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US cybersecurity has acquired Israel’s for around . Multinational Etraveli has acquired Israel’s AI flight booking startup for . Israel’s and Israel’s have . Israel’s has acquired Israel’s for . has acquired Israel’s for . Israel’s (Crowdvocate) has acquired Israel’s for an estimated .

El Al will distribute its first dividend since 2017. El Al's board of directors has decided to distribute a cash dividend to shareholders, for profits from the first three quarters of 2025.

2026 looks good for tourists to and from Israel. El Al has some 900 weekly flights to 50+ summer destinations including a record 55 to North America. Israir has new routes to Dusseldorf, Bari, Crete, Bologna, & Tashkent. Arkia is to fly to Malaga & Ibiza. Blue Bird & TUS also have new routes.

VC fund Planven, KPMG, and IT Hub Israel, found that Israeli tech firms operating in Europe increased their European headcount by an average of about 5% per year since 2023. In Jan 2025, 1,686 Israeli tech companies had 32,617 employees compared to 30,936 in 2024.

EuroTrophy GmbH, the German subsidiary of Israel’s defense group Rafael, has signed a €330 million contract with KNDS Deutschland to supply its Trophy active protection system (APS) for the Leopard 2 A8 main battle tank programs of Lithuania, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Croatia.

The U.S. military has selected the HERO-90 loitering munition system developed by Israel’s UVision to give soldiers on the ground the ability to strike armored and fortified targets with precision. HERO drones are already being produced for the German army (see previously).

More than 86,000 foreign workers have come to Israel since the war began.- mostly from Thailand and India. Half work in construction, but also in agriculture, in supermarkets, car repair shops, and as caregivers. They replaced some 190,000 Palestinian Arabs, of which under 10,000 now work in Israel.

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.