03.03.2024 Knesset Finance Committee Approves Raising VAT to 18% Despite Concern that it will Harm the Poor The committee voted in favor of the Finance Ministry's proposal to raise the tax despite objections from members of both the opposition and the coalition | MK Naama Lazimi: "This is a handout to big capital at the expense of the weakest population" By Erez Raviv
03.03.2024 Workers, Histadrut Sign Historic Agreement with Friedrich Ebert Foundation The agreement is the first of its kind for Foundation employees outside of Germany | Employees’ Union Chairwoman Judith Stelmach: 'Through this agreement, we are putting into practice the Foundation's principles: promoting organized labor and solidarity' By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
03.01.2024 13 Bedouin Heroes Receive Awards for Saving Lives on Oct. 7 The heroic actions undertaken by members of the Bedouin community were recognized in a ceremony at the Friends of Zion Museum | Oz Davidian, a member of the Bedouin Authority who himself saved 120 lives at the Nova music festival, presented the awards alongside the chair of the Abraham Global Peace Initiative By Yaniv Sharon
02.26.2024 Evacuated College Opens its Academic Year - But the Students Are Not There At Tel Hai College near Israel’s northern border, all classes are being held online | Yoav Adiv began the semester on an army base as he served in the reserves | Noam Reisner, a social work student, has not yet been able to return to her apartment in Kiryat Shmona By Michal Marantz
02.25.2024 Welfare Ministry Budget To Be Increased by 700 Million Shekels, Less Than Half of the Requested Budget Boost The proposed Welfare Ministry budget will reach 11.5 billion shekels, but the plan includes significant cuts in services for people with disabilities and elderly people By Hadas Yom Tov
02.25.2024 Frustration Builds as Ethiopian Jews Excluded from New Aliyah Initiative Over 1,200 Jews, some already approved for immigration, remain in camps in Ethiopia waiting to make aliyah | Activist Surafel Alamo: "We’re good enough to defend the country, but not for our brothers and sisters to come to Israel" By Yahel Farag