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An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli cyber security firm NSO Group, on August 28, 2016 in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
June 20, 2017, 7:46 pm
Mexican journalists, activists targeted with Israeli spyware — report
Pegasus allows hackers access to phone calls, messages and cameras; is meant only to fight crime and terror
By Peter Orsi and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Illustration of bacteria (Courtesy)
June 20, 2017, 7:24 pm
Israeli researchers claim breakthrough in fighting bacterial drug resistance
Hebrew U. team says it found way to measure the time it takes to kill previously overlooked 'tolerant' bacteria, which may help guide treatment decisions
By Micah Danney
ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTO. An Israeli laborer working at a potato chip factory in Israel. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
June 20, 2017, 6:01 pm
Israeli workers get more skilled as automation looms, study says
Taub Center study finds a decline in workers at risk from automation, though it's smaller among Arab Israelis and immigrants
By Shoshanna Solomon
Policy makers & business leaders meet at Eli Hurvitz Conference in Jerusalem, June 19 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 20, 2017, 10:57 am
Heads of industry choose education over tax breaks
In new survey, business leaders say Israeli government can do better on economy
By Shoshanna Solomon
Shaul Elovitch, Bezeq's controlling shareholder (Calcalist screenshot)
June 20, 2017, 10:41 am
Investigators raid Bezeq offices in probe into securities law violations
Businessman Shaul Elovitch, who controls the Israeli telecommunications giant and its holding companies, being questioned in Tel Aviv
By Shoshanna Solomon
This picture taken on May 5, 2014 shows a drip irrigation system on a cornfield in Pas-de-Jeu (near Thouars, Western France). Drip irrigation was invented in Israel in the 1960s. (photo credit: AFP/Guillaume Souvant)
From Our BlogsJune 20, 2017, 9:50 am
Can Israeli water technology save the world?
Water, the most precious resource in the world, is increasingly scarce; but even as global water shortages threaten the world, Israeli innovation in countering water scarcity could yet lead the world out of the abyss of water shortage and war
By Jeevan Vipinachandran
Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 31, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2017, 7:00 pm
Help the 90% who aren’t part of startup economy, central bank chief urges
Tech employees are just 9% of workforce while many of the rest are poorly paid; reducing this gap is essential, says Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug
By Shoshanna Solomon
Mooly Eden (Courtesy)
June 19, 2017, 3:12 pm
Israel unprepared for the robot revolution, warns ex-Intel Israel head
Mooly Eden says automation is looming 'tsunami' for labor market; urges government to name a ministry to address challenge
By Shoshanna Solomon
File: Illustrative photo of a vaccination: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 19, 2017, 2:30 pm
BiondVax gets €20 million loan for universal flu vaccine
Deal with European Investment Bank will help pharmaceutical firm bring M-001 -- designed to protect against current, future, seasonal and pandemic flu strains -- closer to market
By Shoshanna Solomon
A nurse uses a digital health app (Courtesy)
From Our BlogsJune 18, 2017, 5:24 pm
Israel is helping lead the global transition to digital health care
Digital healthcare is one of Israel’s fastest growing sectors, bolstered by the Israeli Government’s desire to foster the development of this crucial, dynamic, lucrative industry
A Facebook ad for an Israel-based binary options firm posted April 19, 2016 (Screenshot)
June 18, 2017, 5:10 pm
Israeli ministers approve bill to outlaw entire binary options industry
Draft law -- prompted by Times of Israel reporting on decade-old, multi-billion dollar fraud -- welcomed by Israel's securities regulator and attorney-general
By Simona Weinglass
Surgeons and nurses performing surgery in an Israeli hospital on January 15. 2007. (photo credit: Nati Shohat /Flash90)
June 18, 2017, 4:16 pm
Study says some stem cells dangerous for heart patients
But gene editing technique can make cardiac therapy safer, Tel Aviv University team discovers
By Micah Danney
A human heart, illustrative (YouTube screenshot)
June 18, 2017, 4:16 pm
Israeli scientists successfully regenerate damaged hearts
Weizmann Institute study finds molecule prevalent in embryonic cardiac tissue promotes rapid healing in adult mice, as well as in human cells
By Itamar Sharon
Honeywell is to acquire Petah Tiva's Nextnine, a cybersecurity firm (Courtesy)
June 18, 2017, 1:57 pm
Honeywell-Nextnine deal illustrates owners’ dilemma: Sell or hold
US giant's first acquisition in Israel is a cybersecurity software developer for industries and infrastructures
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)
June 17, 2017, 9:51 pm
After months of delay, Israeli cabinet to vote Sunday on law to ban binary options
In unusual move, Kahlon to present legislation directly to cabinet. Anticipating closure of multi-billion dollar, widely fraudulent industry, some firms moving overseas
By Simona Weinglass
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