Monthly Archives: July 2020

Israel’s mini-Grand Canyon

Israel’s Kan TV channel has revealed Israel’s own mini version of Arizona Grand Canyon. Like many things in Israel, it was formed in just a few decades as brine from the Dead Sea works in Israel and Joran flows from … Continue reading

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Sabraman to the coronavirus rescue

A fanciful suggestion by David that Uri Fink’s legendary Hebrew comic-book superhero Sabraman could come out of retirement to rid us of coronavirus.  Halevai! (If only). https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/sabraman-to-the-corona-curse-rescue/

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Happy World Chocolate Day

Israel is home to over 60 world-renowned chocolatiers. On World Chocolate Day (July 7) Israelis enjoyed candy bars, truffles and even an Israeli chocolate kebab! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVxi1ZnWkQU

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Funds raised by Israeli startups

BiolineRX raised $4.39 million; Prilenia raised $62.5 million; C2i Genomics raised $12 million; infiniDome raised $1.6 million; Accellix raised $9.5 million; Nucleai raised $6.5 million;

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Testing healthcare systems

Israel’s Pcysys (reported here previously) has been chosen separately by US giant Apria Healthcare and UK’s St Margaret’s Hospice Care, to automate their cyber security testing with Pcysys’ PenTera Automated Penetration Testing Platform. Sadly, medical systems are often subject to … Continue reading

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There will still be Israeli Bluebirds

Israel’s Bluebird Aero Systems (reported here previously) was taken over by Israel Aerospace Industries. So, Bluebird’s innovative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology will still be Israeli. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3832433,00.html

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Connecting businesses to fast Internet

The Israeli government is offering a grant of NIS 1,000 for up to 20,000 small businesses to allow them to connect to Israel’s fiber-optic Internet. Upgrading their connections will help the businesses to digitally maintain and expand their business activity … Continue reading

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Another $5 billion of reserves

Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of June 2020 were over $147 billion, an increase of over $4.8 billion on their level at the end of May 2020. https://www.boi.org.il/en/NewsAndPublications/PressReleases/Pages/7-7-20a.aspx

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A new trade deal with Romania every two weeks

In 2019, 26 trade deals were struck between Israeli and Romanian firms and agencies. And in one week in June 2020 Israel’s Romania mission held virtual programs on cyber and homeland security, an online oncology clinic, chronic disease programs and … Continue reading

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And we’re hiring

There should be no reason for Israeli hi-tech workers to be unemployed. This article gives details of dozens of Israeli companies who are actively recruiting skilled staff. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3838552,00.html

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