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The Central Bureau of Statistics published for the second time a report that maps start-ups in Israel according to their fields of activity, survivorship, salary data and number of jobs. Realize the dream and succeed in high-tech. Reality, of course, is less glamorous. The vast majority of startups fail and do not return investors' money. In 2011-2018, 5,313 startups were opened in Israel - 45% of them closed before 2018 ended In the previous report published by the CBS, which presented the 2011-2016 data, the overall closure rate was 37%. For a long time now, the industry is worried that...

The Israeli economy grew by 3.3% in 2019, a slightly higher rate than forecast - the Central Bureau of Statistics published on Tuesday. According to a preliminary estimate for 2019, gross domestic product increased by 3.3% during the year compared to 2018, followed by a 3.4% increase in GDP in 2018 and a 3.6% increase in 2017. The CBS figures also indicate that the government and Social Security deficit stood at 3.54% of GDP in 2019, which is about NIS 50 billion. For example, last year the government deficit reached 3.19% according to the CBS, compared to 2.9% according to the Treasury...

The National Poverty Report published by the National Insurance Institute shows data on an increase in the poverty rate in Israel in 2018 - among the general population as well as among children and families. The couple employed - rose. For the first time after years in which inequality in Israel was reduced, in 2018 it began to expand. Internationally, the poverty rate among children in Israel remains higher in the OECD - more than in Chile and Mexico - when only in Turkey is the poverty rate among children higher.

Worldwide, the New Year, and the new decade, are receiving huge fireworks and performances. The celebrations that began at noon in the Eastern Hemisphere will reach Israel at midnight. The first countries to receive 2020 were Samoa and Kiribati, Pacific Islander countries, to which the New Year arrived at 12:00 noon. New Zealand, the first major country to be counted back, received the New Year at 1 p.m. Two hours later, 2020 also entered Sydney in Australia, in the midst of huge fires in the area.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Wednesday) officially filed his request for immunity from prosecution just hours before the deadline for filing. In light of the request for immunity, the legal proceedings against Netanyahu are frozen until the Knesset Committee is formed to discuss the request for immunity. It should be noted that contrary to Netanyahu's assertion that the immunity is temporary, he sought substantial immunity from some of the charges against him, which would grant him a permanent exemption from prosecution for them. Netanyahu's Attorneys wrote at the beginning of...

According to a study published by the Bank of Israel, 14% of the bachelor's degree holders are more educated than necessary. The Bank of Israel refers to surplus education when a person's formal education is higher than he is required to do his job. The way to check this is by comparing his number of school years to the average school year in that occupation. The study, conducted by Noam Sussman, Idan Lippiner and Dror Rosenfeld of the Bank of Israel's research division, also found that about 40% of undergraduate students work in a non-conforming job with the study profession they...

The Quds Force commander of the Revolutionary Guards and the chief of Iranian Middle East operations Thursday night was eliminated in a US attack at Baghdad airport. Three Katyushas were fired at a military base near the airport tonight, reports from the scene and TV show in Iraq show that 7 people were killed in the bombing, including General Qassem Suleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Mohands militia commander and Hezbollah man in Iraq Muhammad Qawwarani. The Pentagon: "Suleimani Has Eliminated Trump's Instruction." Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei ordered three days of mourning following the...

Shiba Hospital, which handles thousands of people every day, now allows its patients to contact the customer service center through the popular WhatsApp instant messaging software as part of its extensive digital transformation process, and based on Elad Systems' SimpleChat implementation. The hospital allows outpatient clinics to communicate with the various centers through the WhatsApp. Customer Service Callers can contact and correspond with a human or auto service representative (ChatBOT) and avoid having to wait for the representative, fax documents, ask questions or make appointments...

A bus on line 947 was again involved in an unusual event. On Saturday night, it turned out that a 15-year-old boy apparently entered the trunk to put his luggage in and was trapped inside. About forty minutes after entering, police stopped the bus at the Hamad interchange not far from Mevaseret Zion. It turns out that the boy who entered the trunk tapped the sides of the bus but the driver continued on his journey. Passengers on the bus testified that they heard the boy's tapping but thought it was a passenger who was late to the station and asked the driver to stop and allow him to board...

A 71-year-old Binyamina resident was killed on Sunday evening after being swept away by his vehicle in a flood on the river street in the colony. He was located about two hours later, and the MDA team determined his death. The firefighters who arrived at the scene rescued the vehicle with the help of tractors, where they found the man breathless. Police said the circumstances of the vehicle's fall into Nahal Tse'asah, a channel of Nahal Taninim passing through the town, are being investigated . MDA paramedic Natalie Bennett said: "Extinguishing forces have been working for a long time with...