Monthly Archives: August 2021

Protecting water infrastructure

Posted on August 1, 2021

The SigaGuard system from Israel’s SIGA OT Solutions has been selected to strengthen the cyber defenses of Israel’s water system. A pilot project was conducted at four regional Israeli water utilities, involving SigaGuard and Israeli Security Operations Center service provider … Continue reading →

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The chips are up

Posted on August 1, 2021

Excellent article explaining why Israel is so important to the manufacturers of microchips.  Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Intel and Nvidia are setting up or expanding their Israeli chip design operations, and the global surge in demand for microprocessors is fueling investment … Continue reading →

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Scaling up Quantum computer technology

Posted on August 1, 2021

Canadian-Israeli startup Entangled Networks is developing hardware and software to connect together multiple quantum computers. The aim is to boost the data storage capacity of the computer to practical levels. Quantum computers have huge processing power potential. https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/israeli-startup-aims-to-be-the-mellanox-of-quantum/ https://www.ourcrowd.com/companies/entangled-networks

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Spend more time with your children

Posted on August 1, 2021

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has decided that the Ministry will no longer hold meetings after 3:00p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The decision is part of an attempt to allow parents to spend more time with their children during the week and … Continue reading →

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First scheduled Israeli flights to Morocco

Posted on August 1, 2021

Seven months after Israel and Morocco normalized relations, El Al and Israir launched their first direct Tel Aviv-Marrakech commercial flights. El Al decorated its flight lounge with Moroccan flags and carpets. The second video shows the welcome at Marrakech. https://www.timesofisrael.com/direct-israel-morocco-flights-launched-months-after-ties-normalized/ … Continue reading →

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Rescuers in Germany and Belgium

Posted on August 1, 2021

The “Rescuers Without Borders Israel” delegation has just returned from flood-stricken Germany and Belgium where they helped locate missing people. In one incident in Germany an Arabic-speaking Israeli team member took an injured Syrian woman to hospital because she only … Continue reading →

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Israel rejoins the African Union

Posted on August 1, 2021

For the first time since 2002, Israel has rejoined the African Union after Aleligne Admasu, Israeli Ambassador to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia received observer status.  The African Union, comprising all 55 African countries is the most important organization in the African … Continue reading →

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No big shakes

Posted on August 1, 2021

The Iranian basketball coach and at least four of his team shook hands with Israel’s Ronen “Neno” Ginzburg, who has coached the Czech national basketball team since 2013. The small but friendly gestures took place before and after the Czech … Continue reading →

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Islamic coffee

Posted on August 1, 2021

The Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem has opened a new exhibit “Coffee: East and West”. It includes items on Bedouin hospitality, Turkish coffee, coffee’s Ethiopian origins, and how the Muslim ban on alcohol made coffeehouses popular. The sophisticated cafe … Continue reading →

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Druze town dedicates MDA mobile unit

Posted on August 1, 2021

A new mobile intensive care unit (MICU) was dedicated at a ceremony at the Magen David Adom station in the Israeli Druze town of Julis. The donor, Mounhal Hamoud, is owner of Israel’s Merkaza shopping chain and a director at … Continue reading →

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