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Business Standard
April 25, 2018
The High Court of Justice earlier had given the Israeli government two options - either to safely deport the migrants in a third country with a proper deportation plan or to free them from detention ... According to a UN estimate, there are nearly 27,000 Eritreans and 7,700 Sudanese people residing in Israel.
OzarksFirst.com
April 25, 2018
The “Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act” is a response to protests against Israeli treatment of Palestinians. If passed into law, the legislation would prevent state and local governments and publicly owned operations from conducting business with companies that boycott Israel. Supporters of the bill fromÃâà...
TRT World
April 25, 2018
Facebok was reportedly threatened by the Israeli government to play along or deal with legislation or fines. The cost of silencing the voices of a historically victimised people for calling of what can rightfully be called an occupying state is confirmation of the influence that some governments have on SiliconÃâà...
גלובס
April 25, 2018
Coface started doing business in Israel in early 2015, thereby becoming the third player in the Israeli insurance market for short-term credit after Israel Credit Insurance Company (ICIC) and Clal Credit Insurance. Coface started activity in Colombia and Morocco at the same time. "Before Israel, I worked asÃâà...
Jacobin magazine
April 25, 2018
The 1967 Israeli conquest reintegrated Gaza and its residents, most of whom were refugees from what became Israel, into historic Palestine or the Biblical ... On the contrary, the Israeli military restricted Palestinian economic activity that was deemed competitive with Israeli businesses, Israeli investors wereÃâà...
Business Insider
April 24, 2018
Natalie Portman has pulled out of an Israeli event at which she was scheduled to be honored. The actress has since clarified that she does not support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign. Her statements have made clear that despite being born in Israel, Portman is confused about the state's founding.
Haaretz
April 17, 2018
The biggest event in 70 years of Israeli economic history occurred on July 1, 1985. On that day the economy underwent nothing less than a sex change – dramatic transition from a socialist economy to the capitalist one we know today. “If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he isÃâà...
Business Insider
April 12, 2018
Located in the central Israeli town of Ramla, about 15 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, Neve Tirza is home for just over 200 female inmates. .... accept a female prisoner,' the former inmate told The Jerusalem Post. "They'll accept a man going to prison, that makes sense, there's an expectation. But a woman?
Haaretz
April 3, 2018
It could not have happened without the many people representing the brighter side of Israeli society, among them NGOs such as Hotline for Refugees and ... asylum seekers community in Israel and the first to be granted refugee status in Israel, is a law student at Ramat Gan's College of Law and Business.
Business Standard
April 3, 2018
Israeli electronic artiste Hod Moshonov, also known by his stage name BEMET, says he is working on a music festival that is expected to take place in Tel ... During Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to India earlier this year, he said "the business partnership between India and Israel is doingÃâà...
New York Magazine
April 3, 2018
He has given Saudi women permission to drive, and has has publicly challenged the core convictions of Islamist fundamentalists, telling Friedman that “at the time of the Prophet Muhammad … there were musical theaters, there was mixing between men and women, there was respect for Christians andÃâà...
Business Standard
April 3, 2018
It was not clear if anyone was at the time present at the hitch-hiking stop, one of the designated locations for hailing a ride common in Israel and near Israeli settlements. He then attempted to flee on foot and was shot by soldiers in the area, the army said. It did not provide details on the driver's identity, butÃâà...
Haaretz
April 2, 2018
Israel Bans Reform Movement Ad Urging Women Not to Give Up Flight Seats to ultra-Orthodox Men ... The Israeli national airline was sued by a female passenger who had been pressured to change her business-class seat by a flight attendant, in order to accommodate an ultra-Orthodox male passengerÃâà...
Haaretz
April 2, 2018
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz rejected a plan a year ago to develop a solar power station in Israel that could have supplied the electricity for the power-strapped Gaza ... The maker of designer jeans is controlled by the Israeli Nakash brothers, who are partners with Fogel in other business ventures.
Haaretz
April 2, 2018
An illuminated wall displays a stream of binary coding as a man is seen profiled in silhouette whilst working on a laptop computer in this arranged photograph in ... VerbIT, an Israeli startup that has developed smart transcription software, said last week it secured it first outside funding, with an $11 millionÃâà...
Business Standard
April 1, 2018
The Arab Parliament strongly condemned on Saturday the recent Israeli "brutal" crackdown on unarmed Palestinian protesters that left a number of them ... al-Salami said in a statement, calling on the international community to assume its responsibilities to protect the Palestinian people, Xinhua reported.
Business Standard
April 1, 2018
According to the group, the Palestinian rights group shared a screenshot of the post, which read,"Yesterday we saw 30,000 people; we arrived prepared and with precise reinforcements. Nothing was carried out uncontrolled; everything was accurate and measured, and we know where every bullet landed.".
Haaretz
April 1, 2018
The American version of their Israeli reality program was an experience the two Cohens hadn't even dreamed about, with a huge budget and tremendous exposure. The meeting — attended by the developers for Israel, company owner Avi Armoza, top people from Fox and the international productionÃâà...
Business Insider
March 31, 2018
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says a Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli artillery fire in the Gaza Strip. A ministry statement says the 27-year-old was killed by a tank shell near the border fence separating Gaza and Israel and that another man was injured byÃâà...
Business Insider
March 31, 2018
A wounded Palestinian woman is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to ... Israeli security forces have killed at least 16 Palestinians and injured hundreds more at a demonstration at the Israel-Gaza border.
Business Insider
March 29, 2018
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel plans to collect data over five years for its digital health project and hopes 100,000 people will volunteer to include their medical records in a database it estimates could bring the country billions of dollars in annual income. The project will get under way in the fourth quarter andÃâà...
CTech
March 13, 2018
The Israeli startup ecosystem is mostly an export economy – most startups who develop their product in Israel focus on distributing it in global markets, and specifically ... The fact that two people went to college together or play golf on weekends creates an immediate trigger for a new business opportunity.
FinanceFeeds (blog)
March 13, 2018
Israel, a nation of over eight million people, does not have a diversified domestic economy, with cartels running the supermarkets, the import and export business, the entire stock and diamond exchanges, the mafia choosing who opens a restaurant and where they do it, and senior government officials likeÃâà...
Haaretz
March 13, 2018
Together with these three assets, Elbit also gets IMI's payroll of 22,700 people, as well as the company's long history of losses amounting to billions of shekels and negative equity of 160 million shekels as of the end of 2016. Taking over IMI will boost Elbit's revenues by just 17% and it will have to investÃâà...
Business Insider
March 13, 2018
The ultra-Orthodox say their study of the Torah is vital for the continued survival of the Jewish people and also fear that young men serving in the army would come into contact with women and with less pious elements in society. Last September, Israel's Supreme Court gave parliament a year to pass a newÃâà...
ISRAEL21c
March 13, 2018
Another Palestinian participant, who grows greenhouse tomatoes, was interested in learning more about Keren's organic water technologies; and another man who works in an agricultural supply company in Nablus promised to visit Keren in Rehovot the next time he goes to the nearby port of Ashdod toÃâà...
Haaretz
March 13, 2018
Cogentix, a maker of endoscopy medical devices that employs 220 people, was formed in 2015 from a merger between Uroplasty and Vision Sciences. Accelmed's investment strategy is to bring together veteran U.S. medical device makers with poor growth prospects with Israeli and European startups withÃâà...
Khaleej Times
March 12, 2018
A decade-long Israeli blockade and a dispute between Gaza's Islamist rulers and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authorities have brought the coastal ... The economy of Gaza, a Palestinian enclave of two million people sandwiched between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean, is "all but dead," saidÃâà...
i24NEWS
March 12, 2018
Israel, however, is beginning to earn a reputation and is pitching itself as the “newbie on the block.” Home to one of the top design schools in the world, ranked 6th by the Business of Fashion magazine in 2016 -- Shenkar College of Engineering and Design -- Tel Aviv is churning out some of the best andÃâà...
גלובס
March 12, 2018
If you exclude haredim and Arabs from Israel's statistics, you get a country right on the OECD average. Take the Arabs and haredim by themselves, and the poverty rate jumps to nearly 50%. It's true that in recent years haredi women and Arab men have become more integrated into the workforce, but theyÃâà...
WJLA
March 12, 2018
Israel's true power, Netanyahu underscored, is not in its natural resources, but rather in its “human resources.” He provided tangible, real world examples of this phenomenon by citing a number of innovative Israeli companies that have been recently acquired by giants of industry in leading business hubs like Silicon ValleyÃâà...
Haaretz
March 12, 2018
Israel's taxman, however, isn't getting his take from the Airbnb phenomenon, not to mention lots of other income being generated in the emerging shared ... The good news is that the proposed tax rate is low and involves little red tape, similar to the tax regime that exists for people renting out homes on aÃâà...
Business Insider
March 12, 2018
The ultra-Orthodox say their study of the Torah is vital for the continued survival of the Jewish people and also fear that young men serving in the army would come into contact with women and with less pious elements in society. Last September, Israel's Supreme Court gave parliament a year to pass a newÃâà...
WWD
March 8, 2018
Gucci and Chime for Change teamed up with artist and poet Cleo Wade, who realized a series of artwork featuring simple and direct messages, such as “We do not change the world when we whisper we change it when we roar” and “Women of the world: we see you we hear you we are you.” The artworkÃâà...
Haaretz
March 8, 2018
“The lobby of the David Intercontinental was like a scene from [the movie] 'Casablanca,'” recalls one Russian-Israeli. “With people from either side sitting together, doing business, feeling safe. That's what it's like when the Russians and Israelis share mutual respect and know better than to fuck around andÃâà...
Haaretz
March 8, 2018
In any case, the civil service grew by 10,700 people in 2016, or 3.8%, to 350,000. That meant that about 20% of the Israeli labor force was employed by the government, down from 23% in 2006 but higher than the 18% average for countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,Ãâà...
Haaretz
March 8, 2018
Unlike most other Israeli businesses, tech companies are global businesses that can easily pick up and go to where the environment is the most favorable. The particulars of the reform are still not clear, but policy makers at the treasury, Israel Innovation Authority and tax authority are already struggling toÃâà...
Haaretz
March 6, 2018
His description of Israel was the sanitized version that AIPAC likes to emphasize on his stage – strong, robust, flourishing and united. There was nary a mention of the numerous corruption scandals plaguing him and rocking the Israeli political landscape, an omission that was to be expected. But his speechÃâà...
Haaretz
March 5, 2018
“In contrast to Jewish women, who if they studied science/engineering majors in high school are more likely to continue studying these subjects in college, Arab Israeli women are more likely to change course in college,” it said. Among Israeli female students in the third year of college or university, 8% ofÃâà...
Haaretz
March 5, 2018
Each market suffered from different problems, but the bottom line was that the concept wasn't particularly popular and visitors rarely shelled out enough money to make them viable as businesses. “People come to the markets to hang around, buy some ice cream or a croissant for the kids, and go homeÃâà...
Tablet Magazine
March 3, 2018
Israel, its northern region of the Galilee in particular, is shaping up to become a new hub for these start-ups. There may ... Together with his business partner Chanan Aviv, who'd been working on insect breeding for 30 years, Tamir began growing several species of grasshoppers in a garage in 2014. TodayÃâà...
Middle East Eye
March 3, 2018
Federal investigators are looking into whether Jared Kushner's business talks with foreign officials or business people during the presidential transition had any influence on later White House policy toward those with whom he spoke, NBC News reported on Friday. Special Counsel Robert Mueller hasÃâà...
Quartz
March 3, 2018
Days ago, desperate African migrants painted their faces white in the hope that Israeli officials would treat them with more humanity. It was the ... as an excuse to get close to people and digital tools to go beyond documentary, Mersy's work delves into the uncomfortable questions raised by Israel's policies.
Haaretz
February 28, 2018
Here is an interesting figure: About 60 percent of all employees in Israel's Public Security Ministry are women. Sounds okay but don't led this figure mislead you. When you examine the median salary on offer at that ministry, you discover that in 2016 men earned 25,000 shekels (about $7,200) a month,Ãâà...
Haaretz
February 19, 2018
“Brunch is the hot new thing in the restaurant business and its very profitable,” said Idan Spivak, a culinary public relations man for Blender Communications. “It's become a Friday morning ritual. All over the country you see people reserving weeks in advance, even though it's not a cheap meal – about 100Ãâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Students at Barnard, a women's college, voted to divest from companies that do business in Israel. Israel has a good record on ... If you congratulated an Israeli woman on finally earning the right to drive, she'd look at you with eyes that could kill and tell you to stop with the chutzpah. If you told her that sheÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel plans to collect data over five years for its digital health project and hopes 100,000 people will volunteer to include their medical records in a database it estimates could bring the country billions of dollars in annual income. The project will get under way in the fourth quarter and over the next sixÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
The Tourism Ministry has switched gears a bit in its current advertising campaign in Europe as it promotes Israel as a tourist destination. It's based on the assumption that, although Israel has a wealth of historic sites and unique landscapes to offer the tourist, what many people are looking for when planningÃâà...
NoCamels
December 31, 1999
And in the high-tech field, a main force in the Israeli economy and where the salaries are higher than average, the gap widens to 45 percent. The most substantial factor for this disparity, according to the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, is that women on average work fewer hours than men inÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
There is no escaping it that something rotten has happened to Israeli politics over the last two decades, even though Israel never made the same mistake that the U.S. ... The subtext is that the soul of democracy is the people's choice of their elected representatives, who therefore are doing the people's will.
