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Israelis were among the top 10 foreign visitors to Azerbaijan this year with 60,000 Israelis tourists and 90,000 connecting through Baku. . “Israelis can walk the streets speaking Hebrew without fear and wear Jewish symbols feeling safe,” said Ambassador Mukhtar Mammadov.

New US venture fund Striker Venture Partners, which recently raised $165 million and is co-led by IDF veteran Matan Lamdan, says it will put half of its initial investments into early-stage Israeli tech firms in hot fields of AI and cybersecurity.

The average wage for Israeli workers in Nov 2025 was NIS 13,587 per month, up 4.6% from Nov 2024. During that period annual inflation was 2.4%. In the tech sector, the average monthly wage in Oct 2025 was NIS 32,479, up 5.1% compared to Oct 2024.

A Stanford University study has found that undergraduate studies at Tel Aviv University dramatically increase the likelihood of becoming a founder of a billion-dollar startup. 260%  more likely than if they didn’t study at TAU. It was the highest recorded among all universities examined.

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Whisky may be synonymous with Scotland and Ireland, but Israeli distillers are changing the narrative. As local producers launch new distilleries and export their spirits worldwide, Israeli whisky is gaining unexpected international recognition.

Israeli airline Arkia has inaugurated the first non-stop service from Tel Aviv to Vietnam. Arkia flies once a week to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, to become biweekly in March.

More airlines have returned to Israel, including Air India which resumed non-stop flights between Tel Aviv and Delhi on 1st Jan. Meanwhile, Etihad airways is to operate a record six flights a day between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. In 2025 300,000 passengers flew from Israel to Abu Dhabi.

The German army has ordered 200 new Puma armored personnel carriers equipped with MELLS systems, the German-Israeli variant of Rafael's Spike LR missiles. Meanwhile, India is buying 1,000 Rafael SPICE air-to-surface missiles.

Israeli startups raised over $1.6 billion in Dec 2025, marking the strongest funding month since 2022.