Monthly Archives: March 2022

Award-winning fraud prevention

Posted on March 20, 2022

Israel’s AU10TIX (see here previously) has won a silver Globee award for Company of the Year in Artificial Intelligence in Security in the 2022 Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards.  In Jan-Aug 2021, AU10TIX’s INSTINCT prevented over $700 million in fraud-related … Continue reading →

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Science kindergartens in Northern Israel

Posted on March 20, 2022

Lockheed Martin has launched three more MadaKids science kindergartens, this time in the Israeli northern city of Beit She’an. It brings to seven the number of science-based kindergartens opened in Israel by the global aerospace giant (see here for previous). … Continue reading →

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Israel’s cyber women

Posted on March 20, 2022

Israeli security researcher and industry analyst Keren Elazari founded Leading Cyber Ladies, a global movement of top women in cyber tech. Starting with 30 Israelis, it now numbers around 3,000 globally of which 1,000 are Israelis. Its goal is to … Continue reading →

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Connecting Israel to Saudi Arabia

Posted on March 20, 2022

A high-speed data cable is being laid under the Red Sea that will connect (for the first time) Israel to Saudi Arabia. Part of the France to India link, it promises to improve the speed and lower the cost of … Continue reading →

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Druze woman connects Arabs and Jews

Posted on March 20, 2022

Janan Faraj Falah was the first Israeli Druze woman to receive a PhD and the first non-Jew to receive the Jerusalem Unity Prize for contributions to Israel. She founded the Akko Women Vision Association, to advance the status of women … Continue reading →

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Breaking the sound barrier

Posted on March 20, 2022

The first Royal Air Maroc flight from Morocco to Israel landed in Tel Aviv last week. Its pilot Karim Taiser is also the founder of the Moroccan Symphonyat Orchestra and was in the Jewish state a week earlier for a … Continue reading →

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UAE visit to National Library

Posted on March 20, 2022

The UAE’s National Archives directors made their first visit to the National Library of Israel, where they were shown rare artifacts recording the life of Persian Gulf inhabitants in the early-20th century. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-700831

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Academic co-operation with UAE

Posted on March 20, 2022

The University of Haifa signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UAE’s National Library and Archives. It focuses on the exchange of researchers, experts and collections; archival research; access to library resources; and joint events and conferences. https://www.jns.org/uae-israel-sign-academic-cooperation-agreement-in-another-move-to-enrich-ties/

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Protection against ISIS drones

Posted on March 20, 2022

Mozambique has reported that it used its MC-Horizon D360BP V3 tactical system, built by Israel’s MCTECH RF (see here previously), to intercept and neutralize three ISIS drone squads in the north of the country. The systems were supplied to Mozambique … Continue reading →

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Haredim aid Ukrainians

Posted on March 20, 2022

12 haredi members of Israel’s ZAKA rescue organization have been working in Lviv, providing food to all who need it and evacuating Jews to Israel. At their Israel IT building, refugees can sleep, shower, and take their kids to playrooms. … Continue reading →

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