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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 422

Arabs in high-tech

Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 20, 2023, 10:15 am
Facing multiple crises, Israel’s high-tech looking to emerge stronger
A key driver of Israel’s economy, the sector has been buffeted by a global economic slowdown and uncertainty over internal political turmoil, but analysts remain bullish
By Jonah Mandel
Illustrative: In this file photo taken on January 27, 2021, Palestinian doctors and technicians work at the IVF laboratory at the Razan Center fertility clinic in Nablus, in the West Bank. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
October 12, 2022, 6:38 am
With $92m in hand, Nazareth-based VC looks to invest in the Arab community
NGT’s new fund hopes to capitalize on burgeoning output from Arab medical sector; in 20 years, Arab Israelis went from making up 11.2% of new physicians to nearly half
By Ethan Freedman
Arab students take part in a Makeathon in 2020 at Tel Aviv University organized by Tsofen. A Makeathon is when teams work to build new products (Courtesy)
January 27, 2022, 3:51 pm
Israel launches $70m program to promote tech entrepreneurship in Arab community
Initiative aims to integrate members of Arab communities into booming tech industry, where they are severely underrepresented
By Ricky Ben-David
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
'50:50 Startups’ first cohort at Azrieli College of Engineering in March (Courtesy)
July 30, 2020, 12:26 pm
Israelis, Palestinians build bridges by joining forces in tech
50:50 Startups is an initiative that creates startup collaborations between Israelis and Palestinians to show they can create ‘partnerships of equals’
By Jake Epstein
Students walk through the Tel Aviv University campus in Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
May 7, 2019, 12:27 pm
Number of Arab Israelis studying high-tech doubles since 2012
With workers in high demand, Israeli students have been drawn to tech studies, with the sharpest increase by far seen in the Arab community, says the Council for Higher Education
By Shoshanna Solomon
Arab students working on a project at Moona, a nonprofit technology incubator in the Galilee that aims to build bridges between Israeli Jews and Arab youth through space technologies (Courtesy)
April 26, 2018, 9:20 am
Israel earmarks NIS 20 million for new tech parks in Arab towns
Knesset committee for Arab affairs green-lights setting up a 2-year plan to boost Arab high-tech employment in bid to close income gap
By Shoshanna Solomon
For illustration: A team works on a high-tech project (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 28, 2017, 9:22 pm
Finance Ministry: Arabs, women underrepresented in high-tech
Study shows Arabs account for just 1.4% of technology workforce, missing out on networking and role models
By Shoshanna Solomon
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