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Committee to propose regulation with three goals: Protect investors; promote fair activity in the market; and optimal utilization of prospects inherent in the Israeli market.
Get email notification for articles from Stav Shaffir Follow Apr. 25, 2021 12:27 AM Ofer Malka, the director general of the Transportation Ministry, is angry at the Israelis. When journalist Ifat Glick asked him about the traffic jams, he replied that the problem was “Israelis don’t really go in for public transportation.” Later, following her expected question – how he gets around – he was forced to confess that he’s one of the Israelis who “doesn’t really go in for it.” Not surprising. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represented us at the virtual Lead...
Press Release December 14, 2020 For the past two years, the Israel Democracy Institute, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Finance, and the OECD, has been leading a multi-sectoral and cross-ministerial process. Flash 90 Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel: “The climate is not only a burning environmental issue but also an economic, social, and essential security matter. Climate change and a worsening of the environmental situation pose an existen...
Israel By Shmuel Smith YERUSHALAYIM - The entrance to Terminal 1 at Ben Gurion Airport. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90) An inter-ministerial team has been designated to oversee compliance with coronavirus regulations at Ben Gurion Airport, where crowding led to blatant violations last week, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said the group will be headed by the director-general of the Transportation Ministry, Ofer Malka, and the deputy director-general of the Health Ministry, Itamar Grotto. They are charged with recommen...
After months of promises, the mandatory quarantine period will be shortened to 10 days this week, the Health Ministry announces. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein has adopted the recommendation of professionals, a ministry statement says, and has decided that starting Tuesday at 6 a.m., anyone who needs to isolate will only have to do so for 10 days rather than the current 12. As part of the new rules, people will have to test negative in two coronavirus tests, one taken at the beginning of the quarantine period and the second taken nine days after the initial possible exposure to the virus. The...