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Monday, September 14, 2026

Opinion The Settlement in the Class-Action Lawsuit Against Wolt Legitimizes the Problematic Employment Model for Couriers

While the settlement agreement includes significant achievements, it also contains serious problems, such as the failure to recognize an employer-employee relationship between Wolt and its couriers and the denial of their right to unionize | It appears that Israel has decided it wants to create a “backyard” of workers stripped of rights in the labor market

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen

Israeli Film “NAZA” Wins Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival

By Davar

Analysis What Drove the World’s Leading Business Magazine to Take Aim at a Nobel Laureate

The Economist published an unusually scathing critique of economist Daron Acemoglu, whose recent research has focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on workers. Yet the article neither seriously engages with Acemoglu’s arguments nor explains its objections to his proposals. The result is a surprisingly clumsy broadside, particularly given the venerable magazine’s reputation.

By Gal Rakover

Wolt to Compensate Couriers with 34.3 Million Shekels and Commit to Paying at Least Minimum Wage

Under a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit against the delivery company, submitted for court approval, Wolt’s couriers will not be classified as employees, but the company will provide them with a one-time compensation payment and commit to insuring them, providing safety training, and incentivizing them to make pension contributions.

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen

Analysis Will The Palestinian Elections in November Take Place? Not Likely

The Palestinian Authority announced Parliamentary Elections after twenty years | Dr. Michael Milshtein, an expert on the Palestinian arena and former head of the Palestinian arena in IDF military intelligence, tells Davar what is driving the PA to advance the elections, who is seeking to use them to return to center stage, and why they most likely will not actually take place.

By Itai Gil Lev

Germany: Far-Right Party Wins Election in Saxony-Anhalt, Falls Short of Absolute Majority

By Uriel Levy

Arab Politics Ahead of the Elections

By Yaniv Sharon

Analysis Russia’s ‘August Curse’: Could the War Reaching the Home Front Change the Course of the Conflict?

By David Tversky

Haaretz Investigation: Netanyahu Received Warning from UAE President Days Before October 7 Attack

By Davar

New Compensation Model: Groundbreaking Collective Agreement at the Defense Ministry

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen

09.08.2026

כנס של מפלגת ביחד (צילום: אור גואטה)

Bennett and Lapid Unveil the Joint List of the Together Party: “We Will Limit a Prime Minister’s Term to Eight Years”

Bennett will head the list in first place, with Lapid in second | Yesh Atid members account for around 40% of all positions | Lapid: “If the country was in a much better state when Naftali Bennett was prime minister, then Naftali Bennett should be prime minister”

By Or Guetta

09.08.2026

שר החינוך יואב קיש (צילום: אריה לייב אברמס/פלאש90)

Education Minister Kisch to Davar: “The Next Wage Agreement Must Be Different—Smaller Classes and Five School Days a Week”

Kisch, who hopes to remain education minister in the next government, emphasizes that the change is possible without adding more teachers | He opposes transferring management of the education system to local authorities: “They aren’t equipped for it, and I don’t see the significant value it is supposed to bring”

By Michal Marantz

09.07.2026

עובדים באתר בנייה (אילוסטרציה: shutterstock)

13 Workers Injured in Workplace Accidents Last Week, One Seriously

Eight of the workers were injured in falls from height | Since the beginning of the year, 50 workers have been killed in workplace accidents, including 30 in the construction industry.

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen

09.06.2026

תלמיד מסתכל בספרים בספריית בית הספר (צילום ארכיון: נתי שוחט/פלאש90)

Study: “Even in the Age of AI, Reading and Math Skills Will Be Rewarded in the Labor Market”

Researchers at the Taub Center found that the economic returns to skills are similar in occupations exposed to AI and in those that are not. | Prof. Avi Weiss: “Many young people feel that the development of artificial intelligence makes it unnecessary to invest in foundational skills, but the opposite is true.”

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen

09.01.2026

קיאקים בנהר הירדן. ירידה של 30% לפחות בנפח הפעילות בקיץ (צילום: אייל מרגולין/פלאש90)

Tourism in the Galilee Struggles to Recover

Ongoing security uncertainty is keeping tourists away, while restaurants and attractions remain closed. The continued closure of Tel-Hai University is also making it harder to recruit workers. “Tourism isn’t an industry you can simply switch back on,” says the CEO of the Israeli hotel chain Metaylim. “We realized that if we want to be able to resume operations quickly in the Upper Galilee, we have to keep the entire system alive.”

By Maya Ronen

08.26.2026

משרתי מילואים נפרדים מיקיריהם לקראת יציאה לסבב מילואים (צילום ארכיון: חיים גולדברג / פלאש90)

Finance Ministry Updates Estimated Monthly Cost of Reserve Duty to Around NIS 53,000 per Reservist

Following an analysis by the Finance Ministry’s Chief Economist, which found that reservists earn approximately 42% more than non-serving members of their age group, the ministry has decided to revise its estimate of the salaries of reservists aged 22–30 to NIS 39,000, up from NIS 33,000, and of those aged 31–39 to NIS 68,000, up from NIS 54,000.

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen