Category: Business

Iraq’s telecoms ministry said it has blocked the Telegram messaging app over national security concerns and in order to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The app is widely used in Iraq for messaging but also as a source of news and for sharing content. Some channels […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, many workers grew accustomed to working from home. Many of said workers would have grown accustomed to using the video conference application “Zoom,” whose stock peaked in October 2020 at $559 USD per share, more than 500% of what it was worth in January 2020. Despite Zoom’s stock […]

A new wage agreement for Hebrew instruction ulpan teachers, signed in the presence of key government officials, is expected to have implications for aliyah integration in Israel. The agreement was signed on Sunday morning by the Treasury, Education, and Aliyah, and Education ministers, as well as the Teachers’ Union Secretary-General Yaffa Ben-David, and seeks to […]

Just try to imagine your upcoming paradisaical hotel stay. You step through the main door without a single hotel team member smiling at you or offering assistance. A walk to reception is needless. Your online reservation was followed by a digital key access capability available on your mobile device, for a room you picked in […]

Quebec plans to open a representative office to Israel in Tel Aviv in the fall, the province’s government announced on Thursday. The office, to be located within the Canadian embassy, will be Quebec’s first in the Middle East and 35th total. Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie Martine Biron announced on Thursday that the […]

Spin doctors, those officials employed to interpret events for the media favorably, have many arrows in their quiver. One of the most effective in Israel has been dubbed “bigger elsewhere.” The “bigger elsewhere” strategy is simple. When one’s client is in the midst of a crisis, redirect, divert, and distract the public’s attention to something […]

The recent celebration of Israel’s 75th birthday provided yet another opportunity to reflect on the Jewish state’s many stellar accomplishments since its founding. In areas such as hi-tech, water conservation, agriculture, and defense, Israel has done remarkably, even miraculously, well. Regrettably, however, Israel has been much less successful in other areas.  For instance, social fragmentation […]

On July 27, the Israeli prime minister dismissed as “silly” a series of negative credit-rating agency reports. They criticized the amendment passed on July 24 that stops the Supreme Court from striking down unreasonable governmental decisions. This raises two serious questions for businesspeople: What is the name of the game? What is the endgame? Political […]

The threat of closure has long hung over Lev Smadar cinema in the capital’s German Colony neighborhood. In November 2016, the historic movie theater – constructed in 1928 – was saved as a result of the persistent struggle by residents and representatives on the city council. Under the leadership of then-deputy mayor Ofer Berkowitz (Hitorerut), […]

Dear PCK, Let me start by saying how proud both Imma and I are of your decision to leave home and move abroad for a year of national service. It’s certainly not easy to leave your friends and family and move to the US. It’s amazing that you want to work with kids in the […]