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ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו הפגנה נגד ההפיכה המשטרית בקפלן

Netanyahu is dragging Israel to a civil war

12.07.23|Moshe Gorali

The greater war we are facing is not about reasonableness but about the democratic-liberal structure that forms the essence of our state

יום השיבוש הפגנה מפגינים מחאה נגד המפכה המשפטית ב נתב"ג

Trust in the high-tech nation is gone, for good

11.07.23|Elihay Vidal

Trust is a component that takes a long time to cultivate and an even longer time to restore after a crisis. When citizens, entrepreneurs, investors, and the leaders of the international community lose faith in the country and those who stand at its head, the damage is permanent

צומת הסירה יום השיבוש 11.7.2023

Day of Disruption: Nationwide protests in Israel against judicial overhaul

Demonstrators gather at key locations, including airports worldwide, to voice concerns over government's move to limit Supreme Court power

מהפכה משפטית מחאת ההייטק הפגנה הייטק

“We have come to realize our national and social responsibility to stand as a protective wall for democracy”

10.07.23|Meir Orbach and Sophie Shulman

High-tech executives are urging an escalation in protests against the judicial overhaul as the coalition prepares to approve the abolishing of the reasonableness standard in court rulings, with a vote on the first hearing scheduled for Monday

שלמה קרמר מנכ"ל קייטו

Shlomo Kramer warns against Israel becoming "full blown corrupt dictatorship", calls on employees to demonstrate

06.07.23|Sophie Shulman

“I view the legislation attempt as a move that is detrimental to our business success as a company,” the Cato Networks CEO wrote in an email to the company’s employees on Thursday

Gigi Levy Weiss Shlomo Kramer

"The trust that the high-tech industry built over 30 years could be lost in three weeks"

02.07.23|Meir Orbach

Shlomo Kramer, CEO of Cato Networks, added that “there’s no way back” should the Israeli government make decisions without checks and balances, while Gigi Levy Weiss, one of Israel's most prominent investors, noted that “the government keeps claiming that our crisis is similar to everyone else's, but it's not"

שלמה דוברת שלמה דברת קרן ויולה

Shlomo Dovrat: “We estimate a 90% decrease in tech investments in Israel in the next quarter”

14.06.23|Shlomo Teitelbaum

The co-founder of Viola Ventures and one of Israel’s most prominent VC’s said the government’s judicial reform “poses an existential risk to the high-tech industry”

"Israel was the first to emerge from the pandemic, but will be the last to emerge from the global tech crisis”

22.05.23|Sophie Shulman

Sivan Shamri Dahan, Managing Partner of Qumra Capital, was speaking at a special conference in the Knesset led by high-tech industry organizations opposing the judicial overhaul. "If 10,000-20,000 high-tech workers leave Israel there will no longer be a high-tech industry here,” noted Professor Eugene Kandel

כנס דנסטק 50 עמי אפלבאום יו"ר רשות ל חדשנות

Israel Innovation Authority's budget to be cut by NIS 100 million

21.05.23|Sophie Shulman

The budget of the Authority, which assists startups, will now be around $383 million. This comes at a time when the need to help startups has only increased due to the uncertainty following the current crisis and the drop in investments by foreign and local VCs

הפגנה מחאה רפורמה משפטית מפגינים ברחוב קפלן תל אביב

Israeli leaders rebuff Moody's outlook cut, protests persist

16.04.23|Reuters

Moody's report issued on Friday marks the latest warning about a potential economic backlash to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's legislative push

עובדי הייטק מפגינים בת"א נגד ההפיכה המשטרית מחאת ההייטק פברואר 2023

Israeli startup Constru up for sale after claiming judicial overhaul nixed funding

14.04.23|Lital Dobrovitsky

Constru appealed to the Tel Aviv District Court for financial assistance at the end of March, claiming that it ran into a "perfect storm", due to, among other things, "the growing concerns of investors to make investments in Israel in view of the approaching judicial overhaul"

מחאת ההייטקיסטים מחאת ה הייטק חיפה

Survey: Israeli tech executives report severe damage to investor confidence due to judicial overhaul

A survey conducted by Start-Up Nation Central revealed that almost 80% of company executives reported canceling meetings with investors and 30% reported a complete halt to meetings with investors due to the judicial overhaul

הפגנה נגד ההפיכה המשטרית ב תל אביב

The disillusionment is long and partial. But it has started

10.04.23|Yoel Esteron

As expected, disillusionment hurts. Israel is beginning to understand, perhaps for the first time, that even the ministers of the extreme right, who believe in forceful solutions, cannot work miracles

הפגנה מפגינים קפלן תל אביב 27.3.23

Israel government to delay disputed judiciary bill amid mass protests

27.03.23|Reuters

It is unclear how far the bill's delay to next month's new parliamentary session, after mass protests and growing labor strikes, will satisfy either side or cool the crisis

מפגינים באיילון אחרי פיטורי גלנט הפיכה משטרית

Historic strike: Israeli tech sector joins general strike as judicial reform plan sparks government chaos

The striking companies include publicly-traded firms like Wix, Lemonade, monday.com and Fiverr, as well as the likes of Dazz, Natural Intelligence, Skai, and VC firms such as Pitango and Team8

מפגינים באיילון אחרי פיטורי גלנט הפיכה משטרית

Netanyahu sacks defence minister, sparking mass protests

27.03.23|Reuters

Tens of thousands of protesters, many waving blue and white Israeli flags, took to the streets late at night across the country. Crowds gathered outside Netanyahu's home in Jerusalem, at one point breaching a security cordon

ג'רמי קולר על רקע אוניברסיטת תל אביב

Major TAU benefactor to consider halting investments over judicial reform

26.03.23|Sophie Shulman

In a letter to the Tel Aviv University president, benefactor Jeremy Coller wrote he would consider resigning from his position as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and reexamine his investments in the country if the judicial coup is completed. “If this is allowed to go ahead, Israel will be on the path from a respected democracy to an authoritarian state from which there are dire long-term consequences”

The "high-tech protest" is at odds with the tech industry's drive for diversity and inclusion

26.03.23|Moran Chamsi

The portrayal of high-tech workers in Israel as a single cohesive social group that supposedly opposes the judicial reform is completely at odds with the need for including workers from diverse cultural and political backgrounds in the industry, writes Moran Chamsi, managing partner at the secondary fund Amplefields Investments

ועידת לונדון 2023 זאני מינטון בדוז עורכת ראשית Economist

The Economist editor-in-chief: "When the rule of law is threatened internally that has economic consequences"

Zanny Minton Beddoes was speaking at the Mind the Tech conference in London

ועידת לונדון 2023 יואל אסתרון וידאו

"Israel will survive this autoimmune attack on its democracy"

21.03.23|Yoel Esteron

"Israeli Tech will prosper. Please help us get through these difficult days. Don't give up on us. We shall overcome," Calcalist Publisher Yoel Esteron told the attendees at the Mind the Tech London conference

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