Private equity investments in Israel hit an all-time high in the second quarter of 2015, the Israel Venture Capital (IVC) research center said today. David Shamah, technology reporter for The Times of Israel, reported more. According to Marianna Shapira, Research Manager at IVC, “Israeli high-tech companies appealed to many private equity investors,...

If her speech Wednesday at the Brookings Institution is any indication, Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy agenda will mark a break with her former boss, President Barack Obama, according to a Washington Post analysis. Notably, the Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state advocated for confronting Iran more forcefully despite her announced support...

Israel is prepared to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians right away, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his British counterpart David Cameron in London on Wednesday. “I want to say here in 10 Downing Street, and reaffirm again, that I am ready to resume direct negotiations with the Palestinians with...

Four Israeli companies have announced multi-million-pound investments in Wales that will create up to 100 new jobs. The announcements came in the wake of a visit by a delegation of Israeli businesses to Wales to celebrate existing Israeli-Welsh trade and investments. Orbotech, a global leader in semiconductor equipment, confirmed that...

NovoCure – the company known for its novel approach to treat solid tumors with electric fields — has filed for an IPO to raise up to $300 million. The Israeli medical device pioneer received FDA approval in 2011 for its TTFields product designed to treat Glioblastoma brain cancer. Chief underwriters...

The United States gets “nothing but grief” from the nuclear deal with Iran, the former head of U.S. military intelligence said today. Lt. Gen. (ret.) Michael Flynn, who served as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014, said in an interview published on the website Medium that the deal could...