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- Health & Biotech · Jul 5, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTCompugen: Talpiot-Founded Drug Discovery
Compugen (Nasdaq: CGEN; TASE: CGEN) — Israeli immuno-oncology and predictive drug-discovery pioneer. Founded 1993 by Eli Mintz, Simchon Faigler, Amir Natan — all IDF Talpiot gradua…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jul 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTSydney: The Eastern Suburbs Anglo-Jewish Capital
Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs form the second-largest Jewish business community in the Southern Hemisphere. It blends an Anglo-Australian core with a South African overlay.
- Founders & Companies · Jul 5, 2026, 3:06 AM EDTLev Leviev: De Beers, Africa Israel, and the Collapse
The Soviet-Uzbek teenager who arrived in Israel in 1971, broke the De Beers Russian monopoly, built Africa Israel into a globally exposed conglomerate, watched it collapse in 2010,…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jul 5, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTEyal Golan: The Singer, the Sexual Misconduct Cases, the Tax Conviction, and the Pattern of Renewed Investigations
Eyal Golan is one of Israel's biggest singers and the host of Eyal Golan is Calling You. He has been investigated three times across twelve years for sexual offenses against undera…
- Israeli Sports Business & Investment · Jul 5, 2026, 2:55 AM EDTSylvan Adams and Israel Premier Tech: The Canadian-Israeli Billionaire Who Put Israel on the World Cycling Map
Sylvan Adams founded Israel Premier Tech, cycling's only Israeli-owned UCI WorldTour team. He uses sport for public diplomacy.
- Israeli Sports Business & Investment · Jul 5, 2026, 2:53 AM EDTBeitar Jerusalem: Six-Time Israeli Champion and Jerusalem's Football Institution
Beitar Jerusalem is a six-time Israeli league champion founded in 1936. The club is a Jerusalem football institution with a complex ownership history.
- Olam Research · Jul 5, 2026, 2:53 AM EDTMaccabi Haifa F.C.: Ya'akov Shahar's 30-Year Football Business
Israel's second-most-decorated football club — and the one that broke a twenty-year Champions League drought. Ya'akov Shahar's Colmobil-anchored ownership since 1994, Sammy Ofer St…
- Israeli Sports Business & Investment · Jul 5, 2026, 2:52 AM EDTMaccabi Tel Aviv F.C.: The Canadian-Owned Champion at the Center of Israeli Football's Boycott Era
Israel's most-decorated football club — 24 championships. Since 2009 controlled by Mitchell Goldhar, the Canadian real-estate billionaire behind SmartCentres REIT. The Ajax-Amsterd…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 5, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTMeuhedet Health Services: Israel's Third-Largest Statutory Health Fund
Meuhedet Health Services is Israel's third-largest statutory health fund with 1.3 million members. It was founded in 1974 through a merger of Amamit and Merkazit.
- Founders & Companies · Jul 5, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTYoni Assia: eToro Co-Founder and CEO
Yoni Assia co-founded eToro in 2007 with brother Ronen and David Ring. Globalized Israeli fintech by building a regulated multi-jurisdiction retail-investing platform across ~100 c…
- Jul 4, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTAvi Fischer: The Attorney Who Runs Blavatnik's Clal Industries
Avi Fischer — Israeli attorney, former Delek Group executive under Tshuva, and since July 2012 Chairman and CEO of Clal Industries after Len Blavatnik's Access Industries acquired…
- Strategic Technology Trade · Jul 4, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTIsrael–Japan: Dual-Use Technology and Strategic Alignment
Japan is a top-five foreign investor in Israeli tech, with companies like Toyota and Sony active. 2022 opened a new dual-use defense-adjacent lane.
- Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 3, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTPrompt Security: SentinelOne's $250M Acquisition
Prompt Security: Tel Aviv GenAI cyber startup founded August 2023 by Itamar Golan and Lior Drihem, both Unit 8200 + Check Point/Orca AI veterans. Raised $23M. Acquired by SentinelO…
- Founders & Companies · Jul 3, 2026, 5:13 AM EDTNir Zuk: Palo Alto Networks Founder Who Invented Next-Gen Firewall
Early Check Point engineer, then founded OneSecure — sold through NetScreen to Juniper for $4B — and in 2005 founded Palo Alto Networks. World's largest cybersecurity company by ma…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 3, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTTofes 17: The Form That Runs Israel's Healthcare Economy
Tofes 17 is the authorization form Israel's four health funds issue for external medical services. It is the commercial gate that decides which foreign devices, procedures, and pri…
- Founders & Companies · Jul 3, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTAvishai Abrahami: Co-founder and CEO of Wix
Avishai Abrahami co-founded Wix.com in 2006 with brother Nadav and Giora Kaplan. NASDAQ-listed since 2013, 250M+ users globally — one of the largest Israeli consumer-internet softw…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 2, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTWhy Sasa: The Kibbutz That Built Plasan
Plasan armors the JLTV. The world leader in vehicle armor was founded on Kibbutz Sasa, one mile from the Lebanese border, in 1985. A kibbutz under fire builds armor for a living. T…
- Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 2, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTApex Security: The Sam Altman-Backed AI Governance Startup Tenable Bought for $105 Million
Apex Security, an Israeli AI governance startup, was acquired by Tenable for $105M+ in under two years. Sam Altman backed the Tel Aviv-based company.
- Florida–Israel · Jul 2, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTSouth Florida: The Jewish Wealth Corridor
South Florida has become a Jewish wealth corridor since 2020. Citadel's move to Miami exemplifies a broader financial-sector relocation.
- Agriculture & Food Tech · Jul 2, 2026, 4:44 AM EDTBright Food Owns Israel's Milk — And Nobody's Talking About It
A Chinese state-linked conglomerate has controlled Tnuva, Israel's dominant dairy processor, for over a decade. Its ownership structure has not been publicly examined.
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Jul 2, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTFirst International Bank of Israel: The Fifth Pillar
First International Bank of Israel (TASE: FIBI) is Israel's fifth-largest bank, controlled by the Bino-Liberman Group via a federated model of four subsidiary banks — the only majo…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jul 2, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTStatic and Ben El Tavori: The Pop Duo That Defined a Decade and Then Broke Apart
Static and Ben El Tavori were Israel's biggest pop duo from 2015 to 2022. 300 million views on Tudo Bom. A Saban Music Group deal. A breakup amid Ben El's domestic abuse recording…
- Health & Biotech · Jul 2, 2026, 2:15 AM EDTSal HaTziyud (Health Services Basket)
The legally defined package of medical services, drugs, and devices that every Israeli resident is entitled to receive under the country's 1995 National Health Insurance Law.
- Strategic Technology Trade · Jul 2, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTHow Japanese Manufacturing Groups Partner With Israeli Innovation
Toyota, Mitsubishi, DENSO, Sony, SoftBank, and Sumitomo have built one of the most consequential foreign investment corridors into Israel — spanning mobility, cyber, semiconductors…
- Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 2, 2026, 1:13 AM EDTAim Security: Cato Networks' GenAI Acquisition
Aim Security was a Tel Aviv-founded GenAI security platform built to govern enterprise use of LLMs. Founded 2022 by Matan Getz and Adir Gruss, both Unit 8200 veterans. Raised $28M.…

























