Securities regulator and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange call on investment, financial technology firms to offer retail brokerage services to expand investors’ trading options and cut the cost of services. Most trading in Israel is done through banks and the move seeks to promote technological innovation in the capital market.
Katz is accused of using his office to advance his own financial interests as well as those of his friend, businessman Mordechai Ben-Ari. Mendelblit is reportedly expected to instruct Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Katz should the minister refuse to resign of his own volition.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deliberating whether to allow two anti-Israel congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, from entering the country on Friday. The two had initially planned to land in Israel on Aug. 18, but in an effort to mislead Israeli authorities, they apparently decided to hasten their arrival.
The creation of a real-time situational map allows decision-makers to see which parts of the country are in most urgent need of assistance, displaying more than 250 layers of data.
In a rare plea, the PA delegation asks for “slack” from the UN committee. Several of the UN experts pressed the PA on its failure to implement anti-discrimination policies, requesting proof that textbook materials had been reviewed for anti-Semitic material, and asking for explanations for Palestinian officials’ documented incitement to terrorism.
