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Israel Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz campaigns in Rishon Lezion, on February 1, 2019. (Flash90)

February 17, 2019, 7:46 pm

Olmert associates behind loan guarantees for Gantz Knesset run

Documents show Israel Resilience has NIS 5 million in guarantees from four donors, including real estate tycoon Alfred Akirov and the wife of importer Rami Ungar

By Sue Surkes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speak to the media on May 20, 2015. (AFP/POOL/DAN BALILTY)

August 8, 2018, 4:55 pm

Contradicting Netanyahu, EU says it hasn’t stopped funding left-wing association

Bloc says it is merely ‘examining possible breaches of contractual obligations’ by Freedom Protection Council, denies move has anything to do with Israeli pressure campaign

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 29, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool Yedioth Ahronoth/Flash90)

August 7, 2018, 10:17 pm

Netanyahu says EU has agreed to stop funding an association of left-wing NGOs

PM says his pressure ended international backing for Freedom Protection Council, which he claims ‘undermines Israel’s right to exist’

By TOI staff

The voting results are displayed on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly in which the United States declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was declared "null and void" on December 21, 2017 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

December 22, 2017, 6:06 am

After UN threats, few signs Trump will cut money where his mouth is

Administration appears to gingerly step back from warnings it will slash funding for those who backed resolution rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Josh Lederman

Illustrative photo of Israeli researchers at work at Hadassah University, January 2011. (Keren Freeman/FLASH90)

July 5, 2017, 3:07 pm

Israeli startup takes aim at Huntington’s disease

Mitoconix Bio nabs $20 million to develop a promising drug for treatment of neurodegenerative disorder

By Micah Danney

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

This photo taken on April 11, 2016 shows Switzerland's Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP)

June 15, 2017, 7:34 pm

Switzerland vows to tighten oversight of funding to Palestinian groups

Lawmakers pass legislation blocking funding to groups involved in anti-Semitic incitement or supporting boycott of Israel

By JTA

A woman, center, strips down to her bra in a show of protest to Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev during the opening of the Israeli Film Festival in Jerusalem, June 1, 2017. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

June 1, 2017, 10:37 pm

Uproar at Israel Festival opening as culture minister jeered over nudity ban

Protester strips down to her bra, audience turn their backs as Miri Regev takes to the stage to make opening remarks for top arts event

By Jessica Steinberg and AFP

Thousands of demonstrators attend the March for Science in Berlin, Saturday, April 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

April 22, 2017, 6:32 pm

Scientists leave labs, take to streets to defend research

Coinciding with Earth Day, thousands of protesters in more than 500 cities take part in the March for Science

By Seth Borenstein

Palestinians celebrate at the welcome reception for released Palestinian prisoners, at the Muqata'a in Ramallah, in the early hours of Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 10, 2017, 3:51 pm

Amid growing US criticism, families of Palestinian terrorists seek larger payments

Relatives of ‘martyrs’ want allowance they are paid by PLO to be linked to cost of living

By TOI staff

PA President Mahmoud Abbas poses with prisoners released on October 30, 2013 as part of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

March 16, 2017, 10:46 pm

Abbas says blacklisting of PA-linked fund violates Oslo Accords

Palestinian leader slams Liberman’s decision to designate Palestinian National Fund as terror organization, calls for its immediate reversal

By Judah Ari Gross, Eric Cortellessa and Dov Lieber

March 16, 2017, 6:46 pm

Israel blacklists shadowy PA-linked fund as terror group

Defense minister says Palestinian National Fund, ultimately controlled by Abbas, pays terrorists and their families ‘tens of millions of shekels’ every month

By Judah Ari Gross and Eric Cortellessa

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved inaugurates the company's Herzliya office, June 26, 2016. (Courtesy)

September 21, 2016, 12:43 pm

OurCrowd raises $72 million in Series C funding round

The Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding firm has invested more than $300 million to date, mostly in Israeli start-ups

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the press in East Jerusalem on March 16, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 19, 2016, 3:09 pm

Ministers give green light to pump NIS 82 million into settlements

Opposition incensed as cabinet approves aid package to beef up security, economy over the Green Line; Palestinian negotiator slams plan as ‘slap in the face’ to peace efforts

By TOI staff

June 6, 2016, 4:06 pm

Ariella Dreyfuss

Raising funds and selling your start-up: be prepared

Preparation is the key: in order to protect your technology, to appear professional and to attract investors you should have all your ducks in a row from the get-go