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Two giant US airlines resumed Israel-US flights this week and Israir launches Tel Aviv-New York flights next week but fares remain expensive during the holidays.

If the flotation goes ahead, the IPO is expected after the holidays, most likely during November.

Scanovate and its subsidiaries develop advanced digital identification and compliance technological solutions.

The interchange will link Herzliya to Ramat Hasharon and relieve congestion at the Hasira Interchange to the north.

The defense-tech company, with activities in the US, Germany and Israel, has raised $250 million to develop and produce the missiles, to boost depleted stocks.

Gilad Altshuler and the Shaham family hold 55% of Altshuler Shaham Finance’s shares, which have fallen by 60% in recent years.

After a year, the Competition Authority has still not approved the existing deal for the sale of the credit card company.

A beta version of the company’s cybersecurity platform is expected by the end of 2026 and full market availability in 2027.

Haifa is ranked 187th. Below Tashkent and Split but above London and New York.

Eleven European countries and Canada will boycott goods from Jewish settlements beyond the ‘green line.’

Over the 12 months until the end of August 2026, the fiscal deficit fell to 3.2% of GDP, or NIS 71.1 billion, down from 3.3% at the end of July.

Anthropic’s insistence that Decart’s founders and top talents move from Tel Aviv to the US and problems in the due diligence were among the obstacles that saw the $6 billion deal collapse.

Eleven Italian destinations will be reachable directly from Tel Aviv during the Jewish holiday period and the fall.

The US AI giant has backed out of the negotiations for the Israeli AI startup, “Bloomberg” reports.

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air is expanding its Israel operations and today announced it is adding dozens more Tel Aviv flights each week.

The Israeli pharmaceutical company today reported its plan to issue senior notes, denominated in euros and US dollars.

Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of August 2026 stood at a record $241.641 billion.

Former Bristol Myers Squibb executive Samuel Moed and Compugen chairperson Dr. Anat Cohen-Dayag are leading the Israel National Biotech Innovation Center.

One-way fares start at $800 while round trip fares are $1,600.

The improved offer will include structural changes that will secure Israel's access to key shipping lanes, including from Asia, and will enhance the protections provided under the Golden Share mechanism.

Rafael, the Lower Saxony government and Aurelius Capital have signed a letter of intent to acquire Volkswagen’s Osnabrück plant and will produce Iron Dome components there.

Since leading Wiz's last round before it was sold, the US firm has taken steps to ensure it will catch future Israeli unicorns at earlier stages.

Direct foreign investment totaled $26.2 billion in 2025, but the figure hides high concentration in one sector and in a few very large deals, such as Google's acquisition of Wiz.

The stock fell 11.3% on Wall Street last week but analysts maintain positive recommendations.

Talks between Israel and the UAE, taking place alongside the US, are focused on how Israel can address a gap in the UAE’s “layered defence” capabilities, “Middle East Eye” reports.

1,300 doctors left Israel between 2023 and 2025, representing 3% of all the doctors employed in Israel, a new study by Tel Aviv University researchers has found.

Rafael, Aurelius Capital and the Lower Saxony government will buy the Osnabruck plant from Volkswagen, German magazine “WirtschafWoche” reports.

The Ministry of Health preferred that Clalit own over 50% of the hospital and vetoed private deals.

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Jerusalem, Bat Yam, Ashdod and Akko.

For the first time in weeks, the polls say the ruling coalition will win more seats than the opposition, while the Likud is again the biggest party.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.