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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Immigration Committee Reveals There Are More Jews in Ethiopia Eligible for Aliyah

Israel announced in 2013 that there were no more Jews in Ethiopia eligible to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return | However, a committee hearing revealed that a delegation from the Population and Immigration Authority and the Jewish Agency traveled to Addis Ababa last July to examine 146 applications from Jewish families according to Jewish law

By Yahel Farag

The Jewish Author Leading the Fight Against the Silent Boycott

By Yoel Rothschild

Guest Column Partnership with Parents of Toddlers Must Begin with Investment in Daycare Staff

The crucial partnership between parents and childcare educators cannot rely solely on love and dedication. When the state settles for just 220 hours of training for such a complex profession, with funding amounting to one-tenth of the OECD average, it is abandoning both the workers and the children.

By Keren Or Oren

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

The new documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, based on anonymous testimonies from 24 soldiers and intelligence personnel, premiered at the festival | The film makes serious claims about IDF activity in the Gaza Strip | The military rejected the claims, and its screening sparked controversy and strong reactions in Israel and abroad

By Davar

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

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

By David Tversky

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

By Gal Rakover

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

By Itai Gil Lev

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

By Nizzan Zvi Cohen

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

By Davar

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

חברי המפלגה חוגגים לאחר פרסום התוצאות הראשונות במסיבת בחירות של "אלטרנטיבה לגרמניה" (AfD) (צילום: AP/מתיאס שרדר)

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

The “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) party won 44% of the vote according to exit polls, securing 39 seats in the state parliament. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which has governed the state for the past 24 years, received 18.3% | The populist left-wing BSW party will determine who forms the next government.

By Uriel Levy

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

(צילום: יסמין גיל / דוברות ההסתדרות)

New Compensation Model: Groundbreaking Collective Agreement at the Defense Ministry

The agreement replaces the incentive pay mechanism (“premiums”) that had been used at the ministry for decades with a new pay model that includes salary increases fully recognized for pension purposes, attendance incentives, excellence bonuses, and performance-target bonuses for students.

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