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EBay Israel Laying Off Dozens of Employees

27.06.18|Meir Orbach
In January, the company announced its intention to hire 100 new employees
מחסן הפצה של אמזון ב פולין

Amazon Pushes Ahead in Initiative to Set up Israeli Shipping Center

27.06.18|Golan Hazani
Calcalist first reported Amazon’s intention to set up a local center in Israel in November
מנכ"ל סיריוס אלן ווטרס

Fifth Acquisition Deal for Israeli Insurer Phoenix May Go Up in Flames

25.06.18|Golan Hazani
China-affiliated Sirius International Insurance has been negotiating the 51.1%, NIS 2.5 billion acquisition since September
הרברט דיס מנכ"ל פולקסווגן החדש

Volkswagen CEO Visits Israel to Meet with Startups, Prime Minister

24.06.18|CTech
In May, the group opened an innovation and scouting campus in Tel Aviv called Konnect
שופטת בדימוס דינה אפרתי

Israel’s Venture Capital Industry Creates Office to Battle Sexual Harassment

21.06.18|Meir Orbach and Hagar Ravet
38 firms have so far signed onto the new policy, which is a response to the global #MeToo moment and recent scandals in the industry
אייל ולדמן מלאנוקס

Mellanox and Starboard End Feud with Board Appointments

20.06.18|Lilach Baumer
Mellanox and Starboard have been clashing since November, when Starboard acquired a 10.5% stake in Mellanox
חיות גרינברג עורכת דין

Liquidation Manager Moves to Erase Computers of Company Investigated by Robert Mueller’s Team

19.06.18|Lilach Baumer and Orr Hirschauge
Israel-based Psy-Group has entered liquidation in February, and its assets, including computers, might soon be up for sale
נשק רובה עוזי uzi gun

Elbit Closes Acquisition of Israeli Arms Manufacturer IMI

19.06.18|Golan Hazani
Elbit will pay up to NIS 1.9 billion (around $520 million). IMI is known as the developer of the Uzi submachine gun
שי באב"ד מנכל משרד אוצר ועידת אנרגיה 2018

Bureaucrats Duke It Out at Israeli Cannabis Exports Debate

18.06.18|Adrian Filut
On one side is the country’s Ministry of Finance, on the other its Ministry of Public Security. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conditioned his approval on both ministries agreeing
בנימין נתניהו ראש ממשלת הודו נרנדה מודי בשדה התעופה של מומביי

Israel’s Innovation Authority Launches Pilot Program for Israeli Startups in India

17.06.18|Meir Orbach
The program is part of a wider collaboration initiative between the two countries called India Israel Innovation Bridge, launched during mutual visits by the countries’ leaders in 2017
ישראלים שנעצרו ב פיליפינים

Israeli Suspects in Alleged Philippines Stock Scam Released from Custody

17.06.18|Tomer Ganon and Ran Abramson
Earlier this month, Philippine authorities arrested almost 482 IBD-M employees, including eight Israeli citizens
זירת תאונה של אופניים חשמליים

Deaths From E-Bike Accidents Are on the Rise in Israel

15.06.18|Tomer Hadar
If the trend seen for the first half of 2018 continues, this year will have triple the amount of deaths seen in 2017, says state official
חנות אפל מנהטן ניו יורק השדרה החמישית

Israel Is Getting Its First Apple Store

15.06.18|Sagi Cohen, Navit Barel, and Yisrael Wolman
Slated to open within a year, the store will provide similar services to those offered by Apple retail locations worldwide
סטיבן מנושין סטיבן מנוצ'ין שר האוצר ארה"ב

CTech’s Weekly Roundup of Israeli Tech News

15.06.18|CTech
Two cybersecurity companies with links to Israel placed on U.S. blacklist. Startup with Israeli intelligence bona fides offers defense against fake news
Ariel Efrati CEO Telco Systems

SoftBank Subsidiary Arm to Establish Labs in Israel in Partnership with Telco

14.06.18|Lilach Baumer
Network technology firm Telco Systems turned to Arm for the collaboration as the company continues a pivot from hardware to software
בניין ה רייכסטאג פרלמנט ברלין גרמניה

Germany Approves Billion Euro Lease of Israeli Drones

14.06.18|CTech
The drones— which are unarmed due to intra-parliamentary opposition—are manufactured by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries
מתחם של חברת מנרב ב בית ה חולים הדסה עין כרם

LR Group Sets Up Biotech Startup Hub at Jerusalem Medical Center

14.06.18|Hagar Ravet
LR's intention is to set up an international hub network that will connect participating medical centers
השר לביטחון פנים גלעד ארדן מסיבת עיתונאים אי הפללה שימוש ב קנביס

Israel Prevented Hundreds of Terror Attacks by Monitoring Social Media, Official Says

13.06.18|Lilach Baumer
In 2017, Yisrael Katz, then Israel's minister of intelligence affairs, confirmed Israel uses a predictive policing system that relies heavily on social media to identify and sometimes detain Palestinians thought to be potential attackers
אורי אלון בעלים של הפועל ירושלים

Compass CEO Ori Allon Plans to Acquire Stake in Boston Celtics

13.06.18|Ouriel Daskal
On Tuesday, Mr. Allon announced he relinquished ownership of a Jerusalem basketball team
האוניברסיטה העברית

Grail Teams Up with Israeli Researchers on Early Stage Cancer Detection

12.06.18|Lilach Baumer
Founded in 2016, California-based Grail raised over $1.5 billion to date to develop a blood-based cancer test