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03 September 2026

Omri Casspi credit: Ilya Melnikov Omri Casspi’s Swish Ventures closes $250m fund

With the completion of the fundraise, the firm’s assets under management have grown to about $800 million.

03/09/2026 14:01 Start ups Globes correspondent
Israeli gas stationm credit: Cadya Levy Gasoline prices to fall sharply after gov’t cuts excise

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich is expected to sign an order reducing excise by NIS 0.50 per liter.

03/09/2026 12:16 Energy Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Tel Aviv credit: Shutterstock Defense-tech boom pushes up Tel Aviv office rents

Defense-tech companies have rescued the Tel Aviv office market from the crisis it has undergone in recent years, Newmark Natam reports.

03/09/2026 11:37 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
PayPal headquarters  credit Shutterstock PayPal lays off 70 employees in Israel

This nearly 25% cut in the Israel office of the payment services giant is part of a global streamlining process.

03/09/2026 09:48 Employment Meytal Vaizberg
Naming ceremony for INS Drakon credit: IDF Spokesperson German defense exports to Israel soar

Germany approved defense exports to Israel worth nearly €800 million in the first half of 2026, “Der Spiegel” reports, up from €260 million in all of 2025.

Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and his wife Orna at rank award ceremony   credit: Government Press Office IDF chief’s wife quits Tomer Food after media criticism

Orna Zamir has stepped down as an independent director of Tomer Food, which supplies products to the Israeli army.

03/09/2026 06:51 Market Globes correspondent

02 September 2026

Upwind set to raise $300m at $3.8b valuation

The Israeli company has benefited in recent months from the vacuum created in the cloud security market after Google acquired Wiz.

02/09/2026 18:12 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Teva drug meets endpoints in celiac disease trial

The antibody TEV ‘408 (anti-IL 15) was also tested as a treatment for the skin disease vitiligo, and there it also presented encouraging findings.

02/09/2026 17:52 Healthcare Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Robotic sovereignty-as-a-service co AITAN raises $41m

The Israeli defense-tech company provides countries with the ability to operate, maintain and update its robotic combat systems itself.

Physical AI perception co Lyte raises $165m at $1.6b valuation

The company aims to develop a chip capable of receiving all the data needed for a robot's operation in one place, allowing it to navigate more easily and see the production line better.

02/09/2026 16:34 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Israeli security management co Huskeys raises $27m

After developing a smart platform that integrates with existing WAF systems in organizations, Huskeys is now expanding the solution to a broader layer of edge security management.

02/09/2026 15:30 Start ups Globes correspondent
Israeli AI agents co Wonderful raises $550m at $5.5b valuation

Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Wonderful helps enterprises in countries that do not speak English to instal AI agents.

02/09/2026 15:15 Start ups Assaf Gilead
FT calls on EU to suspend Israel association agreement

In an editorial entitled “Israel’s de-facto annexation of the West Bank” the newspaper said the reaction of Israel’s allies to settler violence and E1 tenders has been “meek.”

02/09/2026 10:34 Politics Assaf Uni
Anthropic expanding Israel marketing and sales

In addition to completing its $6 billion acquisition of Decart, the US AI giant is increasing marketing and sales efforts to Israel’s tech sector.

02/09/2026 09:14 IT Assaf Gilead
Intel shuts down Israel AI lab

The US chip giant is closing down its agentic and inference optimization research laboratories in Israel.

01 September 2026

Israeli HR platform co HiBob raises $166m

The investment led by Salesforce will adapt HiBob’s platform to the AI era.

01/09/2026 17:24 Start ups Globes correspondent
XTEND starts trading on NYSE this week at $1.5b valuation

The Israeli drone robotics technology company has completed its merger with US company JFB, formerly engaged in the construction industry.

Defense News ranks 3 Israeli cos in world’s top 30

Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Systems and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have been ranked among the world’s 30 biggest defense companies, in terms of revenue from defense products.

Israeli startups raised nearly $600m in August

In the first eight months of 2026, Israeli startups have raised $9.6 billion.

01/09/2026 09:03 Start ups Globes correspondent
Anduril to appoint Amiram Norkin to head Israel activity

The former Israel Air Force Commander has been chosen to lead the entry of one of the world's fastest-growing defense technology companies into the Israeli market.

31 August 2026

After chaotic August, Ben Gurion Airport expects busy holidays

2.65 million passengers passed through Israel’s main airport in August with 2.5 million passengers expected in September.

31/08/2026 19:35 Tourism Alon Pearl
Sale of Hot Mobile receives final approval

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi has approved the transfer of the controlling shares of Hot Mobile from Altice to a consortium led by Delek Israel, Keystone Infra and Leumi Partners.

AI: Managing risk and safeguarding privacy

A conference entitled “As AI Accelerates, Cybersecurity Doesn't Stay Behind," held by Lipa & Co law firm and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Israel, discussed managing risk, safeguarding privacy, and establishing effective AI governance frameworks.

31/08/2026 16:45 Legal Globes correspondent
Spanish PM blames Israel for Ceuta migrant crisis

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has embraced anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that Israeli social networks spread disinformation, without offering any evidence of such.

31/08/2026 16:04 Politics Assaf Uni
Renewable energy co Lanir to raise NIS 176m in TASE IPO

Lanir Group will allocate 20% of its shares at a company valuation of NIS 705 million, before money.

31/08/2026 14:49 Energy Eitan Gerstenfeld
IDF chief's wife a director of co involved in irregularities

Orna Zamir is a director of Tomer Food, which has contracts with the IDF. IDF Spokesperson: The chief of staff does not deal and has not dealt with any aspect of the company.

31/08/2026 13:09 Market Hezi Sternlicht
Supermarket chain Keshet Teamim mulls flotation

The company sees the possible move as part of its expansion strategy, and not as a solution to any immediate need for cash.

31/08/2026 11:00 Retailing Nevo Shafir
Exchange rate erodes Rafael profit

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems CEO Yoav Tourgeman says the minister of finance and the governor of the Bank of Israel need to intervene in the foreign exchange market

Israel signs biggest-ever defense deal with Greece

The $3.6 billion deal for air defense systems, signed in Tel Aviv, comes as Turkey is acting more aggressively towards both Greece and Israel.

30 August 2026

SentinelOne falls sharply after cutting guidance

Despite the fall, since the start of 2026, the company’s stock has risen 43.6%.

30/08/2026 17:51 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Poll of Polls: Winter reshuffles deck as Yashar leads

Although Ofer Winter’s right wing People of Israel party wins four seats, the stalemate between the government coalition and opposition remains unbroken.

Apartments sold and rented

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Herzliya, Kfar Sava, Rosh Ha’ayin, Kiryat Tivon, Tzfat and Kiryat Gat.

30/08/2026 14:44 Real estate Nir Weiss-Vadraru
Gasoline prices to hit record high Monday night

The maximum price of government price controlled 95 octane gasoline at self-service pumps in Israel will rise NIS 0.16 on Monday at midnight September 1, 2026.

30/08/2026 13:55 Energy Alon Pearl
Israel and Finland extend defense cooperation pact

The agreement on R&D and procurement of defense equipment was signed despite criticism from Finnish opposition parties.

27 August 2026

Ackerstein profit dives, CEO leaves

The building materials and real estate company's second quarter profit slumped by 86%, while CEO Amit Lang is stepping down after less than a year.

27/08/2026 20:31 Real estate Eitan Gerstenfeld
Shufersal second quarter sales weak

The company reported a 7.5% decline in second quarter revenue to NIS 3.4 billion, which it partly attributed to the timing of the Passover holiday.

27/08/2026 20:02 Retailing Hezi Sternlicht
Vitania buys out Benny Landa's share in Ness Ziona project

The building, originally intended to house Landa's printing equipment company, which is under protection from creditors, is leased to Elbit Systems.

27/08/2026 17:38 Real estate Hezi Sternlicht
Egged teams with China’s CRRC to produce buses

Egged, Auto Chen Mobility and CRRC, which is blacklisted by the US government, will market the buses in Israel and other countries.

VW CEO confirms Iron Dome production talks

Involvement of the state and federal governments in the partnership with Rafael is supposed to solve problems for Volkswagen and overcome opposition from Qatar.

27/08/2026 15:23 Aerospace & defense Assaf Uni
Nvidia strengthens position as Israel’s co with biggest revenue

The US chip giant no longer reports separate revenue for its networking division, based on the Mellanox acquisition, but CFO Colette Cress revealed the latest figures in the investor call.

27/08/2026 14:25 IT Assaf Gilead
Israel-Cyprus-Greece power grid connection gets US backing

Despite fierce opposition from Turkey, the East Mediterranean interconnector project is moving forward.

27/08/2026 12:23 Politics Dean Shmuel Elmas
Delek UK unit Ithaca joins FTSE 100

Since a low point in 2024, Ithaca's stock has jumped 181%, giving a market cap of £4.5 billion.

27/08/2026 10:37 Energy Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Israeli home sales suffer summer slowdown

The financial reports of Israel’s residential development and construction companies include data about worsening sales in the summer.

27/08/2026 07:33 Real estate Maya Levin

26 August 2026

SSI could be set to unveil revolutionary language model

Ilya Sutskever’s startup, which has raised $7 billion and has offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv, could be about to unveil its mysterious AI product.

26/08/2026 20:26 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Retired IDF officers paid pensions worth average NIS 9m each

IDF officers have an average retirement age of 45 and receive an average monthly pension of NIS 20,019, according to the latest security forces wage report.

26/08/2026 17:47 Employment Asaf Zagrizak
Harel posts biggest profit of Israel’s insurance cos

Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services has reported a 30% rise in profit in the second quarter to NIS 1 billion.

United to resume Tel Aviv - San Francisco flights

The three times weekly service from San Francisco to Tel Aviv will offer the most business class seats between the two cities of any airline, United says.

26/08/2026 14:57 Tourism Globes correspondent
UK plans trade ban on Judea and Samaria settlements - report

"The Times" reports that UK prime minister Andy Burnham has been warned that such a ban would become a de facto boycott of all of Israel.

26/08/2026 14:51 Economy Assaf Uni
Turkey to probe alleged Teva antitrust violations

Teva says it rejects any claim of misconduct on its part and pledges to cooperate with the authorities throughout the process.

26/08/2026 13:26 Legal Dean Shmuel Elmas
Regulator boosts enforcement on parallel imports

The Competition Authority is heavily penalizing official importers who try to thwart cheaper supplies via other channels.

26/08/2026 12:51 Economy Nevo Shafir
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