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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announces “Green Sandbox” to incentivize industry entrepreneurship • Israeli-based Firstime Ventures launches $100 million fund.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz calls the move “highly problematic”; Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked calls it an “important move based on solid intelligence.”
Under Israeli law, the designation now allows authorities to close the nonprofits’ offices, seize their assets and ban supporting their activities.
They arrive mainly for employment in the fields of construction, agriculture and manufacturing.
According to India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, trade between the countries was $4.67 billion by the end of the last fiscal year.
The controversial legislation, which temporarily authorizes police to enter homes without warrants, was deemed necessary amid law enforcement to round up illegal weapons.
“This is a shining example of the mutual benefits of our cooperation, not only for the people of Israel and the United States but for the entire world,” said Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed Iran, setting low expectations on whether there will be concrete action re-entering the JCPOA, with many expecting a new round of negotiations • UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan plans to visit Israel.
“We are witnessing the next revolution in Israel. Food-tech is the next cyber, and I believe Israel is on its way to becoming a superpower in the field,” said Erel Margalit, founder and executive chairman of Jerusalem Venture Partners and Margalit Startup City Galil.
Normalization leads to greater stability, more cooperation, mutual progress—all things the region and the world need very badly right now,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
NavGuard, made by Asio Technologies, started as a navigation system independent of GPS signals in the defense sector; as delivery drones grow, the company is primed for the civilian market.
Israeli president, Jordanian king meet in Amman to discuss mutual ties
In the latest in a series of high-level meetings between the two nations, the leaders discussed “core issues,” including an agreement to import produce during Israel’s “shmita” year.