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The New York Police Department has reported 311 total hate crimes through September, as opposed to 250 reported through the same period in 2018, according to Deputy Inspector Mark Molinari, who heads the department’s Hate Crimes Task Force. Molinari said 52 percent of the reported hate crimes, or 163, have targeted Jews. Over the same period last year, the NYPD reported 108 anti-Semitic hate crimes. At a meeting Thursday with Jewish philanthropists, Molinari discussed the numbers and how to prevent anti-Semitic crimes in the city. He recounted a list of anti-Jewish hate crimes that had...

The Ministry of Transport has started operating a dedicated travel lane for private cars that travel more than one passenger. The project was announced three weeks ago under the name "Path Plus", under which Route 2 was specially trained for a 22-kilometer route, between the Netanya interchange and the Galilee interchange, in both directions, where public transport and vehicles with at least two passengers (driver and passenger) will be allowed. At the same time, on Route 20, a special route for public transport and private vehicles with at least three passengers (driver and two passengers)...

Israeli NSO spying tools have been used to track down two Moroccan human rights activists who are being chased by state authorities - a widespread investigation by Amnesty International has revealed. The NSO said in response: "We take the allegations seriously. We will investigate the matter." According to an Amnesty report released last night, both activists received text messages containing malicious links intended to implant Pegasus, NSO's notorious espionage spyware. As previously reported, the damage can provide full access to all information on the device in real time In addition to...

The World Bank's annual Doing Business report shows that Israel has jumped 14 places and ranks 35th out of 190 countries. Last year, Israel was ranked 49th and within two years nineteen places rose. In 2018, the Accountant General under his responsibility received the concentration of handling of the Doing Business Index. This is a global indicator of the ease of doing business in different countries, vis-à-vis the World Bank and government offices. This is a direct follow-up to the recommendations of the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Improvement of the Business Environment appointed...

More than 313,000 students will open their academic year this morning at 61 higher education institutions. After many political and academic debates in recent years, the Faculty of Physicians at Ariel University will open for the first time today, although the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Higher Education Council has not approved giving it a budget. 70 students will begin their studies at Ariel Medical School. According to the National Student and Student Union Survey published before the start of the school year, 60% of students stated that they felt that academia was not...

The Israeli economy has not experienced stability since a government in Israel has not yet been established. Negotiations are shuffling and we are exposed to the companies' weapons: raising prices. Osem announced the raising of its pasta prices. And at the same time Frozen meat importers are preparing for price increases of 15% -20%. Alongside the expected price increase, the meat industry is also facing the possibility of a market shortage. As far as is known, most of the effect is expected in the prices of frozen meat products, and subsequently it may also reach processed meat products....

Yes has launched its new TV service over the internet. The new product will be called yes + and will be provided to customers at no extra charge, in addition to the Apple TV stream being provided in a rental model. The Apple TV will be offered as a gift and the value of the benefits will be over NIS 1,000. The package will cost NIS 199 a month. Triple NIS 299 will be offered for yes +. Registration opens today and gradually all customers can receive the product. The interface includes a personal viewing area, scrollability and quick navigation between channels. In addition, the company...

Facebook is suing the Israeli NSO following a crackdown on the spyware exploited by a spyware developer, which it says has been used, among other things, to track at least 100 journalists and human rights activists. That's how the tech giant announced. "In May, Wetsap announced that it had identified and blocked a new type of cyberbullying that included a video call service vulnerability," Wetsap Director Will Cathcart said in a Washington Post article. "Now, after months of investigation, we can say with certainty who is behind the attack. Today we filed a lawsuit in a federal court that...

At the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, construction of the new emergency department, which is the emergency room, began. Construction is expected to last for three years, and its completion is expected to be the emergency room of the largest and most magnificent Ichilov Hospital in Israel. It will include the large number of beds and CTs, a short hospitalization department and designated tracks. The cost of building the emergency room is about NIS 200 million. Philanthropist Silvan Adams has donated $ 20 million. Professor Roni Gamzo, hospital director, said that Ichilov is the best,...

The Political Security Cabinet decided to establish a foreign investment oversight body for the Israeli economy, as Finance Minister Moshe suggested, as the committee window be the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance. It was decided that the committee would not deal with high-tech investments. The establishment of the commission may be related to the government's pressure on Israel in light of China's investment in infrastructure projects in Israel. The committee will be accompanied by senior representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defense and the National...