A new website aimed at slashing red tape and offering incoming tourists the best deals and the widest range of opportunities to visit Jerusalem from all corners of the globe was launched this week. The website, http://www.itraveljerusalem.com will be initially available in English and Hebrew, and will soon be launched in a variety of other languages […]
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Jerusalem is one of the most culturally and historically diverse holiday destinations in the world, with millions of tourists visiting the each year. The growing demand for accommodation means the standards have become more competitive and luxurious than ever This month the Inbal Hotel stepped up to the mark collecting three internationally acclaimed awards. The […]
This week Tel Aviv is celebrating Gay Pride on mass, with thousands of tourists flocking to the city from around the globe for the annual parade. As part of the festive spirit the Tel Aviv municipality has painted a number of zebra crossings in rainbow colors and the popular Hilton beach has been turned into […]
Revolutionizing chicken feed
Israel’s Metabolic Robots helps chicken and pig farmers cut the price of expensive grain while improving the animals’ welfare. Ziv Dubinsky’s Metabolic Robot cuts down on food wastage and mortality rates. Chicken is the most widely eaten meat in the world. About a thousand chickens are slaughtered for consumption every second worldwide. In the […]
WatchLock is an innovative new locking product devised jointly by Israeli companies that specialize in locking mechanisms and GPS tracking. WatchLock sends an alert if it’s tampered with or moved. If locks could talk, what would they say? A new joint venture between two Israeli companies has created the WatchLock, a smart lock that sends […]
In the final part of our two-part series, ISRAEL21c takes a look at the pioneers who changed the face of Israel’s history and transformed the country into the world’s high-tech trailblazer. Israel is a startup nation of young, dynamic entrepreneurs. Their companies sell for hundreds of millions of dollars because they are making search […]
Long before Israel was known as the startup nation, skilled and visionary men were already putting it on course as the next Silicon Valley. In the first of a two-part series, ISRAEL21c takes a look at Israel’s top 10 high-tech pioneers. Israel’s enterprising engineers and entrepreneurs have defined an industry for the world, from […]
Once a barren strip of desert, the Arava today has some 600 farms supplying more than 60 percent of Israel’s exports of fresh vegetables and 10% of ornamentals. How many peppers can Peter Piper pick? Well, if the protagonist in the old tongue twister were picking them in Israel’s Arava Desert, the surprising answer is […]
GDP rose by an annualized 3% in the first quarter, which was above analysts’ expectations. The Israeli economy grew by 3% on an annualized basis in the first quarter of 2012, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. The growth rate was above the 2.5% growth predicted in a “Bloomberg” poll of analysts, GDP growth […]
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz today signed a directive regulating the work of foreign lawyers in Israel. Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz today signed a directive regulating the work of foreign lawyers in Israel, pursuant to the Foreign Lawyers Law. The directive removes barriers which prevented foreign lawyers from working in Israel, and permits collaboration between […]
