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The department in charge of wages at the Ministry of Finance contacted all government bodies, clarifying that workers in public workplaces who do not join the framework agreement will be forced to return in August the NIS 6,000 salary increase they received in March. The measure is intended to put pressure on workers' committees to sign the framework agreement with the state, although its final text has not yet been fully agreed upon and is not known. The framework agreement for the wages of public sector workers, established at the beginning of March, established a gradual wage increase...

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 residential construction market continues to falter. According to a review by the Central Bureau of Statistics, in the first quarter of 2023, the construction of 14,981 apartments began. 25% lower than the first quarter of 2022 when the construction of 19,983 apartments began. The figures for construction startis in the first quarter of this year are almost exactly the same as the figures for the third and fourth quarters of 2022 when the residential construction market changed direction following the increase in interest rates by the Bank of Israel. In the first half of 2022, the Bank...

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 Election Committee of the Bar Association announced that Adv. Amit Bachar won the elections for the Bar Association's presidency and will be the chairman of the bar. The results of the elections show that Bachar won 73% of the support, while the main contender against him, the former head of the bureau Efi Neve, received 19% of the voters' votes. The results also revealed that Bacher also won the majority in the national council of the bar, which elects the two representatives of the bar in the committee for selecting judges. The voter turnout in the elections was 50.8%, compared to...

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...