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19 April 2026

Dou TLV project credit: Margolin Businessman buys 5 Tel Aviv apartments in Dou project

Africa Israel Residence CEO Ronit Eshed-Levy says the apartments were purchased for an average price of more than NIS 82,000 per square meter.

19/04/2026 13:05 Real estate Hilit Yanai-Levison

16 April 2026

Mega Or buys Alliance Tire site in Hadera for NIS 1b cash

Mega Or plans to construct one of Israel's largest data centers on the 180 dunam site.

16/04/2026 20:10 Real estate Maya Levin
El Al orders six more Dreamliners

The addition to its Boeing Dreamliner fleet will enable El Al to expand its long-haul services.

16/04/2026 19:28 Tourism Stav Livne
Gov't Cos Authority recommends splitting NTA

The Authority calls for a special subsidiary to operate transport systems while NTA remains responsible for construction.

Nofar Energy plans to dual list on Nasdaq

Nofar CEO Ofer Yanai: Nofar's size and the fact that it is rapidly increasing its revenue, as well as its new growth engines, tell an equity story that the US market will appreciate.

16/04/2026 13:43 Energy Idan Eretz
New immigrants buy Tel Aviv seafront home for NIS 70m

The 400 square meter apartment in the Herbert Samuel 10 project has a 60 square meter balcony.

16/04/2026 12:32 Real estate Hilit Yanai-Levison
Shekel’s strength hits Israelis investing in US

For Israeli savers, the sharp shekel appreciation has offset a major portion of the gains on Wall Street. But will the shekel continue strengthening?

16/04/2026 10:47 Market Bar Lavi
Israel’s enhanced F-35s performed impressively in Iran war

Although the F-35 is a US-made aircraft, the only country to have used it in particularly large-scale operational activities is Israel.

ZIM CEO Eli Glickman quits over failed bid

Glickman explained that he is resigning because the board preferred a different acquisition offer, rather than the bid by his consortium.

15 April 2026

eToro buys Israeli startup Zengo for $70m

The self-custodial crypto wallet provider will help eToro expand its digital asset offering.

Israel’s CPI rose 0.4% in March

Annual inflation has moderated but home prices continue to fall, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.

15/04/2026 18:55 Economy Ram Mori
Strong shekel wipes out sovereign wealth fund returns

The fund reported returns of 18.4% in 2025 in US dollars but this shrank to 3.8% in shekel terms because of the strengthening of the Israeli currency.

15/04/2026 17:36 Market Idan Eretz
Shekel-dollar rate dips below NIS 3/$

The shekel-US dollar exchange rate has fallen below NIS 3/$ for the first time since October 1995, as the Israeli currency continues to strengthen.

15/04/2026 16:26 Market Globes correspondent
AI protection co Artemis Security raises $70m

The Israeli company helps security leaders prepare for a future in which AI-driven attacks unfold in seconds and human response is no longer viable.

15/04/2026 16:00 Start ups Globes correspondent
Israel's fiscal deficit narrowed sharply in March

Despite the war, the deficit fell, thanks to the tax revenues from the Google-Wiz deal.

15/04/2026 14:34 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Taboola lays off 5% of workforce

The Israeli advertising company is laying off about 100 of its 2,000 employees in Israel, New York and South America.

15/04/2026 12:46 Employment Assaf Gilead
Apartment overlooking Jerusalem's Old City sells for NIS 66.3m

The buyer, an American-Israeli, also bought a second apartment in the David's Village project and intends to combine the two.

15/04/2026 11:54 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
Hamburger family sells Harel shares for NIS 1.2b

The insurance company's share price has risen 240% in the past year.

14 April 2026

IDF to issue tender for 12,000 Israeli-made assault drones

The latest tender is part of a strategic change putting greater emphasis on drone warfare.

Enlight gets regulatory nod for Arava energy storage facility

With storage capacity of 645 MWh, the energy storage facility at Kibbutz Neot Smadar will cost the company NIS 370-400 million to build.

14/04/2026 17:31 Energy Globes correspondent
Camtek acquires Israeli AI startup Visual Layer

Camtek CEO Rafi Amit: AI has been a strategic priority for Camtek, and the acquisition of Visual Layer marks a significant step up in the depth and pace of our development.

Italy suspends defense agreement with Israel

Italy is protesting Israeli actions in Lebanon that have allegedly damaged Italian property and threatened Italian soldiers in the UNIFIL force.

14/04/2026 14:36 Politics Eran Hershlag
Blockchain co StarkWare lays off 30% of workforce

The Israeli company is shifting emphasis from research and infrastructure to revenue-generating products.

14/04/2026 12:55 Employment Meytal Vaizberg
Treasury offers guaranteed loans for war-hit businesses

A special track will be opened in the fund for state-guaranteed loans for small and mid-sized businesses harmed by the war.

14/04/2026 12:09 Economy Nevo Shafir
Wizz Air cancels restoration of Israel flights

The airline now says that it will not resume Israel operations before May 4.

14/04/2026 11:02 Tourism Globes correspondent
Credo buys Israeli optical connectivity co DustPhonics

The US chip company will pay $750 million cash, and stock and milestone payments that could take the deal up to $1.3 billion for the Modi’in-based startup.

13 April 2026

Haifa hilltop house sells for NIS 10m

Deals for NIS 10 million or more in Haifa are rarer than deals for NIS 50 million or more in Tel Aviv.

13/04/2026 20:16 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
Israel’s skies reopen but booking flights is fraught with risk

“Globes” looks at the potential pitfalls and likely fares when booking Israel flights in these precarious and uncertain times.

13/04/2026 18:04 Tourism Stav Livne
Israeli VC firm Iron Nation launches $60m fund

The venture capital firm has already raised $50 million of its second fund to support Israeli "scale-up ready" startups, in collaboration with Indiana.

13/04/2026 16:17 Start ups Globes correspondent
Lubinski to buy 50% stake in SPAR Israel

Vehicle importers Lubinski Group has signed an agreement to acquire the stake in the Dutch retail food chain’s Israel franchise.

13/04/2026 15:32 Retailing Nevo Shafir
Ceasefire boosts semiconductor stocks

Analysts are bullish on the sector, where one sees current prices as "disconnected vs reality."

13/04/2026 14:58 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Zuk to buy Californian bank for AI overhaul

Cybersecurity tycoon Nir Zuk plans transforming Liberty Bank into a bank based on the AI tools he developed at Esh Bank in Israel.

13/04/2026 14:22 Financial services Assaf Gilead
Security events seen testing shekel's strength

Market experts weigh in on the prospects of the Israeli currency continuing to appreciate, and the impact on the micro and macro levels.

13/04/2026 12:09 Economy Asaf Zagrizak

12 April 2026

BoI intervened on forex market last month

The Bank of Israel sold $64 million of foreign currency in repo transactions during the Iran war.

12/04/2026 18:13 Market Hezi Sternlicht
Foreign airlines resuming Israel flights this week

Etihad Airways, Ethiopian Airways, TUS and Bluebird are among airlines resuming flights to and from Ben Gurion airport this week.

12/04/2026 16:26 Tourism Stav Livne
Shekel at 30-year strongest against dollar

The question now is whether the shekel-US dollar rate will dip below NIS 3/$.

12/04/2026 15:03 Market Hadar Ruth Bashan
Nova overtakes Check Point

The market cap of the chip inspection equipment company now makes it the fourth most valuable Israeli company on Wall Street.

12/04/2026 13:47 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Cisco in talks to buy Astrix Security - report

Cisco is negotiating to acquire the Israeli cybersecurity company for $250-$300 million, “The Information” website reports.

12/04/2026 12:38 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Leumi Partners-led consortium eyes 20% stake in Edeltech

Ori Edelsburg, founder and owner of power production company Edeltech, stands to gain NIS 1 billion.

12/04/2026 11:34 Energy Hezi Sternlicht
Fri: Insurance sector again drives TASE higher

The main indices rose strongly on Friday, while the Tel Aviv Insurance Index gained a further 6.06%.

12/04/2026 09:49 Market Globes correspondent

09 April 2026

NewMed Energy signs MOU to sell Aphrodite gas to Egypt

All 100 BCM of natural gas in the Cypriot field will be sold to Egypt by NewMed, Shell and Chevron.

09/04/2026 12:44 Energy Idan Eretz
Nebius in talks to acquire AI21 Labs - report

“The Information” reports that Dutch AI cloud company Nebius is negotiating to buy the Israeli company after Nvidia pulled out of talks to buy AI21 Labs.

09/04/2026 10:12 IT Assaf Gilead
Israel reopens amid uncertainty in north

Investor optimism should push up the TASE and strengthen the shekel as Ben Gurion airport resumes full operations, although foreign airlines will not return immediately.

09/04/2026 07:10 Economy Globes correspondent
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