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15 November 2026

Israeli apartments Credit: Shutterstock Apartments sold and rented

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam, Kiryat Ono, Karmiel and Dimona.

15/11/2026 13:02 Real estate Nir Weiss-Vadraru
Yoni Assia  credit: eToro PR eToro to cut workforce for second time in 2026

The Israeli company has developed an investment platform that allows users to trade stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and other financial assets.

Nir Zuk credit: Inbal Marmari Esh Bank sets out to raise NIS 150m

Nir Zuk is expected to participate in the raise, which is intended to finance the launch of the new digital bank's commercial operations.

12 November 2026

Arkia's new owners face complex challenges

Placating a restive workforce will be just the first step in turning the loss-making airline around.

12/11/2026 20:15 Tourism Alon Pearl
Investor consortium buys controlling stake in Arkia

After twenty years, the Nakash family is selling most of its stake in the airline. The consortium, the Nakash brothers, and the state will together inject $45 million into it.

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang steps down

Huang became embroiled in scandal over extramarital affairs. The company is deeply invested in Israel.

12/11/2026 16:40 IT Nevo Trabelsy
New home sales plunge in Tel Aviv

The second-hand market in Tel Aviv is also experiencing a slowdown, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.

12/11/2026 15:56 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
Taiwan eyes public transport tenders in Israel

Taiwan may enter a sector in Israel that is highly significant for China

Elbit Systems wins $260m NATO contract

The Israeli defense electronics company will supply a European NATO member with PULS rocket artillery systems and munitions.

Infrastructure construction co Barazani completes TASE IPO

The company, which sees major growth in the coming years, raised NIS 1 billion at a valuation of NIS 2.25 billion, before money.

12/11/2026 10:05 Real estate Eitan Gerstenfeld
Teva CEO: We have evolved into a biopharma company

Richard Francis sees branded drugs accounting for 25% of revenue in 2030 compared with 9% in 2022.

12/11/2026 07:08 Healthcare Shiri Habib-Valdhorn

11 November 2026

Cabinet approves 3 power plants, 2 solar farms

These major projects will move to the fast-track planning process overseen by the National Infrastructure Committee to keep pace with the massive surge in electricity consumption projected for Israel.

11/11/2026 17:21 Energy Idan Eretz
Israeli data infrastructure co Edelbyte raises $70m

The company has developed a search and analytics platform built to handle AI-driven demand at a much smaller cost than legacy systems.

11/11/2026 16:00 Start ups Globes correspondent
Vine Ventures closes $236m third VC fund

The third fund brings Vine’s total assets under management to over $500 million, just five years after its inception.

11/11/2026 15:05 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Auto-tech co Innoviz to lay off 20% of workforce

90 employees, most of them in Israel, will lose their jobs.

11/11/2026 14:36 Employment Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Government Companies Authority plans extensive privatization

The Authority has unveiled an ambitious plan for privatization,  consolidation, and closure of many of the 115 entities it supervises.

11/11/2026 13:15 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Rafael unveils cruise missile with 1,000-lb warhead

A member of Rafael’s Ice Breaker family of missiles, Super Ice is four times heavier than its predecessor, and can be launched from air, ground and naval platforms.

Discount Bank to offer cryptocurrency trading

Customers will be able to trade in Bitcoin and Ethereum via the bank's mobile app without having to manage a separate digital wallet.

11/11/2026 11:28 Financial services Tomer Padova
Down 98% from its peak, Caesarstone under threat from lawsuits

A recent ruling ordered the company to pay $46.5 million damages, an amount nearly equal to its entire market cap.

10 November 2026

Ribon given $1.5b valuation in unique investment structure

“Globes” names the leading venture capital funds and investors with commitments of $150-200 million in the Israeli cybersecurity company, even before it was founded.

10/11/2026 20:46 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Arcaffe owner joins race to acquire Arkia

Yaron Yarkoni is among the businesspeople interested in buying Israeli financial troubled airline Arkia, “Globes” has learned.

10/11/2026 18:27 Tourism Galit Hatan
Orca and Aryon team to tackle recurring cloud security issues

The two Israeli cybersecurity companies joined forces to combine Orca’s visibility and risk-detection capabilities with Aryon’s prevention technology.

10/11/2026 17:19 Start ups Globes correspondent
Mekorot to upgrade Kazakhstan’s water infrastructure

The Israeli national water company has signed an agreement for a major upgrade of the water grid in Kazakhstan’s huge Abai desert region.

10/11/2026 16:47 Water Idan Eretz
Israeli AI security co Bay raises $50m

Bay’s platform assesses each action against the specific task assigned to the AI agent and its prior activity, then determines whether to permit the action, block it, or refer it for human approval.

10/11/2026 15:39 Start ups Meytal Vaizberg
Israeli cybersecurity co Daylight raises $80m

The company has 80 employees including 43 in Israel.

10/11/2026 15:17 Start ups Meytal Vaizberg
Revolut awarded license to set up bank in Israel

The UK international fintech giant becomes the third bank after One Zero and Esh to receive a Bank of Israel license to operate as a digital bank.

10/11/2026 14:44 Financial services Tomer Padova
BoI mulls tightening developers finance scheme restrictions

Despite the Bank of Israel’s restrictions, which expire at the end of December, developers are finding creative ways of to circumvent the situation.

10/11/2026 13:14 Real estate Maya Levin
Power curbs for data centers in Norway send Azrieli lower

Azrieli Group owns Green Mountain Global Data Centers, an operator of data centers in Norway, the UK, and Germany.

10/11/2026 12:45 Real estate Eitan Gerstenfeld
S&P sees 7% growth in Israel in 2027

The rating agency bases its forecast on figures that include production overseas using Israeli IP.

10/11/2026 12:04 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Dreame importer Cristalino plans TASE IPO

Cristalino, owned in equal shares by the founding Elbaz family and private equity firm Rakia Capital, seeks a valuation between NIS 800 million and NIS 1 billion.

10/11/2026 11:10 Market Eitan Gerstenfeld
Victory seeks to take over Carrefour Israel

A request to approve a merger between the two supermarket chains has been submitted to the Competition Authority.

09 November 2026

Pelephone buys Wecom for NIS 265m

With the addition of Wecom’s subscribers, Pelephone will have about 3 million customers.

Shufersal, Tidhar to build 30-floor Jerusalem tower

Tidhar will build a 30-floor tower and a 9-floor mixed use building on land owned by Shufersal in Talpiot.

09/11/2026 18:39 Real estate Arik Mirovsky
NextVision doubles revenue, profit but orders backlog lower

Net profit rose 113% to $60 million in the third quarter, compared with $28 million in the corresponding quarter of 2025.

Israeli AI publishing co Spines raises $64m

The Herzliya-based company’s platform allows authors to upload their manuscripts to the platform, where the company’s AI agents edit and proofread the text, design the cover, and handle the book’s layout.

09/11/2026 16:00 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Citibank registers Mizrahi Tefahot ADRs for trading in US

According to the document filed last Thursday, Citibank is registering up to 50 million ADRs with each ADR representing one-fifth of a standard share of the Israeli bank.

Israel’s fiscal deficit widens

Israel’s fiscal deficit for the 12 months until the end of October 2026 was 3.3% of GDP, Ministry of Finance accountant General Michal Abadi-Boiangiu reported today.

09/11/2026 14:14 Economy Asaf Zagrizak
Partner set to distribute huge dividend

The NIS 500 million dividend will be financed through the issue of new bonds. The company has reported its best profitability figures in fourteen years.

09/11/2026 13:27 Market Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Ratio replaces ENI with US partner for gas exploration

Ratio Petroleum has teamed with US company Murphy Oil Corporation for exploration in Cluster G in Israel's economic waters.

09/11/2026 13:04 Energy Idan Eretz
Police arrest 50 in move against protection racket

The alleged racket involved supposed security services to construction sites.

09/11/2026 11:19 Real estate Nitsan Shafir
Israir bid for Arkia poses challenge for Competition Authority

The Authority will need to weigh the disappearance of a market player against benefits such as possible stronger competition for El Al.

09/11/2026 10:19 Tourism Jennifer Sillon

08 November 2026

Baudot-Trajtenberg: Criminals evade sanctions with crypto

Speaking at the Globes Looking Beyond the Trend Conference, the Bank of Israel former deputy governor slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to bypass sanctions with cryptocurrency.

Tzachi Abu sells stake in planned power plant

Abu’s Ari Real Estate and Avni Sapirim have sold a 50.1% stake in the planned Orot Yitzhak power plant to Rapac.

08/11/2026 18:24 Real estate Idan Eretz
Israel Tax Authority proposes air travel tax

The Tax Authority has proposed a tax of up to NIS 100,000 per outbound flight depending on the size of the aircraft and the distance being flown.

08/11/2026 16:14 Tourism Ela Levi-Weinrib
JFrog stock jumps to new record after Q3 results

The Israeli company saw its share price rise 35.3% to $101 on Friday, giving a market cap of $12.5 billion.

08/11/2026 15:26 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Apartments sold and rented

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rosh Ha’ayin, Zikhron Yaakov, Tirat Carmel, Beersheva and Yerucham.

08/11/2026 14:16 Real estate Nir Weiss-Vadraru
Rafael unit wins Finnish anti-tank missile deal

Finland will pay €84.5 million for RGW110 anti-tank missiles produced by Rafael’s German unit Dynamite Nobel Defence.

Does Intel share price fall put Classiq acquisition at risk?

Intel's third quarter financials, fears of an AI bubble, and the prospect of restrictions on data center construction in the US, sent the company's share price tumbling.

President tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming new government

Eisenkot will have 28 days, plus a possible 14-day extension, to present a government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a unity government.

08/11/2026 11:44 Politics Dafna Liel, N12
S&P leaves Israel’s credit rating unchanged

The international credit rating agency has reaffirmed the rating at 'A' with a stable outlook.

08/11/2026 11:16 Economy Tomer Padova
Shashua seeks buyer for One Zero Bank stake

One Zero aims at changing the rules of the game in banking in Israel, but is struggling to reach profitability.

05 November 2026

Tax chief: We can bring in NIS 8b from black economy

Israel Tax Authority director Shay Aharonovich acknowledged that the next two years will be fiscally very challenging.

05/11/2026 20:24 Real estate Tzeli Aharon
Playtika surges after opting to remain independent

After a review of strategic alternatives, the gaming app company's  board announced that "Playtika will continue to operate as an independent, publicly traded company."

05/11/2026 19:37 Market Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Time to buy the dip on the TASE?

Analysts weigh in on how investors should interpret the recent declines on the local exchange.

05/11/2026 18:08 Market Netanel Ariel
Bezeq, Adgar to build data center in Petah Tikva

The deal signals Bezeq’s intention to create new growth engines outside the traditional realms of telephony and Internet, by capitalizing on the growing demand for data centers and AI infrastructure.

Israel’s forex reserves back on the rise

Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of October 2026 stood at $237.773 billion, an increase of $775 million from their level at the end of the previous month, the Bank of Israel reports.

05/11/2026 14:51 Market Globes correspondent
Sorek power station closes NIS 5.6b financing

The consortium, which won the state tender to build the plant, will raise about NIS 5.6 billion for the project, with financing led by Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and Discount Bank.

05/11/2026 14:35 Energy Idan Eretz
Ending US aid casts doubt on $10b in Israeli arms orders - report

Even if the US fulfills the current aid agreement through 2028, Israel will still require about $10 billion more to cover orders for US weaponry that have already been placed, “The Wall Street Journal” reports.

El Al reports higher revenue, lower profit, big dividend

Part of the reason for the fall in profit was because the company wrote down the value of its stake in credit card firm ICC-CAL, following the collapse of a deal to sell the company to George Horesh and the insurance firm Harel.

05/11/2026 10:39 Tourism Netanel Ariel
Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy Clutch Security for $500m

The cybersecurity giant is in negotiations with the Israeli AI agents cybersecurity company, “The Information” reports.

Dubai impasse cuts options for Israelis flying east

“Globes’ looks at the options and fares for Israelis traveling eastwards, either on direct flights or via other hubs.

05/11/2026 07:48 Tourism Alon Pearl
Demolition work to begin at Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

Work is scheduled to begin in early 2027 to tear down the ramps and the bridge leading to the station’s upper levels.

05/11/2026 06:46 Real estate Alon Pearl
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