Business and Economy
Knesset members can opt to reject their pay increases. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu Party decided that its members would waive the increase.
“We want the people in Gaza to have jobs—real jobs—because where there is prosperity, there can be peace,” said Daniel Birnbaum at the Globes Conference in Jerusalem, without going into detail.
According to former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the leaders of the regime have become the most hated individuals among the Iranian people—to the extent that none of them right now dare appear in a public place.
Delegation led by vice president of short-term rental firm visits Samaria after vowing to delist rentals over opposition to Jewish settlements • Airbnb denies change of heart, as was earlier reported.
Earlier on Monday, Israel’s Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin, who met with a delegation of officials from the online hospitality service in Jerusalem, claimed that the company would not enact a ban.
“This is an issue that could have a serious impact on almost every charitable institution in the Jewish community—our shuls, our schools and every kind of institution that we have—and cost them thousands of dollars a year,” Nathan Diament, executive director of the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center, told “Jewish Insider.”
“Let’s make South Florida a shining light and beacon of truth, good and love prevailing over hatred, evil and hypocrisy throughout the world,” exclaimed Surfside Vice Mayor Daniel Gielchinsky.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has stated that Airbnb’s move has “no place” in the marketplace; multiple lawsuits are being filed in the United States and Israel; and Israel has called out Airbnb, chastising the company for a policy it says is anti-Semitic.
A report by market research firm Euromonitor says the Israeli capital is poised to see a 38 percent spike in inbound tourism by end of 2018.
This year’s program focused on strengthening the rule of law, advancing economic freedom and free trade, and featuring contributions from the fields of innovation and technology that benefit individuals around the world.
The Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy is now partnering with the Jordan Valley Regional Council on a new project to combat BDS that includes participation in international conferences at which products, such as dates and wine from the Judea and Samaria, are distributed to participants, along with information on industrial development in the valley.
The 18 plaintiffs filed the matter in the District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging the company is violating the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.
