07.08.2026 Contracting Company, Manager, and Subcontractor Convicted of Employing Teenager at Construction Site The ruling determined that a contracting company and its manager were responsible for employing a 17-and-a-half-year-old teenager in dangerous work without medical approval, even though he was employed through a subcontractor. The teenager, who was forced to work with a demolition hammer and a circular saw, was also injured in his hand. The judge stated: “Criminal liability must also be imposed on the business owner, in order to prevent hiding behind legal structures.” By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
07.08.2026 Hamas Announces Dissolution of Its Government Ahead of Planned Transfer of Gaza Administration to Technocratic Committee At a press conference, the organization announced that Mohammed al-Farra, chairman of the Government Emergency Committee and the acting head of the governmental administration, had submitted his resignation. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called the move “a maneuver intended to prevent Hamas from being disarmed.” The Peace Council stated that its assessment “will be based on actions, not promises,” and said that all weapons should be placed under the authority of the technocratic committee. By Uriel Levy
07.08.2026 Serving for a Thousand Days: Between Partnership and Polarization The coalition’s values-based message, the renewed commitment to the reserve forces, and the mutual responsibility that politics has (still) not managed to dismantle | Reflections at the beginning of another round of reserve duty, with no clear end in sight. By Or Guetta
07.07.2026 Seven Organizational Failures That Cause Employees to Pay Out of Pocket at Work Employees who pay for organizational expenses out of their own pocket in order to ease bureaucracy or streamline a business process may expose the organization to information security risks and suffer burnout themselves. However, there are sometimes failures in the company that force them to behave this way. These failures can be easily resolved. By Jonathan Simchovitch
07.07.2026 Ministry of Economy Allocates 5,000 Foreign Workers to Commerce and Service Sectors The allocation is intended for businesses in the retail and wholesale trade sectors, automotive repair garages, cleaning services, event halls, and infrastructure services. The labor shortage in these sectors is estimated at more than 50,000 workers. By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
07.07.2026 Recognizing the Armenian Genocide: A Historic Step, Even If Long Overdue After decades of delay and a prolonged public and political struggle, the Israeli government has approved recognition of the Armenian Genocide, although the process has not yet been completed in the Knesset. The next step is to turn this recognition into an educational and national commitment that expands the teaching of genocide and historical memory in Israel. By Yaron Weiss
