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Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference in Jerusalem on September 16, 2025. Right: The statue of King Leonidas of ancient Sparta stands over the battlefield of Thermopylae in central Greece on March 9, 2007. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL; PARIS PAPAIOANNOU/AFP)
September 29, 2025, 3:56 pm
With ‘super-Sparta’ speech, Netanyahu snarls a tech sector already entangled by war
Saying out loud what many quietly understood, PM’s talk of an increasingly isolated economy seen as unhelpful for an industry struggling to navigate effects of global anti-Israel sentiment
By Sharon Wrobel
The main rehearsal for Israel's Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 5:50 am
Israel at 77: Tech economy shows resilience during war, though clouds of change loom
While Israel takes pride in its tech ecosystem, fund managers and tech experts worry that the state is not acting to preserve the talent that keeps the industry thriving
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Israeli entrepreneurs, investors and lawyers mingle at the Up & Coming annual tech conference by PwC Israel and Goldfarb Gross Seligman law firm in Tel Aviv on September 4, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2025, 8:48 pm
With a possible end to the war in sight, will 2025 bring a startup ‘baby boom’?
Fund managers and tech executives worry about a shortage of local talent and new startups, but expect a revival of Israeli tech firms going public on the US stock market
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Playtika at high-tech development centers in Herzliya, October 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 12, 2024, 6:51 pm
Loss of confidence in the state’s actions drives startups to grow elsewhere – survey
A third of tech firms are considering moving some operations out of Israel due to war uncertainty and amid a lack of trust in the government’s ability to lead recovery efforts
By Sharon Wrobel
Volunteer team at Israeli startup Lasso Security coordinating purchases and deliveries of protective gear to Israeli soldiers, October 2023. (Courtesy)
January 8, 2024, 3:47 pm
After Israeli tech mobilized in wartime, how will startups fare in 2024?
Former innovation policy chief urges government to support tech sector, revive confidence of investor community, to ensure it doesn’t lag behind as global industry recovers
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 24, 2023, 4:57 pm
Almost 70% of Israeli startups act to shift funds, relocate due to judicial shakeup
Steps by startup heads and investors to withdraw cash reserves and move operations outside Israel have accelerated in past 3 months, according to a poll by Start-Up Nation Central
By Sharon Wrobel
Avi Hasson, a former chief of the Israel Innovation Authority, has been appointed as the CEO of Start-Up Nation Central; he will take his post on Sept. 1, 2021 (Vered Farkash)
July 15, 2021, 4:37 pm
Start-Up Nation Central picks Avi Hasson as next CEO
Nonprofit says Hasson, a former innovation policy chief, will use experience to steer Israel in maturing ecosystem; in H1, Israeli startups’ funding surged 152% vs 112% globally
By Shoshanna Solomon
An Israeli system engineer keeps watch over a production line at the Teva factory in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 17, 2017, 1:33 pm
Israel Innovation Authority calls for more tech labs
New program will encourage corporations to set up innovation labs, to foster startups and get government benefits
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prof. Avi Simhon, Head of the National Economic Council, addressing the IATI MNC Forum 2016 (Courtesy: Nir Shmul)
December 28, 2016, 1:40 pm
Netanyahu to head panel to tackle high-tech workers pinch
Economy’s strength depends on tech sector, says Avi Simhon, head of National Economic Council
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. A hand holds an iPhone next to the Apple logo (AFP PHOTO / Philippe HUGUEN)
December 27, 2016, 4:40 pm
Apple’s Aharon to head Israel Innovation Authority
CEO of Apple Israel will be in charge of promoting nation’s tech ecosystem, at the helm of entity formerly known as Office of the Chief Scientist
By Shoshanna Solomon
Avi Hasson, Economy Ministry Chief Scientist (Courtesy)
December 18, 2016, 3:00 pm
Chief scientist: To fuel Start-up Nation, more skilled workers needed
Avi Hasson says Israel’s high-tech sector, once a growth engine for the economy, is facing an ‘acute shortage’ of engineers, programmers
By Shoshanna Solomon
An exterior view of the Google office in Mountain View, California. (Google office image via Shutterstock)
December 11, 2016, 4:01 pm
Israel dangles tax cuts to attract multinationals
New regulations expected to pass by year end; will cut corporate tax to 6% from as much as 25%, in face of public criticism
By Shoshanna Solomon
The European Union Parliament in Brussels (Russell Trow/CC BY 2.0/Flickr)
October 13, 2016, 3:42 pm
Israel-Europe R&D directorate appoints new head
Nili Shalev will be in charge of implementing the scientific and tech accord between Israel and the EU
By Shoshanna Solomon
Avi Hasson, Economy Ministry Chief Scientist (Courtesy)
September 11, 2016, 11:36 am
Israel R&D chief stalls funds on budget shortfall
Some 60 companies’ development plans are in limbo due to halt in state financing, head of Kibbutz Industries says
By Shoshanna Solomon
A main street in Shinjuko,Tokyo, one of the commercial and administrative centers of the city, October 13, 2015. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 6, 2016, 3:12 pm
Israeli startups head to Japan for investor roadshow
11 Internet of Things startups will meet Fujitsu, NEC and Hitachi officials
By Shoshanna Solomon
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