As reported in IVC: The Approved Projects Involve Innovations in the Areas of Life Sciences, Healthcare IT, Electronics, Software and Energy During its meeting last week, held in Washington, D.C., the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, approved $8.1 million of funding for nine new projects between Israeli […]
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As reported in Israel 21c: One of the hottest developments in computer-human interaction is the emergence of touch-free, gesture-control technology – an area where Israel is a world leader. And it’s not only about iPhones and iPads. Herzliya-based eyeSight Technology is developing ways for users to control all manner of devices without pressing buttons or […]
As reported in Globes: Israel Chemicals Ltd. (TASE: ICL) unit, ICL Fertilizers, will sell potash to its Chinese customers at $470 a ton, $70 a ton higher than prices to China during the first half of 2011. Under the terms of the current contract, 500,000 tons will be delivered in the second half of 2011 […]
As reported in port2port: The agreement aims to implement Israeli technologies in China’s strategic development.According to Israeli statistics, the country’s exports to Asia increased by 45% last year Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor signed last week a MOU agreement with China’s National Development and Reform Commission during NDRC’s vice chairman, Zhang Xiaoqiang, visit […]
General Electric will open a multidisciplinary R&D center in Israel, its eighth R&D center in the country, at an investment of $3-5 million. The R&D center, which will be located in Haifa, will engage in research in water technologies, renewable energy and medical devices. “With the establishment of the new R&D center, we will be […]
Arava Power launched its first solar field in Israel, called Ketura Sun, in Kibbutz Ketura, located in the Arava desert in Israel’s southern-most point near the Red Sea. The field, which cost about 100 million shekels ($29 million), is spread over approximately 20 acres of land and consists of 18,500 photovoltaic panels that were produced […]
There have been many success stories coming out of Israel in the second quarter of 2011. From raised growth forecasts to international competative ratings, Israel is certainly punching above its weight. To see a short document on the economic highlight’s that occurred in Israel during Q2, please click here.
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Israel – The New Silicon Valley
In a recent story on Britains Channel 4 news, the reporter Benjamin Cohen explores why Israel is widly considered to be the next Silicon Valley. Please watch the news story below:
The Ophel City Wall site in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park – a complex of buildings uncovered along the route of the fortifications from the First Temple period (tenth-sixth centuries BCE) – is now open to the public, together with the display of the earliest written document ever uncovered in Jerusalem, on view in […]
A delegation from the Australian Football League and members of the Australian media recently visited Israel to meet with the 13-member Israeli and Palestinian team known as the Peace Team, as they prepare for the August 2011 AFL International Cup in Australia, in which 24 countries will compete. The members of the delegation, including Australian […]
