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
02.25.2024 Municipal Elections: What Rights do Workers have on Election Day? Tuesday’s elections are a national holiday, meaning employers must pay an increased salary to those working that day | Youth working on behalf of candidates are advised to request a formal document stating that they have been hired By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
02.24.2024 Israeli Economy Shrank by 20% in First Three Months of War, 2023 Growth Per Capita was Negative In total, the Israeli economy grew by only 2% in 2023, less than the increase in population | In the fourth quarter, business sector output decreased by 32.3% and expenditure for private consumption decreased by 26.9% By Davar
02.24.2024 Report: Number of Murders in Arab Society has Nearly Tripled Over Last Five Years According to the Taub Center, the Arab population in Israel ranks among the highest in murder rates among wealthy countries | Prof. Alex Weinreb, one of the authors of the study: "This is not a foregone conclusion, in 2022 we saw a significant decrease" By Yaniv Sharon