement of Ali in the center of the West Bank. Four other people were injured, one seriously, and the rest moderately and lightly. The shooting opened at a restaurant and the terrorist was shot dead. There is a suspicion that more terrorists fled the area and the IDF is looking for them

The Authority for Consumer Protection and Fair Trade announces its intention to issue an administrative order to stop the violation to the three soft drink companies that dominate the category - the Central Company for the Production of Soft Drinks Ltd., Tempo Beverages Ltd., Yapaura-Taburi Ltd. The companies must return the price to its original value immediately As the price increases and cancel the planned price increase

The private Israeli space project Berashit may close its flagship program, a probe landing on the moon, in the coming weeks, after its major donors stopped their contributions. This is what the venture's co-founder Kafir Damari said today (Wed) in an interview with Bloomberg. The Israeli non-profit SpaceIL, which is behind the $100 million program, said that the reduced budget jeopardizes the second planned attempt to land a probe on the moon, using the Berashit 2 spacecraft, whose launch was planned for late 2025. "Our donors decided not to continue their contribution after transferring...

The Faculty of Medicine in Tel Aviv has decided that the number of students there is going to increase significantly, and it is expected to undergo a major change in the curriculum and adapt it to the current era. In a letter sent this week by the management of the faculty to all its members, it announced the expected revolution in medical studies in Tel Aviv: 320 medical students per year within three years - instead of the 225 who started the first year this year - and a change in the entire curriculum. Part of the increase was made possible thanks to the cancellation of the American...

Rebellion in Russia. The mercenaries of the "Wagner group", who crossed the border from Ukraine and took over Russian army installations on Saturday, continue to advance towards the Russian capital and cause panic in the country. The head of the "Wagner Group", Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced this morning that he arrived in the southern Rostov district together with 25,000 fighters, with the aim of deposing the heads of the army - Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. "We are ready to die," he said. As part of Prigozhin's rebellion in the Russian army, because of...

Almost half a year: the demonstrations against the legal revolution across the country are entering the 25th week. The leaders of the resistance said on Saturday that they are "increasing their gear towards another round of struggle in the end the coup attempt will be stopped again". The organizers called on the public to take to the streets "in order to send a clear message to the Israeli government that the legislation will not pass." Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Attorney Dafna Holtz Lachner, and Dr. Amir Hanifs from the Druze protest will speak at the demonstration in Tel Aviv. The...

The Commissioner for Competition, Attorney Michal Cohen, announced today (Monday) that she has declared Wysotsky as a monopoly in the green tea market and on the liquor market. This means that Vysotsky will be defined by law as a "large supplier", as the term is defined in the Law for the Promotion of Competition in the Food Industry, and from now on All the obligations imposed on large suppliers by virtue of this law regarding the declared products apply to it