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17 June 2026

Bank Leumi credit: Kfir Sivan Leumi to gift some customers NIS 700

Many of the bank’s customers received an unexpected text message today informing them that the bank will deposit a NIS 700 in their current banking accounts.

Benny Landa  credit: Miguel Gutierrez Dutch co sues Landa Labs over €16m debt

Altana BV, owned by German billionaire Susanne Klatten has filed a lawsuit in the Central District Court to open insolvency proceedings.

17/06/2026 16:47 Legal Assaf Gilead
Mortgage burden illustration: Gil Gibli Falling bond yields herald lower mortgage interest rates

In many cases, the anchor rate for a mortgage loan is the yield on a government bond.

17/06/2026 16:42 Financial services Maya Levin
Liad Agmon at the Globes TECH IL Conference credit: Niv Kantor Liad Agmon unveils ‘spiritual’ startup Sunsay

Speaking at the Globes TECH IL Conference, the Israeli serial entrepreneur soke about his latest startup, which is developing a kind of electronic friend.

17/06/2026 15:53 Start ups Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Henri Cukierman and Maurice Levy  credit: Brett Kline Vivatech underway in Paris with strong Israeli presence

Fifteen Israeli startups are presenting at Europe's premier technology show, co-founded by Maurice Levy. There is even a tech-based Middle East peace initiative.

17/06/2026 11:48 Start ups Brett Kline, Paris
Avigdor Willenz credit: Intel AI chip co Xsight Labs raising $300m

The Kiryat Gat-based company, of which Avigdor Willenz was a founding investor and where he serves as chairperson, is valued at $2.5 billion.

17/06/2026 10:36 Start ups Assaf Gilead

16 June 2026

Israeli AI stock catalog co Artlist lays off 200

The Tel Aviv-based company is laying off 200 of its 500 employees.

16/06/2026 18:03 Employment Assaf Gilead
Pratt & Whitney’s BTL plant in Nahariya to close

600 employees will lose their jobs while an additional 300 employees will be transferred to the US company’s production line in Tefen for jet engine blades.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation invests $13m in SpliSense

The investment comes following positive results in an initial efficacy trial, Phase IIa, in which an improvement in lung function was demonstrated in some 70% of patients.

16/06/2026 16:09 Healthcare Gali Weinreb
Tamar gas field boosts production by 45%

The Tamar field is Israel’s second largest in terms of gas reserves but is now the largest in terms of production.

16/06/2026 15:23 Energy Idan Eretz
Revised Q1 figures show sharper Israeli GDP contraction

Israel’s economy shrank by an annualized 3.8% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the second assessment by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

16/06/2026 14:24 Economy Idan Eretz
Jusidman Foundation gives NIS 200m for Tel Aviv hospital

The donation by the Jusidman family of Mexico will enable the Reuth Association to build its new rehabilitation hospital at Sde Dov.

16/06/2026 13:13 Healthcare Gali Weinreb
Israeli defense booths boarded up at French arms show

The latest measures have been taken two years after the sweeping ban that applied to Israeli companies from participating in Eurosatory in 2024.

Company provides glimpse into Israeli trade with Gaza

Victory Supermarket Chain revealed that NIS 99 million of its first quarter sales were to the Gaza Strip. The sales were under an official arrangement in force since September 2025.

16/06/2026 11:43 Politics Nevo Shafir

15 June 2026

Inflation holds steady

The Consumer Price Index in Israel fell more than expected in May, while home prices were lower.

15/06/2026 18:52 Economy Ram Mori and Maya Levin
Keystone, Generation in bidding war for Shikun & Binui Energy

Keystone Fund has bid NIS 4.35 billion after last month Generation Capital bid NIS 4.2 billion.

15/06/2026 18:09 Energy Eitan Gerstenfeld
Israeli workforce identity co NewCore raises $66m

NewCore has entered the crowded and competitive market of identity and authorization management in organizations.

15/06/2026 17:43 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Nuvei buys Israeli cross-border commerce co Payoneer for $2.75b

The Canadian fintech company is paying a 9.6% premium on Payoneer’s share price on Nasdaq.

1Password buys Israeli just-in-time access co Apono

Following the acquisition for more than $250 million, the Canadian identity security company will establish a development center in Israel.

Gilat buys Comtech satellite and space division

The Israeli satellite company will pay $157.5 million for Comtech’s division, six years after Comtech’s deal to buy Gilat for $577 million collapsed.

15/06/2026 14:30 Telecoms Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
TASE indices fall sharply in wake of US-Iran agreement

Investors apparently see the agreement as disadvantageous for Israel. "Globes" talks to analysts about the market's reaction..

15/06/2026 13:35 Market Boaz Bin-Nun
monday.com launches $200m venture capital arm

monday Ventures will invest in Israeli companies innovating in the world of work.

15/06/2026 12:22 Start ups Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
World leaders enthusiastically welcome US-Iran MOU

"The urgent re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz with unconditional and unrestricted freedom of navigation is essential” a joint statement by European leaders says.

15/06/2026 10:25 Economy Globes correspondent

14 June 2026

US refueling planes threaten Israel’s summer flight schedule

Minister of Transport Miri Regev says that if a decision is not taken within the next 48 hours to move the 72 US refueling planes parked at Ben Gurion airport, 2.4 million airline tickets will need to be canceled.

14/06/2026 18:55 Tourism Dean Shmuel Elmas
Check Point market cap dips below $13b

Check Point, which not long ago was Israel’s most valuable company on Wall Street, has now slipped to sixth place behind Teva, Elbit Systems, Tower Semiconductor, Nova, and Enlight Renewable Energy.

14/06/2026 17:50 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
French businessman buys 8 Jerusalem apartments

The businessman is paying NIS 24 million for the apartments in the RAYK Borochov project in Kiryat Yovel.

14/06/2026 16:29 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
Apartments sold and rented

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel including in Jerusalem, Givatayim, Rehovot, Binyamina, Shlomi, and Yerucham.

14/06/2026 15:01 Real estate Nir Weiss-Vadraru
“Globes” poll of polls: Eisenkot gains at Bennett's expense

According to the polls, the coalition will be unable to form a new government but so would the opposition, without including Arab parties.

Wayward algorithm topples Oddity Tech

Oran Holtzman's online cosmetics company was riding very high indeed until it hit a snag with its main advertising partner.

14/06/2026 13:06 Healthcare Shiri Habib-Valdhorn

11 June 2026

Elbit Systems bars Chinese models from vehicle fleet

The defense company has one of the largest fleets in the private sector in Israel. The IDF and Israel Aerospace Systems have lately made similar moves.

Hotel approved for Ben Gurion Airport

The eight-floor hotel will be constructed on top of a new hold baggage screening building next to Terminal 3.

11/06/2026 18:30 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
Home purchases by foreign residents fall

Despite talk of foreign residents rushing to buy homes in Israel amid rising antisemitism abroad, purchases by foreign residents amounted to just 77 apartments in April, according to the Ministry of Finance chief economist.

11/06/2026 14:46 Real estate Yuval Nisani
Chaim Katzman seeks to sell control of G City

After 35 years as the controlling shareholder in the income producing real estate company Katzman is looking to relinquish control.

11/06/2026 11:29 Real estate Netanel Ariel
Elbit teams with Anduril on US Army howitzer tender

The Israeli company and Anduril have signed a strategic teaming agreement to offer the SIGMA NG Mobile Tactical Cannon for the US Army’s Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization program.

“Mellanox makes Nvidia world’s biggest communications co”

Nvidia Senior Director of HPC and AI Hyperscale Infrastructure Solutions Dion Harris tells “Globes” that Nvidia acquired Mellanox after identifying the need to expand and develop AI.

11/06/2026 10:02 IT Assaf Gilead
Wall Street woes weaken shekel

The Israeli currency has lost ground over the past week after strengthening significantly in recent months.

11/06/2026 07:11 Market Boaz Bin-Nun

10 June 2026

Israeli startup Aryon Security raises $25m

The company’s cloud security platform creates added value, particularly for organizations in the process of migrating to the cloud or M&A processes.

10/06/2026 15:34 Start ups Globes correspondent
Cyera raises $600m at $12b valuation

The cybersecurity company has now raised $2.3 billion and is the second most valuable Israeli privately-held tech company after VAST Data.

10/06/2026 15:12 Start ups Globes correspondent
Nuvei in talks to buy Payoneer for $2.7b

Israel-founded Payoneer provides small and medium-sized businesses with a solution for carrying out cross-border transactions.

10/06/2026 13:09 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Teva to lay off 250 in API division in Israel

Teva had been in talks to sell its active pharmaceutical ingredients activity but a deal never materialized.

10/06/2026 12:24 Healthcare Shiri Habib-Valdhorn

09 June 2026

Study: Public sector attracting less talented employees

Between 2013 and 2023 there was a decline in the proportion of employees with high psychometric scores who joined the public sector, the Ministry of Finance Commissioner of Wages has found.

09/06/2026 20:28 Employment Asaf Zagrizak
Tshuva wants higher shekel price for gas

NewMed Energy is trying to reopen the agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure because of the strengthening of the shekel against the dollar.

09/06/2026 16:07 Energy Idan Eretz
El Al claims ICC CAL’s new FlyAll card is consumer fraud

After El Al frequently flyer club’s Fly Card switched to Isracard, ICC CAL has invited cardholders to ‘upgrade’ to its new FlyAll card.

09/06/2026 14:34 Financial services Bar Lavi
Lawyers threaten startup offering AI parking ticket appeals

The Bar Association Committee for the Defense of the Profession is demanding that David Popovich should take down his LoFrayer app.

09/06/2026 11:26 Legal Jennifer Sillon
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