Acording to the Israel Ministry of Tourism statistics released today, the number of Australians Travelling to Israel has increased by 45% during the first half of 2010. These figures represent amazing growth in the number of Australian tourists choosing to holiday in Israel, a total of 15,811 in the January –June period, compared to 10,867 […]
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SURF THE DEAD SEA AT A NEW WEBSITE The Dead Sea is a unique tourist destination and a finalist in the New7Wonders of Nature online campaign. The Tourism Ministry has launched a dedicated multi-lingual Dead Sea website (www.votedeadsea.com) and a social media campaign to include Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Under the slogan “The Deepest Wonder […]
The prestigious National Geographic Magazine has recently named Tel Aviv as one of the world’s Top Ten Beach Cities. This designation comes on the heels of other prestigious rankings for Israel’s capital of entertainment, leisure and nightlife – “the city that never sleeps”. The designation in National Geographic dubs Tel Aviv “Miami Beach on the […]
Nine out of every 1,000 people employed in the country work in research and development; nearly double the R&D rate in the United States or Germany. Of every 10,000 individuals, 135 are scientists or engineers. The main areas of interest in Israeli hi-tech have traditionally been Communications &Networking, Information Technology, Life Science and Semiconductors. Recently, […]
As reported in the Australian: AN Aboriginal elder is about to make history by becoming the first indigenous Australian to be honoured with his own memorial and garden at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Following a year-long examination of records, historians at Yad Vashem have approved the memorial for the late William Cooper, […]
The following are the findings of the IVC Quarterly Survey conducted by the IVC Research Center, which for more than 14 years has been at the forefront of high-tech, venture capital and private equity research in Israel. This Survey reviews capital raised by private Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli venture capital funds, foreign and other […]
As reported in IVC: Silver Lake is considered the world’s largest investment company in technology. US private equity fund Silver Lake is entering Israel, and appointed Yehuda Doron as a senior advisor in the firm’s middle market technology arm, Silver Lake Sumeru. Doron will also oversee the firm’s Israeli operations. Silver Lake is considered the […]
The Israel Trade Commission together with the Israel-Australia Chamber of Commerce is delighted to invite you/your organisation to join Chairperson Dr Orna Berry on a delegation to Australia starting in Melbourne on Monday 4/10 & Tuesday 5/10 and Wednesday 6/10 then continuing to Sydney on Thursday 7/10 & Friday 8/10 . The Israel Trade Commission, together […]
As Chair in 2010, of the Kimberley Process for the prevention of trade in conflict diamonds (“Blood Diamonds”) Israel is hosting a conference of working groups of the Process that is taking place against the background of reports of Zimbabwe failing to meet the requirements of the Process and the continuing infringement of human rights […]
As reported in IVC, International auto manufacturer contacts Beilink, founded by the former Minister Yossi Beilin, requesting assistance in finding new technologies in Israeli automobile industry The Volkswagen Group is searching for new technologies in Israel through former Minister Yossi Beilin, Calcalist reported Wednesday. The company contacted Herzliya-based Beilink – Business Foreign Affairs several months […]
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