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Jul 13, 2026, 4:54 AM

The green wave – how to reduce highway travel time

Route 3 - crossing Israel West to Est

How to reduce highway travel time, lower gas consumption, and prevent accidents, at a minimal cost - and why the government won’t do it. We pride ourselves on being the “startup nation”, positioned at the cutting edge of science and...

Jul 13, 2026, 4:52 AM

Why the world’s most innovative economies share one common trait

Innovation is often associated with breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence, fintech, biotechnology, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. These industries undoubtedly shape the future, but technology alone does not explain why some countries consistently produce successful startups while others struggle...

Jul 12, 2026, 10:46 AM

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Before October 7, 2023, Israel was widely regarded as one of the strongest and most dynamic advanced economies in the world. While its economy was far smaller than that of the United States and...

Jul 11, 2026, 11:55 AM

Israel Wants 100,000 AI Chips. It Runs 1,000.

The first phase of Israel's national AI supercomputer went live in January: 1,000 Nvidia B200 chips that Israeli startups can rent in slices as small as sixteen. On June 16, the cabinet approved a national target of 100,000. The gap...

Jul 9, 2026, 3:10 PM

Israel’s Foreign Labor Surge

How will the continued influx of foreign workers affect Israeli society? A country once in conversation about whether it aspires to the Scandinavian or American model now, perhaps, looks elsewhere. The diverse array of foreign workers in Israel nowadays...

Jul 2, 2026, 10:36 PM

Israeli Hedge Funds Need Prime Brokerage to Succeed

Like Levi’s 501 jeans to the Israeli teen of the 1980s, prime brokerage is that rare commodity in Israel that any knowledgeable Israeli portfolio manager covets. It’s time to import prime brokerage wholesale so that the industry overall can...

Jul 2, 2026, 8:38 PM

I Left the US to Build a Business in Israel. Here’s What Nobody Warned Me About

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When I boarded a flight from South Africa back to Israel in 2019, I had no grand plan. I'd spent almost a year as a digital nomad, testing whether I could run my web design studio from anywhere in...

Jul 2, 2026, 3:17 PM

Trump Opened Pandora’s Box in Iran. Who Can Close It Now?

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel opened Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Weeks earlier, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, had warned President Trump in several briefings that Tehran could answer...

Jun 25, 2026, 3:39 AM

Why Google and Meta Spent $1B+ on Israeli Startup

Google, Meta, Unity, and Moloco spend their days trying to take advertising dollars away from each other. This week they did something that makes no competitive sense: they collectively wired more than $1 billion into a single Israeli company,...

Alexander Lutsenko

Jun 20, 2026, 11:05 PM

Russia’s Digital Ruble: A Warning for Israelis with Russian Ties

The Bank of Russia has announced the mass rollout of what it calls the “digital ruble” from September 1, 2026. From that date, Russia’s largest banks are expected to be the first to give clients the ability to use...

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