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Israeli democracy - disabled. On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, the Knesset plenum approved the law, also known as the "Great Corona Law," which will allow the government to declare restrictions on Corona without waiting for Knesset approval. 48 voted for the law, 35 opposed, and no one abstained. Contrary to the original intention, which would have allowed the government to bypass the Knesset and issue immediately valid orders, the proposal formulated in the Law, Constitution and Justice Committee requires approval of regulations from the relevant Knesset committees, although...

Following the Corona crisis and the severe economic crisis affecting many workers in the economy and the self-employed in particular, Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David decided to fire them for the self-employed and ordered the establishment of a special fund to distribute food parcels to the self-employed and families in financial distress. Through the funds that will be deposited in the fund, the Histadrut will in the near future distribute thousands of food packages to the self-employed, each of which will include products worth NIS 350

A ranking published in the New York Times shows that Israel is in sixth place in the world in terms of the number of new infections per day per million inhabitants. In the first places in the ranking are the Gulf states of Oman and Bahrain, where the virus is spreading rapidly, especially among foreign workers. Before Israel, which affects about 200 people per million inhabitants a day, are Oman, Bahrain, Panama, South Africa and the United States. In Oman, which leads the ranking, more than 300 people per million inhabitants are infected per day, as of the end of July. After Israel in the...

According to data from the Ministry of Health published this morning (Monday), 12,119 corona tests were deciphered, of which 1,039 were positive. The rate of positive tests was 9.2%, which means that one in 11 people was diagnosed with the corona virus. It also shows that in Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Modi'in Illit and Beitar Illit - one in five subjects in the past week was positive for the virus. According to the data, five more people died yesterday and the number of people killed in the plague rose to 473. 317 of the patients are defined as in critical condition. 104 of the patients...

The Central Bureau of Statistics published a comprehensive survey at noon (Sunday) in which many Israelis were asked about their health, mental and economic status during the period of the second wave of the Corona virus. Naturally, the concerns that arise around the health crisis are also related to the mental health and economic well-being of Israelis, especially in light of the closure imposed in the first wave, and the fear allows for a closure in the near future. More than half of Israelis fear that they will not be able to cover their monthly expenses. This is an increase of 9% from...

Although the "per citizen" grant program has been approved by the government and will be submitted to the Knesset for approval today, it turns out that hundreds of thousands of eligible people will probably have to wait to receive the money for several weeks or even more. The reason: the difficulty of the Social Security which is responsible for distributing the grants in locating their bank accounts. The National Insurance Institute currently has only the bank account data of 5.1 million eligible for the grant, out of the six million eligible. Therefore, it will be possible to transfer...

The Prime Minister succeeded in bringing about the removal of the chairwoman of the Corona Committee in the Knesset, MK Yifat Shasha Bitton. This is because it did not align itself with the government's decisions and approved the easing contrary to Netanyahu's opinion. Reminds you of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that democracy is not his strong suit? After a stormy faction meeting, shouts and exchanges between MKs and Likud ministers over a breach of coalition discipline - including a vote on the law banning conversion therapy - the sanctions came on Tuesday. Coalition Chairman Miki...

Israel, whose response to the corona virus epidemic was initially considered a success story, especially compared to the way the epidemic was dealt with by countries like the United States, has lost its initial advantage and even worse. On Tuesday, Israel "surpassed" the United States in terms of the number of people infected with the corona virus per million people, for the first time since the end of March. At the end of May, the average weekly number of infected people in Israel was close to zero, while in the United States at that time it was about 80. Since then, the average number...

The Knesset plenum approved on second and third reading the economic assistance program - a one-time grant for each resident. According to the approved plan, every resident over the age of 18 will be entitled to a grant of NIS 750, and an additional grant of NIS 500 for each child up to the fourth child in the family. Starting with the fifth child, a grant of NIS 300 will be received for each additional child. Earlier, Social Security announced that if the law passes today, on Sunday the grants will be transferred only to parents of children under the age of 18, and later the rest of the...

Progress regarding investor Eli Rosenberg on the way to obtaining a permit to purchase El Al. The Companies Authority will recommend to the state the granting of a permit to Rosenberg, subject to the discretion of the ministers holding the state's gold share in El Al. A letter sent by the director of the Companies Authority, Yaakov Quint, to Rosenberg's representative, CPA Aminach Rusk, states: , To agree that he will hold a rate in excess of 40% and that give him control over El Al. Subject to the state's decision, the issuance of the recommendations is said to be conditional on the PA's...