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After lengthy discussions in the government, Naftali Bennett this evening (Sunday) approved the outline prepared by the Ministries of Health and Education for September 1. According to the outline, which still needs to get the corona cabinet approval and will only apply if there is no closure, classes will open as usual from kindergartens to twelfth grades, under six "layers" of protective actions, including serological tests starting later this week, speed tests to be provided to parents, tests Initiated in schools in orange and red localities, observance of the rules of the corona - and...

6,275 Israelis were diagnosed as positive for Corona - more than a third of them from the education system - and this is the highest number of verified since February 8. The peak since the beginning of the plague was 10,117, on January 18th. Today, at midnight, 2,942 verified were diagnosed. Excluding surveys and tests for recoverers, the positive rate yesterday was 4.84% - the highest figure since March 6. The peak of the outbreak is 15%, on September 29 last year. Today, at midnight, the rate of positives is slightly higher - 4.89%. A total of 130,000 tests were performed yesterday, the...

Due to the peak data in the mortgage market, the Bank of Israel announced today that it has finally decided not to allow a loan to be used as equity to purchase an apartment. At the same time, it will be possible to take such a loan as a bridging loan for housing developers, until the end of the process of selling their existing property. That is, this prohibition will be particularly relevant to investors who are in fact leveraging an existing asset to purchase an additional asset. It should be noted that the activity of investors in the real estate market has increased in recent months,...

The tax authority has not yet begun taking enforcement action to return aid grants to businesses that illegally received the money during the Corona crisis. Following pressure from the self-employed, the tax authority postponed for two months, until October 2021, the deadline for repaying the debt, through an arrangement for the distribution of interest-free payments. As part of the corona grants, billions of shekels were paid to businesses based on their statement. In retrospect, it became clear that these were not eligible for the grants because the extent of the damage to the business...

The Corona Cabinet approved the recommendations to extend the green label restrictions to all sectors of the economy, except malls and commerce. This, starting Wednesday next week. Among other things, the cabinet ruled that tests for children up to the age of 12 would be funded by the state, and that the number of participants in closed and open events was also limited. It was further stipulated that the restriction of guests at events and celebrations would be examined. The decision, which will be required for a vote in the government, includes applying the green label outline to all...

Cisco's second acquisition in Israel in three months: The American company acquired the Israeli start-up Epsagon for $ 400 million. Epsagon was established four years ago and is developing a platform for identifying and fixing faults in cloud applications. Epsagon was founded by Nitzan Shapira and Ren Rabensaft, and raised $ 30 million over the years. Prominent investors in the company include Lightspeed, Stagevan, Deutsche Telekom Partners and USVP, as well as the founders of Armis Nadir Jezreel and Yevgeny Dibrov

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett outlined his doctrine regarding the nature of the government's treatment of the Corona crisis, in the shadow of the morbidity data published by the Ministry of Health, according to which 9,257 verified people were diagnosed in Corona in the past day, almost 500 in critical condition. He noted that despite the increase in morbidity, the government headed by him would do everything in its power to prevent closure, and even called on the public to continue to be vaccinated. "More difficult days are expected, but I am sure that if we act in accordance with the...

Three Israeli universities were ranked among the top 100 universities in the world in 2021, in the Shanghai index, which is considered one of the main indices for university rankings. This is the first time since 2013 that three Israeli universities have managed to make the list. This is despite the government's attempts to harm their public status. The Hebrew University was ranked 90th in the ranking and as the leading university in Israel, after failing to make the list of the top hundred in the previous year. According to the ranking, the Hebrew University is ranked 25th in the world in...

Nearly 100 fires have been burning for more than a day - and National Fire Commissioner Dedi Simchi said that the fire in the Jerusalem mountains is similar in size to the giant fire in Carmel in 2010. "more than 5,000 acres of woods were burned, and a few isolated houses caught fire without any injuries," Simchi updated tonight (Sunday), saying that the fact that there were no casualties is a great achievement. A cigarette box was found in the scene where the fire started, near Moshav Beit Meir, but it is not certain that its owners caused the fire. "I have been saying this for several years