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The BIRD Foundation to Invest $7.3 Million in Eight Joint U.S.-Israeli Projects

08.01.19|Meir Orbach
The foundation will invest across a variety of technological domains including agtech, medical devices, digital health, and defense
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Israel Refloats Red Sea-Dead Sea Canal Initiative

08.01.19|Lior Gutman
The planned pipeline, first announced in 2013, was intended to span over 200 kilometers on Jordanian territory
מטוס איירבוס A330 של חברת רואנדה אייר Rwandair

RwandAir to Launch Direct flights between Israel and Rwanda

07.01.19|Tomer Hadar and Adi Pick
In September, Israel and Rwanda agreed to open mutual embassies
חממה גידול קנאביס

Chinese Delegation to Explore Cannabis Research Opportunities in Israel

07.01.19|Tzally Greenberg
A Chinese delegation will be landing in Israel next week to meet with Israeli cannabis researchers and companies
מייסד סופטבנק מאסיושי סון

SoftBank Ventures Invests in Fourth Israeli Startup, Venture Partner Says

03.01.19|Meir Orbach
Once completed, the transaction will bring the fund’s total investment in Israeli companies to about $20 million, according to Benjamin Weiss, venture partner at SoftBank Ventures Asia
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Israel Approves CRS Tax Regulations, With a Caveat

03.01.19|Omri Milman
Israel's parliamentary finance committee approved on Tuesday a series of statutes that will make life a lot harder for tax evaders in the country. Philanthropic Jewish orthodox community lending institutes will be exempted
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Online Gambling Company Playtech Reaches Tax Settlement in Israel

03.01.19|Dror Reich
The London-listed gambling software developer will pay $32 million following an audit for the years 2008-2017
שדה תעופה מטוס רחפן רחפנים

Israeli Regulator Considers Mandating Registration of Civil Drones

02.01.19|Udi Etsion
Limited regulation today, such as flying restriction near airports, fails to account for the easy availability of drones in the current market
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Passing on Open Code, Israel Missed on Elastic, CEO Says

02.01.19|Meir Orbach
In October, Israeli-linked IT and data analytics company Elastic floated on NYSE, attaining a market capitalization of around $2.5 billion
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Israel Sees 5% spike in Jewish Immigration in 2018, Report Says

01.01.19|CTech
Most Jewish immigrants to Israel in 2018 came from Russia and Ukraine
תל אביב נוף בניינים קו רקיע בניה מגדלים

Israel GDP Growth Slows, Still Tops OECD Countries

01.01.19|Shahar Ilan
Israelis spent more in 2018, but the country’s growth has stalled compared to 2017
גל פרידמן בזכיאתו ב מדלית זהב אולימפיאדת אתונה 2004

Israel’s Olympic Committee, Technion Open Joint Research Center

30.12.18|Lilach Baumer
The center’s first project will research windsurfing, a sport in which Israeli athletes regularly bring home international medals
אלביט מערכות נתנאל גרופ פארק תמר רחובות

Britain’s HSBC Delists Investment in Israeli Defense Contractor Elbit, Reports Say

30.12.18|Lilach Baumer
Elbit says it has not received any such announcement from the British Bank. Campaigners framed the decision as a Pro-BDS win
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Intel to Receive NIS 700 Million Government Grant to Expand Israeli Fab

25.12.18|Hagar Ravet
Fab 28 manufactures chips for servers, workstations, mobile computers, and desktops. Intel announced its intention to expand the facility with a NIS 17 billion investment in May
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Economy, Not Just Iranian Influence, Drives Gulf-Israel Relations, Says Advisor to Bahraini King

20.12.18|Adi Pick
Rabbi Marc Schneier, Special Advisor to the King of Bahrain, estimates that in 2019 at least one Gulf state will establish diplomatic relations with Israel
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Israelis Receive 8.5 Spam Calls a Month, According to Truecaller

19.12.18|Lilach Baumer
The country ranked last among the top 20 countries affected by spam calls in 2018, according to a new report released by the company
הוועידה הכלכלית הלאומית 2018 ערן יעקב בשיחה עם עמרי מילמן

Income Taxing of Options Applies to a Small Share of Israeli Tech Employees

19.12.18|Omri Milman
Out of 500 employee option plans reviewed across around 90 private companies, only three employees had plans that could, perhaps, fall under the purview of the new memo
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Israeli-German Team Wants to Use Micro-Satellites to Study Climate Change

18.12.18|Lilach Baumer
The researchers, who plan to launch 10 satellites the size of a shoebox into orbit in just a few years, recently won a 14 million euros research grant
מגזין נשים 21.6.17 אלי קאראן עובדת מטבח ב בולטימור

The Gender Wage Gap is Bigger in Israel

18.12.18|Adi Pick
Women in Israel earned 69% of the average male monthly salary in 2017. The global average gender wage gap for 2018 stands at 19%
מפעל אינטל ב קריית גת 15.5.18

Intel to Expand Operations in Israel as Part of Global Plan

18.12.18|Hagar Ravet
The company, which is the largest multinational operating in Israel in terms of investments and number of employees, expects to start the multi-year process in 2019