Business and Economy
“Reduce all the tariffs, all the quotas and all the NTBs—they are adding 40% to 80% to the cost of most products,” said Elise Brezis, professor of economics at Bar-Ilan University and director of the Azrieli Center for Economic Policy. “That’s the first thing the government has to do. When they do that, then there will be a big change. The rest is commentary.”
Based in northern Israel, Tower is a foundry for analog semiconductors in global high-growth markets such as mobile, automotive and power.
Tel Aviv Airbnb hosts earn an average of $6,908 a month, according to comparethemarket.com.
ThetaRay uses artificial intelligence to identify cyber financial threats such as fraud and money-laundering.
Mon4t’s technology makes use of a smartphone’s built-in sensors, such as its accelerometer, gyroscope, touch screen, microphone and GPS to closely monitor brain conditions from the comfort of a patient’s home, says Ziv Yekutieli, co-founder and CEO of Mon4t.
Organizers also look forward to the summer, when they will welcome an additional 15,000 North American young people, along with others from around the world.
Online portal Bidspirit has banned such sales and threatened to remove violators from its site, enraging collectors.
“This is a new contract between the state and its citizens,” says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
“We see a change in the Arab employment in high-tech in the past years, but it’s not enough,” Karina Rubinstein, director of business development for the Startup Division of the Israel Innovation Authority.
It’s meant to form the basis for encouraging ties between the two countries, in addition to organizing conferences and other events.
“Mass privacy violation is nothing short of lawlessness, and it must end today,” says Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked following media reports of rampant police abuse of NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus spyware.
Yad Vashem chairman denounces planned sale of some 20 Nazi items, including daggers, flags and an SS helmet • Auction house head dismisses criticism of “bleeding hearts and the self-righteous.”
