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Business in Brief Notifacation of a layoff that exacerbates previously existing, long-term depression is a work accident, entitling the employee to compensation from the National Insurance, the National Labor Tribunal recently ruled. A woman, who was employed by ORT schools, fell into a severe depression and attempted suicide after being told in 2001 that she was to be fired. The Labor Tribunal ruled that the fact that a specialist was unable to precisely define the contribution of the difficult news cannot be seen as a cause for rejecting the claim. (Haim Bior) David Azrieli has received the city fathers' blessing to add a second story of shops to the Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan. The addition will expand the shopping center's space by 7,500 square meters, adding 35%. At present the sprawling mall has one story of shops with 15,000 square meters of floor space. Half of a second story now houses a movie theatre. With this addition the Azrieli Group can finish the mall's development. There is one snag: it didn't get permission to add new parking spaces. (Raz Smolsky) Advertisement Low-cost charter flights between Tel Aviv and Istanbul will fly no more beginning Thursday, says the travel agency EZ Travel. However, they will resume when demand does, EZ says, but the economic conditions demand a hiatus. Charter flights to the coastal resort of Antalya will continue, though demand has slumped since Operation Cast Lead began. Turkey is a dearly beloved for Israelis: more than half a million go there each year. While there has been some growling there since the war began, Turkey wants Israelis to keep coming, especially since tourism from Russia has all but collapsed, says travel industry sources. (Irit Rosenblum) Israeli courts have approved claims against three insurance companies, Menorah, Phoenix and Migdal as class actions for allegedly misleading clients over accident compensation. The plaintiffs have policies including coverage of disability from traffic accidents, and claim the companies significantly reduce their liabilities using a formula of their own invention. The insurance commissioner has forbidden Menorah, for one, to use the formula, a decision which the insurer appealed. That case is pending. But the attorney general has weighed in too, saying he believes the companies misbehaved. (Nurit Roth) Although the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration recently downgraded Israel's aviation safety rating to Category 2, which blocks Israeli airlines from launching new lines to the United States, IOSA, the Operational Safety Audit arm of IATA - the international umbrella organization of airlines, has certified the national carrier El Al under its strictest standard. (Zohar Blumenkrantz) Bookmark to del.icio.us   Following Chavez Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, says it seeks war crimes charges. Who needs the Knesset? Arab parties: We'll establish an alternative Arab parliament.

Read & React Olmert ignoring calls from Barak, Livni for immediate Gaza truce Responses: 71 Harel & Issacharoff: Is Hamas waiting on Obama for Gaza truce? Responses: 27 Hamas: We accept Egypt's proposal for Gaza truce - with reservations Responses: 44 Diplomats: Gaza op causing long-term harm to Israel's image Responses: 88 Israel's defense establishment backs an immediate cease-fire in Gaza Responses: 46 More Headlines 23:28 Hamas: We accept Egypt's proposal for Gaza truce - with reservations 00:09 ANALYSIS / Egypt's Gaza truce plan is mostly bad for Hamas 00:46 IDF soldier seriously hurt in anti-tank missile attack in Gaza 23:34 Hamas Health Ministry: More than 1,000 dead in Gaza 00:06 Rice: Olmert's claims regarding my Gaza UN resolution vote are 'fiction' 21:11 Arab parties: We'll establish an alternative Arab parliament 23:48 U.S. authorities remove 'Adolf Hitler,' 2 siblings with Nazi-like names from family home 23:48 For the first time, Gaza militants fire phosphorus shell at Israel 00:28 Author: Report of jihadist death threats to Madonna old news 23:23 Feminist group slams former envoy to UN Gillerman for 'tasteless' jokes about women 19:36 Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, seeks genocide charges against Israeli officials 17:21 3 rockets fired from Lebanon hit north Israel; IDF returns fire 19:58 Four people hurt as fire rages at Ashdod chemical plant 16:53 Israel indicts two Iran TV journalists for reporting on Gaza ground invasion Previous Editions Select Day 14 jan 13 jan 12 jan 11 jan 09 jan 08 jan 07 jan 06 jan 05 jan 04 jan 02 jan 01 jan

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