Business and Economy
On Jan. 31, the Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades published its bitcoin address announcing that the group was accepting donations.
“Everything today is vulnerable,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the 2019 CyberTech conference. “Every country can be subject to cyber attacks. And what they all need is a combination of cyber-defense efforts and a robust cyber-security industry.”
Out of 150 vice presidents in the $226 billion Intel Corporation, a sizable 20 are Israeli, according to a report by financial news site Calcalist.
This development followed the Sunshine State instituting sanctions against Airbnb because of the company’s decision last year to boycott Judea and Samaria.
Since the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran, Sunni opposition groups (some affiliated with ISIS) and Arab separatists (mostly Shi’ites, who comprise more than 30 percent of the population in Khuzestan) have been working to free themselves from the yoke of the “Iranian occupation.”
Israeli politicians have blasted Amnesty as an anti-Semitic organization. Leaders began investigations into banning it from Israel.
This development comes as Intel announced this week an $11 billion investment over the next half-decade on a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Israel.
Professor Gerald Steinberg, founder and President of NGO Monitor said: “Precisely because tourism to Israel is at an all-time high, Amnesty International is targeting this sector.”
“Airbnb is applying an obvious double standard towards Israel and Israelis, which is far removed from the policy that we recognize by any fair-minded observer as objective and non-discriminatory,” said Israel’s deputy counsel general in Miami Guy Gilady.
Tech giant agrees to build a new chip-making fabrication plant in Israel, which “is expected to bring thousands of jobs to the south,” said Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon.
The bill, passed unanimously in the Knesset, allows for such cannabis to be shipped to countries that allow its use after receiving permission from their regulator.
As the historic legislation by Ireland is under consideration, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary, on a tour of Israel this week, called Israel “one of the most refreshing destinations,” saying “we can bring millions more to Israel; we will grow as fast as the authorities allow us to.”
