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The state paid 550,000 dollars for the flight of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara to Paris in February - five times more than what is accepted for this route. Netanyahu had a meeting in the city with French President Emmanuel Macron but stayed there for the weekend - even though the meeting took place on Thursday evening. The unusual cost, which was first published in the "Aviation News" Facebook group, was due to Netanyahu's insistence on renting an expensive Boeing 777 model plane for the trip, which allows for the crossing of continents - and is not required for...

Israel dropped from 5th place to 7th place in the global artificial intelligence ranking published by Tortoise Media, after Singapore and South Korea overtook it. Although even after the drop, Israel is still in a very high place in the world ranking, but the drop reinforces the fears that the lack of government investment in infrastructure and academic research may cause Israel to lose its lead - and open a gap with other countries in the field of artificial intelligence. Tortoise Media's AI Index report presents a ranking that represents the 62 countries leading the global artificial...

The bill proposing that the banks will be required to pay interest on the current account, which has already passed the committee of ministers and was supposed to go up for a preliminary vote in the plenary on Wednesday, is dropped from the agenda at this stage. Member of Knesset Yanon Azoulai (one of the bill's presenters), announced that "after consultation with Shas movement chairman Rabbi Aryeh Deri, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and coalition chairman Ofir Katz, it was decided to wait with raising the bill, which would oblige the banks To pay interest on the current account...

Thousands of people demonstrated on Monday against the legal revolution at Ben Gurion Airport. Clashes broke out between police forces and protesters, who blocked major roads in the port, including the road leading to the entrance to the passenger hall in Terminal 3. 52 people were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct. Later, the demonstration continued in front of the police station in Ramla, where the detainees were taken

The Labor and Welfare Committee chaired by MK Israel Eichler approved regulations that will allow the Civil Service Commissioner to approve an extension of service for a civil service employee up to the age of 72, thus allowing an extension of up to 5 years cumulatively from the date the employee reaches retirement age, as opposed to 4 years today

On Tuesday at noon, a Palestinian terrorist stepped onto the sidewalk and bike path on Pinchas Rosen Street in Tel Aviv - while traveling against the direction of traffic. On the Ynet studio's special transmitter, MDA CEO Eli Bin said that the terrorist got out of the vehicle at some point and started stabbing people - then was shot and killed. A total of eight people were injured - three seriously, two moderately, and three lightly. The eight injured were evacuated to the Ichilov and Billinson hospitals

The data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) show that the average salary for an Israeli salaried position in April of this year was NIS 12,622, an increase of about 4.7% compared to April 2022 - similar to the inflation rate. Thus the average salary for a salaried position at constant prices (deducted by the price index to the monthly consumer) decreased by 0.2% relative to April of last year and stood at NIS 10,874