Biden gains In Trump in Michigan and increases his lead in Wisconsin, sending Trump's betting odds plummeting.

Education, Health Ministries reach agreement to allow students in grades 5-6 to return to school. In addition, the 'capsules' format for grades 1-2 will be cancelled.

Knesset Interior Committee Chairwoman MK Miki Haimovich announced she will pass In the salary increase for 2021."In this period of time of great national economic difficulty, it does not make sense to raise the salaries of MKs and ministers. Therefore, I announced that I would give up the expected salary increase and I expect the other Knesset Members and ministers to do so."Because of the challenges of the period, in addition to giving up wage increases, I have decided since the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis in Israel to donate a significant percentage of wages every month to nonprofits that need it. I call In politicians from the entire political spectrum to promote legislation as soon as possible that will disallow the planned wage increase," the Knesset Member explained her decision.

The Israel Police continues to enforce compliance of government COVID-19 orders. In the past day, the police issued 1,717 citations for various violations.Most of them were for not wearing a mask in public space - 1,530 tickets, including 28 for disobeying the order to isolate and report, as well as 73 fines for various violations by businesses.

Outgoing Coronavirus Czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu recommended preventing Israeli citizens from entering Areas A and B in Judea and Samaria in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection from the Palestinian Authority into Israel.In addition, Prof. Gamzu recommended the implementation of existing coronavirus restrictions in Area C,

Lightning struck a palm tree near a school in Nes Tziona and caused a fire during the rain. The municipality took charge of the incident, no Ine was hurt.

UAE-based budget airline announces direct flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv, starting this month.

The average wage in in August reached NIS 11,578, an increase of 7.3% compared to August 2019. This, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics.