Why are Israeli TV formats like “In Treatment,” “Homeland” and “Fauda” extremely successful in the United States? It’s all about the characters, says Adam Berkowitz, co-head of the television department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Los Angeles and president of the international TV Formats Conference held September 12-14 in...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the nation’s largest aerospace and defense corporation announced on Monday that it has enhanced the capabilities of its unmanned drones to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield or to transport supplies to troops in isolated sections of the battlefield. IAI recently demonstrated a remotely-controlled drone, called...

During the month of September 2017, investments in Israeli companies remained strong. Innoviz Technologies of Kfar Saba raised $65 million in Series B funding as its LiDAR sensing solution for autonomous vehicles moves into mass production. Delphi Automotive, Magna International, 360 Capital Partners, Glory Ventures, Naver, Zohar Zisapel, Vertex Venture Capital,...

Commenting on the recent reconciliation talks between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations, said that any Palestinian government must accept the Quartet principles and “commit to nonviolence” in an official statement released Monday on Twitter. “The United States stresses that any Palestinian...

The United States Army will be installing an Israeli-made anti-rocket system on a number of its M1A2 Abrams tanks. The Pentagon will outfit the tanks with the Trophy active-protective system (APS) which can detect and destroy incoming projectiles. The U.S. will be the first army other than Israel’s to deploy the systems,...

The head of Israel’s external intelligence agency, Mossad, has made a rare public appearance and used the opportunity to warn that Iran constitutes one of the main threats facing Israel. Yossi Cohen, who has led the agency since January 2016, confirmed that Iran is operating closer to Israel’s border than...