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20 stories about Israel
הדמיית מערכת לייזר להגנה מפני רקטות מפא"ת

Israeli airborne laser system successfully completes first-ever interception tests

21.06.21|Udi Etsion
The High-Power Laser system was installed on an aircraft and successfully intercepted and destroyed UAVs
Align Technologies

Align Technology prepares to hire 150 Israelis in 2021

17.06.21|James Spiro
The company intends to add to its 500-strong team of employees in the country
Disney+ Plus

Disney+ finally makes Aliyah, coming to Israel this year

16.06.21|James Spiro
The Mouse House will be competing against Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV
נפתלי בנט לוחץ את ידו של בנימין נתניהו מליאה מליאת הכנסת השבעה השבעת ממשלה ממשלת השינוי כנסת

Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era

13.06.21|Reuters
The new government, formed after an inconclusive March 23 election, largely plans to avoid sweeping moves on hot-button international issues such as policy toward the Palestinians, and to focus instead on domestic reforms
קו רקיע מרכז תל אביב Tel Aviv Business Center

Israeli tech companies shatter 2020 fundraising record in under six months, raising $10.5 billion

09.06.21|Meir Orbach
According to data compiled by Start-Up Nation Central, 2021 has already also set a record for the number of investments in Israeli startups of over $100 million, with 30 having been completed so far compared to 21 mega-rounds throughout all of 2020
מימין דוקטור יהושוע גלייטמן אבנר לושי ופרופסור שלמה נו

Shuki Gleitman's GIBF raising $300 million in China for second biotech fund

31.05.21|Golan Hazani
The Guangzhou Sino-Israel Biotech Investment Fund (GIBF) focuses on life science investments and cooperates with leading Guangzhou organizations to bring Israeli biotech firms to the massive Chinese metropolitan
Aristagora VC Team

“It’s like eating Sushi with Tahina”: How Israel and Japan formed an unlikely business relationship

30.05.21|James Spiro
On paper, these countries and cultures couldn’t be more different - that’s what makes them so perfect for each other
Barak Rabinowitz F2 Venture Capital

Israeli resilience: That’s how winning is done

24.05.21|Barak Rabinowitz
Israel now has more publicly traded companies on Nasdaq than any other country in the world besides the US and China, and more startup tech unicorns than all of Europe combined
צעיר ערבי שהוכה ב בת ים על ידי לה פמיליה

The next war scares me even more, and it's not against Hezbollah or Iran

23.05.21|Yoel Esteron
"I still estimate, hope, that most Israelis prefer to live in a democracy. The problem is: They are certain that democracy is here forever, can be taken for granted, is secure. Therefore, they observe the writing on the wall with eyes wide shut," writes Yoel Esteron
מוסף שבועי 20.5.21 דיוויד בלאמברג

David Blumberg: When visiting Israel, I leave my heart at passport control and follow my head

22.05.21|Sophie Shulman
For decades David Blumberg has been part of the local tech scene, now in a rare interview with Calcalist, he discusses his vision, Israel, and how come a Jewish, Gay, fourth-generation Californian supports Donald Trump
תקיפה הפצצה של חיל האוויר צה"ל ב עזה מגדל בניין מבצע שומר החומות

Netanyahu, Gaza militants vow to fight on as Biden urges ‘de-escalation’

19.05.21|Reuters
An Egyptian security source said the two sides had agreed in principle to a ceasefire after help from mediators
יירוט כיפת ברזל רקטה רקטות רצועת עזה 1

Truce calls mount as Israel-Palestinian conflict rages on

18.05.21|Reuters
Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive to destroy the capabilities of the armed factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, amid calls by the United States and other world powers for an end to the conflict
רוברט כהן בנסון אוק

A global perspective: how individual empowerment can transcend hatred

18.05.21|Robert Cohen
"The conflicts get the attention but there are ample places here where hi-tech is truly bringing sides together," writes Robert Cohen
אסף אייזנשטיין לושה הישאם טאהה טראמאונט תומר נוטקין בנק הפועלים גיל פקלמן אטרה

Just as flights were grounded, Israel’s tech sector recalibrated and took off

18.05.21|Allon Sinai
The rapid response to the pandemic reality was the key to Israeli tech's record year
איש העסקים אורני פטרושקה מהנדס ו יזם היי טק מ מייסדי כרומטיס

"Arab integration must also take place in politics, not just in economy"

18.05.21|Diana Bahur-Nir
"The conditions for equality for Israeli-Arabs are not ripe," says Orni Petruschka, a former high-tech entrepreneur and now the co-chairman of the Abraham Initiatives, "but despite the low we are in, chances of rehabilitating our society are better than ever"
1 רצועת עזה תקיפה צה"ל 15.5.21

Israel-Gaza conflict rages on despite U.S., regional diplomacy

17.05.21|Reuters
Israel's missile attacks on the densely populated Palestinian enclave killed a top Islamic Jihad commander and left a crater in a seven-storey office building that Israel's military said was used by Hamas
כללית פיוס חדש

Israeli tech ecosystem calls for reconciliation between country's Jewish and Arab citizens

16.05.21|Elihay Vidal
"We need to learn to live alongside each other. We need to meet and become friends and see a joint future together and then also create working relationships," said Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman
עזה הפצצת מגדל אל-ג'לאא

Israel-Hamas conflict rages as Israeli strike demolishes tower housing media

15.05.21|Reuters
Israel's military brought down a 12-storey block in Gaza City that housed the U.S. Associated Press and Qatar-based Al Jazeera media operations, as well as other offices and apartments
ירי מטח רקטות יירוט כית ברזל מבצע שומר החומות

Israel targets Gaza tunnels, Palestinian rocket attacks persist

14.05.21|Reuters
Israel strikes a network of Palestinian militant tunnels under Gaza known as “the Metro”
צחי וייספלד מנכ"ל Microsoft for Startups

Survey: Israeli startups raising funds faster, no longer dependent on relocating

13.05.21|Meir Orbach
"We are seeing what the new world of Israeli tech will look like after Covid-19," said Tzahi Weisfeld, VP and general manager of Intel Ignite