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North Rhine-Westphalia leader Armin Laschet (left) is welcomed to Jerusalem by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 2018 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 5, 2018, 5:06 pm
Seeking deeper tech ties, German state to open office in Israel
North Rhine-Westphalia hub in Tel Aviv will be state’s first ever venture of its kind
By Raphael Ahren
Idan Peretz, a former member of the Israeli army special forces and co-founder of the tactical solutions start-up Highnovate, holds up his "Roof Access Fast Anchor" (RAFA) tool during a demonstration at the Wingate Institute near Netanya in central Israel on June 11, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
July 22, 2018, 10:42 am
Israeli ex-commandos innovating tech for campers, hikers and rescuers
The military is known as an incubator for high-tech firms started by former soldiers, but some entrepreneurs are using their military knowledge to develop physical tools as well
By Jonah Mandel
Britain's Prince William poses for a group photo with Jewish and Arab children at the Neve Golan Stadium in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Jaffa on June 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Heidi Levine)
June 26, 2018, 11:31 pm
Hailing best ever ties, Prince William praises innovative Israel, urges peace
Future king highlights Tel Aviv’s ‘flair and diversity,’ commits himself to uphold the memory of the Holocaust
By Raphael Ahren
Now outdated neonatal intensive care unit.(Jacoplane Jaap Vermeulen, Wikipedia)
June 17, 2018, 12:49 pm
WeWork and Blue Fairy Med: Changing the way we care for our babies
By Merav Vax and Sharon Tomer
Hilary Faverman
June 6, 2018, 3:36 pm
Hilary Faverman
On a conference call from my kid’s piano recital
1,000 women who know how tough it is to hold all the pieces together and do it anyway, at the Temech conference
Inbal Arieli
April 19, 2018, 11:52 am
Inbal Arieli
Wisdom from 70 of Israel’s tech wizards
Behind the numbers and statistics is the complicated mosaic of the people who drive industry
Robert Sarner
April 16, 2018, 2:35 pm
Robert Sarner
70 remarkable things Israel did last year
From food to drugs to cybersecurity and foreign aid, the startup nation is always busy innovating
During the Israel Summit at Harvard, retired NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire (left) is interviewed by HBO sports correspondent Jon Frankel, April 8, 2018 (courtesy: Max August)
April 9, 2018, 1:32 pm
Harvard students tout Israel’s global impact at high-profile summit
The brainchild of eight undergrads, Sunday’s event highlights the Jewish state’s ‘uplifting narratives’
By Matt Lebovic
From left to right: Yuval Machlin, Kfir Eyal, Daniel Shaked and Alon Matas in front of Plug n’ Play, a Silicon Valley incubator where they all work. They all talk about returning to Israel someday. (Ben Sales)
November 10, 2017, 10:50 am
Meet the Israelis bringing the ‘Start-up Nation’ to Silicon Valley
Several organizations seek to teach sabras how to integrate in San Francisco society, where personal connections are vital
By Ben Sales
Liat Goldfarb
May 11, 2017, 1:52 pm
Liat Goldfarb
The forgotten Zionist dream
When anti-Semites deny the Jews’ history in Israel, they’re in sync with American Jewry’s focus on the startup nation
President Reuven Rivlin visited the Google offices in Tel Aviv on the Safe Internet Day, February 10, 2015. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
May 7, 2017, 6:41 pm
Google ranked best place to work in Israel
Annual report finds many tech companies in top places for salary and job conditions
By TOI staff
Mobileye provides technology in the area of software algorithms that could enable autonomous cars. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
March 14, 2017, 12:55 pm
Celebrating someone else’s success
Mobileye’s buyout by Intel wins plaudits of pundits and politicians, while Haaretz wrings hands over an attack in Jerusalem
By Ilan Ben Zion
A car drives past the offices of Israeli car tech firm Mobileye in Jerusalem on March 13, 2017. Intel will buy Mobileye for more than $15 billion (14 billion euros), the companies said. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
March 14, 2017, 4:49 am
Five of Israel’s largest tech deals
Intel’s $15-billion purchase of Mobileye is the biggest of a stream of high-profile buys of Israeli tech in recent years
By AFP
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
Michael Kagan
February 17, 2017, 4:22 pm
Michael Kagan
Thwack! Matkot and the Start-Up Nation
The Tel Aviv beach game is quintessentially Jewish, pushing players to work together even as they rebut each other
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