Monthly Archives: September 2020

Protecting our energy infrastructure

Posted on September 6, 2020

On Sep 10, the US-Israel Energy Center is holding a webinar entitled “Cyber Security for Energy Infrastructure”. See link for registration and links to previous webinars. https://us-isr-energycenter.org/presentations-webinars/ https://us-isr-energycenter.org/about/

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The impact of IDF’s 8200 unit

Posted on September 6, 2020

The Alumni of the IDF’s 8200 intelligence unit has launched the sixth round of its 8200 Impact Accelerator program. It runs for five months, focusing on technological solutions for meaningful, social, and environmental problems. It has so far supported 10 … Continue reading →

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Influential Israelis

Posted on September 6, 2020

Fortune magazine named 4 Israelis in its 2020 “40 under 40” list of 200 most influential young people in business. They are Nir Bar Dea of Bridgewater Associates, Yoni Assia CEO of eToro, Yonatan Adiri CEO of Healthy.io and Adam … Continue reading →

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From Israel to the UAE

Posted on September 6, 2020

Flight LY971, carrying the US-Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi International Airport, was the first EL Al plane to fly through Saudi airspace and the first direct flight from Israel to the Gulf. A popular UAE newspaper headlined “Salam, Shalom”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286302 … Continue reading →

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Fighting California wildfires again

Posted on September 6, 2020

Israel helped California fight wildfires in 2018 (see here) and is back again with a team of experts to help combat the latest incidents. California Governor Gavin Newsom and US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien thanked the Israelis for their … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 aid to Liberia

Posted on September 6, 2020

Israel’s MASHAV (Agency for International Development) presented various humanitarian aid and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Liberian Health Services. It also supplied food items and startup kits to young single mothers and families in Liberia, affected by COVID 19. … Continue reading →

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Oxygen for Indian hospitals

Posted on September 6, 2020

The Israeli Consulate in Bengaluru, Karnataka state, South India, has donated 25 industrial oxygen concentrators, or purifiers, to help contain the spread of Covid-19 in Karnataka hospitals. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/israeli-consulate-in-india-gifts-oxygen-concentrators-to-local-govt-hospitals-639062

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Top innovator

Posted on September 6, 2020

Eliran Malki, co-founder and CEO of Israel’s Belong.Life (the world’s largest social cancer network), has been named one of the top 25 innovators of 2020 by Modern Healthcare magazine. It recognizes his company’s use of AI and machine learning to … Continue reading →

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Most creative woman

Posted on September 6, 2020

Inna Braverman, founder and CEO of Israeli clean-energy company Eco Wave Power was named in the 11th annual Fast Company list of the 74 Most Creative People in Business. Most recently, she was awarded the United Nations Global Climate Action … Continue reading →

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Computers for at-risk youth

Posted on September 6, 2020

The Israeli Public Forum for Youth Villages and Boarding Schools is tackling the problem of many Israeli children lacking computers to help them study. The NGO raises funds and has supplied 1,400 computers to some of the 25,000+ disadvantaged children … Continue reading →

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