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A Bloomberg review found that foreign buyers paid roughly $60 billion to acquire more than 85 Israeli companies in 2025 so far - the highest level of foreign acquisition ever recorded in the country.

CIRANDA, US supplier of organic, non-GMO and fair-trade food ingredients, launched a new partnership with Israel’s - the only reduced sugar solution made from real cane sugar. It produces full-flavor products with the taste and texture consumers expect, while reducing sugar content.

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US blockchain giant Paxos has acquired Israel’s for . US Ondas has acquired Israel’s (its seventh recent Israeli purchase) for .

Israel’s MineOS is selling its consumer privacy app to security giant McAfee for an estimated tens of millions of dollars. The app will be integrated into McAfee’s consumer protection platform. It is McAfee’s first purchase of Israeli technology in more than a decade.

Israel is to double the threshold for the tax exemption on personal import items shipped from abroad via online retailers. Currently, orders valued up to $75 are exempt from import taxes and 18% value added tax (VAT). This will shortly be doubled to $150.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar led a high-level business delegation to Buenos Aires, announcing new trade initiatives and signing agreements aimed at expanding bilateral commerce. Israel will open new economic attaché offices in Buenos Aires in 2026.

Israeli startups involved in the latest joint US-Israeli projects include (quantum atomic clocks), Mentaily Innovations (PTSD test), Newton Tech (gait analysis), and Tuned Ltd (hearing devices).  

One of many investment gurus who sees the now is the right time to invest in the Jewish state. Jewish entrepreneur Michael Fertik has opened Modelcode Chai, the Tel Aviv office of his company Modelcode.ai. He believes the future of AI and of broader technology, runs straight through Tel Aviv.

The Israeli government has allocated NIS 1 billion to develop Beersheba and the wider Negev region. It includes light rail, cyber, health services, R&D, education, sports, tourism, and urban renewal. Some 676,000 people live in the Beersheba metropolitan area.