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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

Arab high-tech sector

Reem and Imad Younis at Alpha Omega company headquarters, August 7, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 19, 2024, 8:09 am
Doubling down on unlikely success story, Arab-Israeli couple takes med-tech giant to Jenin
Short on cash but long on grit, Reem and Imad Younis co-founded their company Alpha Omega in 1993 to make a ‘brain Waze’; now they’re taking a risk, in line with their vision
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Palestinian entrepreneurs work at a digital tech startup in Ramallah in the West Bank on Oct. 10, 2021. (Ahed Izhiman)
March 3, 2022, 4:34 pm
Bennett urges ‘smooth’ integration of Palestinian tech workers at Israeli companies
PM suggests working to pave way for Palestinians to shore up Israel’s tech talent crunch; IDF teaching combat soldiers tech tools in preparation for ‘hybrid warfare’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Illustrative -- In this April 6, 2013 photo, a Palestinian programmer attends a workshop in the West Bank city of Ramallah (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
November 7, 2021, 3:05 pm
In first, government approves small quota of tech work permits for Palestinians
Pilot project aims to issue documents for 500 West Bank Palestinian workers by 2024; many Palestinian tech graduates are already subcontracted to Israeli firms, entrepreneur notes
By Aaron Boxerman
An Intel building in Jerusalem, on May 18, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 29, 2021, 9:28 pm
Intel Israel appoints Arab vice president for the first time
Reda Masarwa receives promotion after 24 years at chip maker; technology minister and Ra’am’s Abbas launch program to boost Arab Israeli high tech participation
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Arab and Jewish students at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on the first day of the academic year, October 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 28, 2021, 11:14 pm
Government set to implement 5-year, NIS 500 million tech plan for Israeli Arabs
Ra’am, Blue and White lawmakers reportedly agree to sweeping outline to boost science and high-tech participation in Arab community
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Palestinian entrepreneurs brainstorm ideas as they compete for acceptance in the third version of Mobaderoon project, hosted by the Islamic University's Business and Technology Incubator in Gaza City on November 24, 2015. (Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)
July 12, 2018, 8:28 pm
World Bank reports high rate of Palestinian women leading startups
Women found 23% of new companies in West Bank and Gaza Strip, nearly twice the figure for New York
By Adam Rasgon
Interns from the Palestinian Internship Program (PIP) on a visit to Microsoft R&D center in Herzliya on July 20, 2016. (Courtesy)
March 3, 2017, 1:42 pm
Can Startup Nation be an incubator for Palestinian high-tech entrepreneurs?
Initiative brings high-potential IT grads from West Bank, Jerusalem, to intern, soak up experience in multinational and Israeli companies
By Dov Lieber
Founders & Coders first group of students in Nazareth (Courtesy)
February 26, 2017, 1:08 pm
Nazareth tech scene to get programmers boost
UK’s Founders & Coders sets up program in Nazareth to support economic development and boost tech integration
By Shoshanna Solomon
Founders of the Middle East Business Forum at Tel Aviv University, 26-year-old Jowan Qupty (right), who is from Jerusalem, and 31-year-old Jesse Divon (left). The forum was launched January 22, 2017. (Courtesy)
January 24, 2017, 6:08 pm
Set your sights nearer: Forum urges Israel entrepreneurs to market to Arab world
At launch of Middle East Business Forum, American-Israeli Yadin Kaufmann tells why, how he co-founded 1st venture capital firm to target Palestinian start-ups
By Dov Lieber
Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center on July 27, 2015. The call center is located in a mosque, in the Arab town of Hura. The women have been employed through the Rayan employment center in Rahat. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 8, 2016, 6:09 pm
Why barely 1 in 5 Israeli Arab women works, and how high-tech can fix that
In Arab cities, more girls than boys study technology, but then they drop away. Bringing in tech companies is one path toward reversing that trend
By Melanie Lidman
Bedouin women in Rahat waiting for a bus, February 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
From the WebJanuary 10, 2016, 2:20 am
All-Bedouin tech company hints at shift in Israel
Arab Israelis have largely been left behind by Israeli tech boom, but that may be changing, The New York Times reports
Roy Munin, head of hi-tech mobilizer Made in JLM, at the 2015 ROI Summit. (Luke Tress/The Times of Israel)
June 14, 2015, 1:00 pm
At annual summit, entrepreneurs seek to rebrand ‘social good’
From a hi-tech Holy City to girls’ chemistry sets, young Jewish innovators present their visions for a better future at the 2015 ROI conference in Jerusalem
By Luke Tress
Alan Weinkrantz
May 19, 2015, 5:51 pm
Alan Weinkrantz
Nazareth start-ups are coming to rock Tel Aviv
There’s a lot of tech talent in Israel’s Arab sector, and some of it will be on display May 27
Laura Herschlag
May 17, 2015, 6:23 pm
Laura Herschlag
Entrepreneurship flourishes amid political uncertainty in the Triangle
Tech can flourish in Israel’s Arab communities, a new tech group in central Israel shows
A Palestinian man surfs the Internet in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, in 2011. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 16, 2014, 4:52 pm
Gaza tech hub finds success in international crowdfunding
NPR: A group of start-up entrepreneurs are finding friends and funds on Indiegogo
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