Unemployment jumps to 7%

The unemployment rate in Israel jumped to 6.9% of the civilian workforce in April 2013 from 6.6% in March, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday. The number of unemployed rose to 252,000 in April, out of a labor force of 3.67 million. The unemployment rate of men rose to 7% in April from…

Who needs a war – keeps it simmering

After 46 years of occupation, the underlying realities are more than ever laid bare. It is now clear whose interests are served by the policy of perpetual occupation and ever-threatening wars. Since 1967, Prime Ministers and their cabinets continually strove to mobilize international support for their ongoing dragging of feet. Ever and again, they deliberately…