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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
 שי בנון מנכ"ל Elastic

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
מפעל אינטל ב קריית גת 15.5.18

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
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Israel to Fully Tax IPO or Exit-Dependent Employee Options, in Some Cases

18.12.18|Omri Milman
The Israeli tax authority now considers such options income, meaning employees could pay an income tax of up to 50% on options exercised instead of a capital gains tax of 25%
יאיר נתניהו בנו של ראש הממשלה בבית משפט השלום ב תל אביב

Facebook Temporarily Blocks Netanyahu’s Son for Hate Speech

17.12.18|Omer Kabir
The social network temporarily banned the son of the Israeli Prime Minister following three anti-Palestinian posts, prompting him to take to Twitter and accuse Facebook of operating a "thought police"
גוגל שבב קוונטי מחשוב קוונטום

Israel Sets Up a Government Quantum Research Fund

16.12.18|Shahar Ilan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the goal of the new fund is to place Israel “at the top of global technology and research”
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Teva Chooses New Israeli Headquarters in Tel Aviv

16.12.18|Micky Grunfeld and Tzally Greenberg
The company will relocate from Petah Tikva, 8 kilometers east of Tel Aviv, to northeastern Tel Aviv neighborhood Ramat HaHayal in mid-2020
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Can More Israelis Join the Country’s Tech Boom? Two Reports Draw Conflicting Conclusions

16.12.18|Amarelle Wenkert and Hagar Ravet
Jewish, non-Orthodox men take up 74.1% of the country’s tech jobs. Two-thirds of the tech companies that participated in a survey reported having zero Arab employees
חגי רביד קוקרמן Cukierman

Six Investment Trends That Will Shape Israeli Tech in 2019

14.12.18|Haggai Ravid
From European recovery to changes in emerging markets, these are the trends that will affect Israeli tech in the upcoming year, according to Haggai Ravid, CEO of Israeli investment house Cukierman & Co.
דולרים דולר כסף מגולגל

Israel Accepted as Member of Global Anti-Money Laundering Organization FATF

11.12.18|Lilach Baumer
Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental organization founded to create anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism funding policies