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Israel ranks third worldwide in AI commercialization as economy grows 3.2% ahead of Rosh Hashanah
The government's annual report ahead of Rosh Hashanah revealed that Israel ranks among the world's leaders in AI implementation, development, and research.
World Food Programme halves food assistance to West Bank due to funding shortages
From Haredi cities to the Sharon: Where was the sharpest spike in job seekers recorded?
West Bank employment rebounds after Oct. 7 drop, but wages, protection remain weak, PCBS data shows
The labor market has not yet recovered from the war
The labor market continues to recover, but the road to the pre–war routine is still long: There were 169,000 job seekers in June.
Meta sued: AI helped choose whom to lay off, but missed an important detail
A total of 26 employees claim that AI systems were utilized by Meta to rank staff ahead of a wave of layoffs, failing to distinguish between a lack of productivity and an approved absence.
The dirty trick behind the massive tech layoffs
CEOs are blaming the massive waves of layoffs on AI implementation, but real data proves exactly the opposite: Companies that adopted AI with high intensity increased their workforce by 10%.
Israeli unemployment rates rising in hi-tech with the advancement of artificial intelligence
Inbal Mashash, director general of the Israel Employment Service, spoke on Tuesday with Anat Davidov on the program 'Where the Money Is' and addressed the worrying trend.
Severe report: Historical peak in the number of unemployed tech workers
The Employment Service links the historic unemployment surge to AI, but experts blame downsizings on high interest rates, a weak dollar, and past over-hiring by companies.
Israeli employment rates dropped in May, Central Bureau of Statistics labor force survey reveals
According to the CBS Labor Force Survey Data for May 2026, a total of 4,469,000 Israelis were considered in the workforce (61.6%), of whom 126,500 (2.8%) were unemployed.
Working from home? You are at high risk of layoffs
While everyone is afraid that AI will take their jobs, new data from Gallup points precisely to another group that stands out among those laid off: Employees who worked fully remotely.
Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden
Crash course: The AI and the dollar are emptying the tech sector, and mortgages are threatening those laid off.
After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees
Only a month after the massive cuts at Wix, the website development company Elementor joins the wave and will part ways with about 100 employees.
Shockwave in tech: The giant company parted ways with 21,000 employees within a year
Oracle recorded a sharp 13% drop in its number of employees during the 2026 fiscal year, following strategic changes and a transition to artificial intelligence.
