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The Kibbutz Privatization Wave: How Debt Rebuilt a $13B SectorLead story
Israeli Real Economy · Jul 19, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT

The Kibbutz Privatization Wave: How Debt Rebuilt a $13B Sector

Israeli hyperinflation peaked at ~450% in 1984. The kibbutz movement entered the late 1980s technically insolvent. The Kibbutz Arrangement, differential wages, and outside capital rebuilt the sector. Every subsequent kib…

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Lab-Grown Diamonds Broke Israeli Cutting
Israeli Real Economy · Jun 1, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Lab-Grown Diamonds Broke Israeli Cutting

Israeli cutting employment has fallen from a 1970s peak of well above 15,000 to under 1,000 today. Lab-grown diamond prices have collapsed roughly 70…

Udi Mokady & Alon Cohen: CyberArk's Co-Founders
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026, 8:04 AM EDT
Udi Mokady & Alon Cohen: CyberArk's Co-Founders

Udi Mokady and Alon N. Cohen co-founded CyberArk in 1999, took it public in 2014, and built a pillar of Israeli cyber. In May 2025 Palo Alto Networks…