Israeli citizens who went to the U.S. for school and immigrant American doctors will no longer be required to retake medical licensing exam.
The Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee voted Wednesday to exempt Israelis who studied medicine abroad, as well as immigrant physicians, from the Israeli medical licensing exam if they have passed the U.S. licensing exams.

The committee also approved the retroactive licensing of any physician who has passed the U.S. exam, the USMLE, during the past 10 years. However, the committee also ruled that candidates who failed the Israeli medical exam cannot take the USMLE instead. Continue Reading »


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December’s consumer price index rose by a moderate 0.2%, after the previous two months recorded a negative CPI – down 0.5% in November and 0.2% in October. September’s CPI remained unchanged from August.



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