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A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, August 24, 2021. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)
3 mayors said targeted by police using NSO spyware despite no evidence of offenses
By TOI staff
Calcalist website reports officers used Pegasus spyware on family members of targets too, leading to arrests in cases that were eventually closed
Ricky Ben-David
InterviewPrivacy experts slam police ‘abuse of power’ in alleged use of spyware on civilians
By Ricky Ben-David
Legislators examine gaps in surveillance laws: ‘No one foresaw’ NSO spyware tech
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Israel Police accused of using NSO spyware on civilians for years without oversight
By Michael Bachner
InterviewDon’t toss the spyware with the NSO scandal bathwater, urges Israeli cyber guru
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A data protection concept.(Galeanu Mihai via iStock on Getty Images)
Israeli cybersecurity firms raised record $8.8b in 2021, exports reached $11b
By Ricky Ben-David
Annual figure exceeds $2.9 billion in investments for all of 2020; 1 out of 3 cybersecurity unicorns worldwide is Israeli, says cyber directorate
Sponsored event
Not just Elon Musk: Investment in spacetech takes off
OurCrowd hosts Lieut. Gen. H.R. McMaster and expert guests online on Jan. 24
The Viola Ventures team, January 2022. (Eric Sultan)
Israeli VC Viola Ventures pulls in $250m for early-stage investment fund
By Ricky Ben-David
Tel Aviv-based firm closes sixth fund to back companies in fintech, deep tech, digital health, cybersecurity and other fields
Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Eshel, right, and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Rolf Wirtz sign an agreement for Israel's purchase of three submarines at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Defense Ministry)
Israel signs scandal-ridden €3 billion deal with Germany to buy new submarines
By TOI staff
Agreement will see three new vessels delivered to Israeli Navy, includes reciprocal contract for German shipbuilder to make €850 million in purchases from Israel
A child receives a COVID-19 vaccine, at Clalit vaccination center in Katzrin, Golan Heights, on December 16, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
Vaccinated kids half as likely to get Omicron, but protection fades fast — study
By Nathan Jeffay
Health Ministry-led research also shows teens who got their shots over four months ago only slightly better off than unvaccinated; hospitalizations among kids reportedly on rise
1st kids’ Omicron ward opens with classes, clowns, and doctors bracing for ‘war’
By Nathan Jeffay
COVID vaccine for Israeli babies, toddlers expected by April, says health official
By Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay
AnalysisIsraeli study on 4th shots for COVID is bad news — but not as bad as it seems
By Nathan Jeffay
Cranes working on sunset at a construction site in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Israelis borrowed record NIS 116 billion in mortgage loans in 2021
By Ricky Ben-David
In December alone, Israeli banks lent 12.2 billion shekels ($3.89 billion) to home buyers, says Bank of Israel
Orca Security co-founders Avi Shua, right, and Gil Geron. (Courtesy)
From the web
Israeli cybersecurity unicorn Orca to buy web app protection startup RapidSec
Purchase deal for fellow Israeli company estimated to be valued at $5 million, CTech reports
Illustrative: A city showing the effect of climate change. (BenGoode via iStock by Getty Images)
Legislation, regulation, incentivization needed
Israel worked magic in cybersecurity. Can it do the same for climate tech?
By Shoshanna Solomon
Experts say Israel is late to the game but can still become a key player, as an opportunity worth many trillions may help save the planet; government seen moving in right direction
An Nvidia building in Israel. (Nvidia)
Chip giant Nvidia expands R&D operations in Israel
By Ricky Ben-David
US firm, which completed acquisition of Israel’s Mellanox Technologies in 2020, to set up new CPU team
Illustrative: Israelis present their vaccination certificates at the entrance to a cafe in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Israeli unemployment rate continues to dip
By TOI staff
Latest Central Bureau of Statistics data show broad jobless rate down to 6% in December, from 6.5% a month prior
Old and new buildings around the Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on September 8, 2021 (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
Israel’s economy grew by 7% in 2021, beating global average, study finds
By Ricky Ben-David and TOI staff
Minister of Economy Orna Barbivai in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/ FLASH90)
Tech sector leads Israeli exports, projected to reach record high of $140b in 2021
By Ricky Ben-David
Mandatory COVID quarantine to be shortened to 5 days
By TOI staff
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday that the mandatory quarantine period for Israelis infected with COVID-19 would be shortened from a week to five days. The move also shortens the isolation period for people exposed to a confirmed coronavirus carrier, who currently must... Continue Reading
Illustrative: Prime Minister Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz hold a press conference at HaKirya military base in Tel Aviv, November 26, 2021. (Moti Milrod)
People, some wearring face masks, walk on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, on January 6, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Government to bankroll COVID isolation days for salaried workers, self-employed
By Ricky Ben-David
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, on January 7, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Daily infections of 45,000 to cost Israel $800m every three weeks, says central bank
By Ricky Ben-David
Israeli startup Plantish, based in Rehovot, says it made the first 3D-printed, whole-cut, plant-based salmon fillet in January 2022 with plans for a commercial launch in 2024. (Plantish)
Faux fish
Israeli startup unveils 3D-printed, plant-based salmon fillet
By Ricky Ben-David
Six-month-old food tech company, Plantish, says it made a fully structured, boneless cut with the same nutritional value as the fish, minus the mercury and toxins
Tnuva beefs up food tech operations with new cultured meat venture
By Ricky Ben-David
Israeli food tech startup Remilk raises $120m investment for cow-free milk
By Ricky Ben-David
Israel must nourish its food tech industry or risk falling behind, report warns
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative image: A ketogenic food diet (iStock via Getty Images)
High-fat diet may restore cognitive function lost in brain injury – Israeli study
By Nathan Jeffay
More than half of the lost cognitive ability returns after mice are given ketogenic diet for two months, Tel Aviv University scientists report in peer-reviewed research
Illustrative: A green shake, like the ones in the diet developed by Prof. Iris Shai (id-art via iStock by Getty Images)
Green Mediterranean diet can slow brain atrophy, Israeli-led study suggests
By TOI staff
View of Abu Dhabi Skyline at sunset, United Arab Emirates (vwalakte; iStock by Getty Images)
From the web
UAE wealth fund Mubadala invested $100m in Israeli VC firms – report
State-owned holding company has poured funds into leading venture firms like Pitango, Entrée Capital, Aleph, Viola Ventures
View of the Western Wall plaza and the Dome of the Rock in the background, in Jerusalem's Old City. December 23, 2021. (Lee Aloni/FLASH90)
Israel okays $35 million to upgrade Western Wall infrastructure, boost tourism
By TOI staff
5-year plan brought by PM Bennett comes from budgets of his office and ten government ministries
A view of the city of Beit Shemesh on September 5, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Ministers approve over NIS 500 million to develop Beit Shemesh
By TOI staff
People shop at a supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israeli consumer goods prices rose by 2.8% in 2021 — highest increase in 13 years
By TOI staff
National housing prices continue their steep rise, growing by 10.6% in the past year
A Netto store in Munich powered by Trigo's checkout-free tech, October 2021. (Stefan Hobmaier)
Israel’s Trigo challenges Amazon on its own turf, with US debut of shop-and-go tech
By Ricky Ben-David
Computer vision startup to pilot frictionless shopping tech with Wakefern, largest retailer-owned grocery co-op in America
Israel Space Agency officials and students watch from Herzliya as the SpaceX Falcon rocket launches in Florida, on January 13, 2022. (Screenshot)
8 tiny satellites built by Israeli students launched into space
By Amy Spiro
SpaceX rocket launch marks culmination of three years of work for science-minded students at schools across Israel, who gathered to watch the Florida event from Herzliya
Illustrative: CBD hemp oil next to cannabis leaves. (Tinnakorn Jorruang/iStock by Getty Images)
High hopes
Study: Cannabis compounds prevent coronavirus entering cells
By TOI staff
CBGA and CBDA, both found in hemp, bind to virus’s spike proteins, blocking it from infecting people, researchers say
There are at least eight cannabis-growing companies operating in Israel, along with several others involved in production, marketing and distribution. (Eyal Basson/ Health Ministry)
Israeli startup aims to light medical cannabis patients’ way through hazy system
By Ricky Ben-David
Employees walk to work on the first working Friday in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, on January 7, 2022. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
January 23, 2022, 3:27 pm
Israeli startups head to Dubai to tout medical, health technologies
Thousands of entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals from across region to gather at Dubai World Trade Center for major health conference
By Ricky Ben-David
PROMOTED CONTENT
January 23, 2022, 12:49 pm
Arrows, an Israeli start-up by Reichman University alums, provides visual prompts to people with autism and social anxiety disorder
Having a ‘social guide’ on AR glasses to prompt context-appropriate responses could be a gamechanger for people with autism and social anxiety disorder.
Illustrative: A data protection concept.(Galeanu Mihai via iStock on Getty Images)
January 20, 2022, 2:48 pm
Israeli cybersecurity firms raised record $8.8b in 2021, exports reached $11b
Annual figure exceeds $2.9 billion in investments for all of 2020; 1 out of 3 cybersecurity unicorns worldwide is Israeli, says cyber directorate
By Ricky Ben-David
The Viola Ventures team, January 2022. (Eric Sultan)
January 20, 2022, 1:22 pm
Israeli VC Viola Ventures pulls in $250m for early-stage investment fund
Tel Aviv-based firm closes sixth fund to back companies in fintech, deep tech, digital health, cybersecurity and other fields
By Ricky Ben-David
PROMOTED CONTENT
January 20, 2022, 10:39 am
Not just Elon Musk: Investment in spacetech takes off
OurCrowd hosts Lieut. Gen. H.R. McMaster and expert guests online on Jan. 24
By Matthew Kalman
Orca Security co-founders Avi Shua, right, and Gil Geron. (Courtesy)
From the WebJanuary 19, 2022, 6:20 pm
Israeli cybersecurity unicorn Orca to buy web app protection startup RapidSec
Purchase deal for fellow Israeli company estimated to be valued at $5 million, CTech reports
Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai attends a ceremony for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 19, 2022, 4:34 pm
Privacy experts slam police ‘abuse of power’ in alleged use of spyware on civilians
Researchers say revelations that police deployed NSO cyberweapon expose an organization in urgent need of oversight
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: A city showing the effect of climate change. (BenGoode via iStock by Getty Images)
January 18, 2022, 3:24 pm
Israel worked magic in cybersecurity. Can it do the same for climate tech?
Experts say Israel is late to the game but can still become a key player, as an opportunity worth many trillions may help save the planet; government seen moving in right direction
By Shoshanna Solomon
An Nvidia building in Israel. (Nvidia)
January 18, 2022, 2:53 pm
Chip giant Nvidia expands R&D operations in Israel
US firm, which completed acquisition of Israel’s Mellanox Technologies in 2020, to set up new CPU team
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: Israelis present their vaccination certificates at the entrance to a cafe in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 9:11 pm
Israeli unemployment rate continues to dip
Latest Central Bureau of Statistics data show broad jobless rate down to 6% in December, from 6.5% a month prior
By TOI staff
Israeli startup Plantish, based in Rehovot, says it made the first 3D-printed, whole-cut, plant-based salmon fillet in January 2022 with plans for a commercial launch in 2024. (Plantish)
January 17, 2022, 4:44 pm
Israeli startup unveils 3D-printed, plant-based salmon fillet
Six-month-old food tech company, Plantish, says it made a fully structured, boneless cut with the same nutritional value as the fish, minus the mercury and toxins
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative image: A ketogenic food diet (iStock via Getty Images)
January 17, 2022, 3:45 pm
High-fat diet may restore cognitive function lost in brain injury – Israeli study
More than half of the lost cognitive ability returns after mice are given ketogenic diet for two months, Tel Aviv University scientists report in peer-reviewed research
By Nathan Jeffay
View of Abu Dhabi Skyline at sunset, United Arab Emirates (vwalakte; iStock by Getty Images)
From the WebJanuary 16, 2022, 7:54 pm
UAE wealth fund Mubadala invested $100m in Israeli VC firms – report
State-owned holding company has poured funds into leading venture firms like Pitango, Entrée Capital, Aleph, Viola Ventures
A Netto store in Munich powered by Trigo's checkout-free tech, October 2021. (Stefan Hobmaier)
January 13, 2022, 9:36 pm
Israel’s Trigo challenges Amazon on its own turf, with US debut of shop-and-go tech
Computer vision startup to pilot frictionless shopping tech with Wakefern, largest retailer-owned grocery co-op in America
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: CBD hemp oil next to cannabis leaves. (Tinnakorn Jorruang/iStock by Getty Images)
January 13, 2022, 6:24 pm
Study: Cannabis compounds prevent coronavirus entering cells
CBGA and CBDA, both found in hemp, bind to virus’s spike proteins, blocking it from infecting people, researchers say
By TOI staff
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