An Israeli tech billionaire who founded one of the country’s most successful startups is creating a fund to invest in Israeli healthcare startups. Marius Nacht, the co-founder of computer security firm Check Point Software, is raising $100 million for the fund. Nacht has previously invested millions of his own funds into...

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While distracting devices are often blamed for the rise in traffic accidents, a new Israeli app may be able to prevent car crashes by automatically alerting nearby drivers to road issues like potholes—which can lead to swerving or quick deceleration and therefore collisions. Nexar captures data about the road using a phone’s internal...

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2breathe Technologies, a pioneer of digital therapeutic devices, has been selected as an Innovation Award Honoree at CES Unveiled, a program previewing the annual Consumer Electronics Show, one of the world’s biggest and most important technology showcases. “We are excited and incredibly honored to be selected for this prestigious award,” said Erez...

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Israel  appointed a new ambassador to Turkey on Tuesday, filling a post that has been vacant since 2010. Israel’s new envoy in Ankara will be Eitan Na’eh, who is currently deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom. Na’eh, who is considered an expert on Turkish affairs, worked as a diplomat in Turkey...

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Describing it as one more step in dismantling the “the automatic majority against Israel in the UN,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that he would be visiting the South Pacific island nation of Fiji early next year. Netanyahu’s South Asian tour next February will also include Australia and...

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The microprocessor giant Intel inaugurated a next-generation chip production line at its Kiryat Gat facility in Israel on Monday, the business website Globes reported. The upgrade to the machinery came at a cost of $6 billion, including a $300 million grant from the Israeli government. “The vision of the future is realized...

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised his country’s growing ties with India while meeting with Indian leaders on a state visit Monday. “I have no doubt that my visit here will help the ties and the cooperation between our two peoples grow stronger: in security and our ability to keep our people safe,...

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The Israeli defense manufacturer Elbit is set to unveil a revolutionary new anti-drone system this week in Tel Aviv. The system, called ReDrone, can be deployed to neutralize a range of radio frequencies used to control drones. Once a hostile drone is detected, ReDrone can prevent the target from receiving the radio...

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Fourteen Tanzanian children underwent successful heart surgery during a joint Israeli-German medical mission to Dar es Salaam this month. The five-day medical mission — supported by Save a Child’s Heart Canada and Ein Herz für Kinder — included a German team led by Prof. Felix Berger of the Deutsches Herzzentrum...

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Much remains unclear about President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy, and so the two months before his inauguration will be “crucial” as Israel determines how its relationship with the United States will evolve over the next four years, a former Israeli national security advisor told reporters Monday. Gen. (ret.) Yaacov Amidror praised...

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