An Israeli receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, February 10, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Health Ministry is reportedly closing in on a plan to spur more Israelis to get vaccinated by bringing back certain leisure activities in the near future, but making them hard to access for those who have not gotten shots.
Channel 12 News reported Wednesday that officials are looking to limit access to gyms, hotels, restaurants and cultural and sports events for those who refuse to be vaccinated, while the inoculated will be able to enter freely.
As it is legally problematic to completely ban those who do not want to take the shots, a path will be available to those with fresh negative COVID-19 test results from the past 48 hours.
New ILA chief halts Haifa Bay renewal plan
Yaakov Kvint, who was appointed Israel Land Authority director in December, has frozen work on the plan for evacuating Haifa Bay s petrochemical plants.
The committee of ministry directors general examining the future of the petrochemicals plants in Haifa Bay has been working for the past several months on its conclusions, and is due to hold a final meeting on the matter today. Meanwhile, however, the newly appointed director of the Israel Land Authority, Yaakov (Yanki) Kvint, has decided to freeze the Haifa Bay urban renewal plan, without which evacuation of the petrochemical plants is not economically viable.
Press Release
December 14, 2020
Today (Dec 14th) the Israel Democracy Institute’s Eli Hurvitz s Conference on Economics and Society, opened today in Jerusalem with a session From Recession to Growth: Macroeconomic Policy, which focused on ways to accelerate the Israeli economy.
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The Israel Democracy Institute s Eli Hurvitz s Conference on Economics and Society opened today (December 14th) in Jerusalem with the session From Recession to Growth: Macroeconomic Policy, which focused on ways to accelerate the Israeli economy. The panel was overseen by the conference co-chairs
Prof. Eugene Kandel, CEO of Start-Up Nation Central and
Prof. Karnit Flug, IDI s vice-president for research and William Davidson Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and former governor of the Bank of Israel.
Dubi Amitai
Broadening Horizons: Israel and the Global Economy Dr. Bruce Kasman Christian Esters
A Green Rescue Plan for the Israeli Economy Prof. Nathan Zussman Dr. Ori Sharon MK Yaakov Margi (Shas Party)
Chair, Knesset Finance Committee
Open discussion Prof. Karnit Flug
Vice-President for Research and the William Davidson Senior Fellow for Economic Policy, Israel Democracy Institute and Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Former Governor of the Bank of Israel
Address by the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Amir Yaron
11:30
Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel s Startups and Business reporter
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron, speaking at the Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society organized by the Israel Democracy Institute, December 17, 2019 (Michal Fattal)
The Bank of Israel plans to continue buying foreign currency in 2021 to curb the strength of the shekel, its governor Amir Yaron said at a conference on Monday, as the appreciation of the Israeli currency hurts exports and could hinder the economy’s recovery from the blow dealt it by the coronavirus pandemic. The shekel is currently hovering near a 12-year low against the dollar.