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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Mifal HaPayis

Avigdor Yitzhaki, then an MK for Kadima, attends aa cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 04, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASh90)
February 21, 2022, 12:43 pm
National lottery chief sought to quash damning story on ex-Mossad boss – report
Avigdor Itzhaki denies Mifal HaPayis cut its advertising on Channel 13 because it broadcast segment alleging Yossi Cohen blabbed to his romantic interest
By ToI Staff
A man who won NIS 80 million in Israel's largest lottery jackpot poses with a giant check at the offices of the Mifal HaPais national lottery on February 6, 2022 (Mifal HaPais)
February 6, 2022, 6:16 pm
Winner of Israel’s largest-ever lottery jackpot says winning numbers emitted a light
Scoops NIS 80 million ($25 million); had never filled out a lottery ticket before and only did so because the prize was so large
By ToI Staff
Mohamed Agbariyah receives a coronavirus vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination center in the northern Arab Israeli town of Umm el-Fahm, January 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 9, 2021, 5:11 am
Bennett urges Arab Israelis to get vaccinated: ‘Rates are too low’
Minority lags with some 51% inoculated, compared to 66% of all Israeli citizens; though only one Arab town among 26 in country designated as ‘red’ area
By Aaron Boxerman
An illustrative photo of a Mifal Hapayis lotto booth in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 7, 2021, 1:11 am
Government said weighing lottery between vaccine holdouts to encourage shots
$31 million set aside for various efforts to inoculate over 1 million unvaccinated, but legal hurdles remain; health officials say 600-700 seriously ill would trigger lockdown
By ToI Staff
Attorney Lea Tsemel in a trailer for the documentary "Advocate." (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 27, 2019, 3:01 pm
National lottery pulls funding for festival prize after divisive film wins
Mifal HaPayis says it will also examine legal options to rescind grant to documentary about Israeli lawyer who has defended Palestinian terror suspects
By Jacob Magid
Acclaimed author Etgar Keret at the award ceremony for the 2019 Sapir Prize, Israel's equivalent of the Man Booker Prize, for his latest collection of short stories, 'A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy' Shuka Cohen)
January 22, 2019, 11:52 pm
Flash fiction master Etgar Keret snags Israel’s top literary award
Acclaimed author of absurdist short stories wins Sapir Prize for collection, ‘A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy’
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: A lotto card from Israel's Mifal Hapayis national lottery. (Flash90/Abir Sultan)
November 4, 2018, 7:19 pm
6 months on, mystery Israeli fails to pick up $890K lottery winnings
If individual who won NIS 3.3 million in May doesn’t come forward by Monday, winnings will return to draw company
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A lotto card from Israel's Mifal Hapayis national lottery. (Flash90/Abir Sultan)
January 22, 2018, 8:34 pm
NIS 52 million lottery winner says news ‘felt like the UN vote in 1947’
50-year-old says he bought ticket while at the mall with friends, while rest of country was at protests; plans to buy an apartment and deposit the rest for now
By ToI Staff
Daniel Orenstein
November 20, 2016, 3:00 pm
Daniel Orenstein
The 3 sins of the Israeli lottery
It’s bad enough to dupe the poor, but mocking the needs of children and the environment is too much — ban the ads!
A man removes cash from a Bank Leumi ATM machine in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 28, 2016, 3:14 pm
8 ways Israel’s 2017-2018 budget may directly impact you
The cabinet has approved more trains, some medical coverage for genetic testing, less funding for Masa scholarships, and taxes for owners of more than 2 apartments. Will MKs give their backing?
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) seen with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 11, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
August 12, 2016, 10:05 am
Cabinet unanimously okays two-year budget after marathon talks
Health minister, education minister announce bumps in their office budgets after close to 24 hours of negotiations
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (C) with Justice Ministry director-general Emi Palmor (L) and General Manager of the Finance Ministry, Shai Babad during a press conference regarding legalized gambling in Israel at the Finance Ministry office in Jerusalem on August 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2016, 11:14 pm
Finance minister: Israel will not build casinos on my watch
Moshe Kahlon says the gambling industry is a tax on the poor, where the risks outweigh the potential personal and communal return
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of gambling in a casino (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 8, 2016, 1:31 pm
Tourism minister fast-tracks Eilat casino proposal
Yariv Levin meets with officials to review formal plan for hotel and gambling complex in southern resort town
By Stuart Winer
An Israeli couple keep their identities hidden as they collect their lottery winnings in May 2013 (YouTube screen shot)
January 16, 2016, 5:55 pm
Why the Israeli lottery gives winners masks
Unlike the US, Israel keeps the identities of its winners under wraps — and probably with good reason
By Gabe Friedman
A first grader raises his hand in a classroom in Nitzan, southern Israel. (Edi Israel/Flash90/File)
August 24, 2014, 11:55 am
Apple co-founder flies into Israel as rockets fly by
Steve Wozniak feels so strongly about technology in education that he ‘risks’ first trip to Israel to talk about it
By David Shamah
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