National Australia Bank (NAB) announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd for its Private clients on June 5, followed by today’s announcement of a similar collaboration between OurCrowd and Reliance Private Client, an Indian wealth-management company that’s part of Reliance Capital in Mumbai. These strategic agreements will...

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Israelis are wild about their “homegrown hero” Gal Gadot, star of the blockbuster Wonder Woman movie that opened last week, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The enthusiasm for Gadot can be seen across the country, including on a Wonder Woman billboard ad by Tel Aviv’s main highway that reads, “we love you.”...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday wished Israel’s Muslim citizens and Muslims around the world a “Ramadan kareem,” or “generous Ramadan,” in honor of the Islamic holy month. The prime minister expressed his pride that an increasing number of his country’s more than one million Muslim citizens “are integrating...

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Amir Orad is a big-data technology thought leader and go-to guy for reporters from Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week, The Washington Post and USA Today seeking perspectives on how companies are meeting the demand for data analysis. It’s well known that New York City is securing its position as a data-driven...

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that she defends Israel at the UN because “if there’s anything I have no patience for, [it’s] bullies.” Netanyahu greeted Haley on the first day of her trip to Israel, thanking her “for all your help and standing...

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Israeli researchers have developed a new therapy to treat atherosclerosis (hardening and narrowing of the arteries, also called arteriosclerosis) and prevent heart failure, using a new biomedical polymer that reduces arterial plaque and inflammation in the cardiovascular system. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease causes 56 million deaths annually worldwide, according to the...

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The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s unification and reaffirming U.S. law calling for the city to “remain the undivided capital of Israel” by a vote of 90-0 on Monday. The resolution was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R – Ken.) and co-sponsored by Senate Minority...

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It’s not a cure, but a new therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is being hailed as a breakthrough that can extend the life expectancy of those suffering from ALS. Developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), the therapy may come...

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A leading activist in Florida denounced the campaign to boycott an international LGBTQ film festival that took place in Tel Aviv last week, calling on the “LGBTQ and progressive ally communities” to take a stand “against censoring, and against anti-semitism,” in an op-ed published Saturday in The Miami Herald. James Moon,...

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The leader of the band Radiohead, which is scheduled to make its ninth trip to Israel next month, blasted proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign as “offensive” and “patronizing in the extreme” in an interview published Friday in Rolling Stone magazine. “I’ll be totally honest with you: this has been...

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