Israel business

Arkia employees scramble to find rival investor by Monday to counter $45 million sale deal

An investor group has signed a $45 million deal to take control of Israeli airline Arkia, weeks after rival Israir said it was in talks to buy it. Employees have until Monday to match the offer.

The company urged ticket holders to decide within 12 hours whether they wanted an alternative flight on another airline with a layover or to receive a financial refund. Arkia.
The flags of Israel and India flutter as Narendra Modi makes a state visit to Israel, outside of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026

Why India and Israel still need an economic deal - opinion

The Physical AI Conference in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2026.

The impossible standard we're setting for artificial intelligence - opinion

Credit card payment.

Israelis spent NIS 51.6 billion on debit and credit cards in October, up 12.5% year-on-year


Maala: The ESG engine quietly rewiring Israeli corporate culture

Maala’s influence is quiet, but structural. It is shaping expectations in boardrooms, guiding investor scrutiny, and setting the standards by which corporate leadership is increasingly judged

Intel research and development office in Matam business park in Haifa.

Up to NIS 2 million: New compensation track launched for protection racket victims

A new pilot will allow business owners who refused to pay protection money and suffered direct property damage to their business or residence to file claims with the Compensation Fund.

New compensation track launched for protection racket victims.

Built for uncertainty - opinion

What Israeli entrepreneurs can teach global business about building when the plan keeps changing

Israelis have become exceptionally good at building when the plan keeps changing.

Israeli AI security company Alice raises $140m. in latest financing round

Alice provides AI safety solutions across the full lifecycle of AI systems. The financing round brings the total amount raised to $280 million

AI is reshaping the digital world, raising questions about who owns and controls our personal data.

Tech Talk: Acronis pushes AI beyond recommendations with new autonomous IT platform

Software vendors are now trying to move beyond the recommendation model. Rather than telling IT teams what should happen, the next generation of AI is beginning to carry out parts of the work itself.

Jan-Jaap Jager, CEO of Acronis.

Michigan is not turning away from Israel – opinion

America’s political area will have no impact on the economic, technological, and personal ties between Israelis and Michiganians

ATTACHING TIRES to the chassis of an F-150 pickup truck at Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2024.

Gratitude in a box: How we’re delivering hope to Israel’s heroes this Rosh Hashanah

One package alone can support a family-owned business, strengthen an entire community, and remind people thousands of miles apart that they are connected

Items in the new Rosh Hashanah Support package, available on the Mitzvah Marketplace

Israel's quantum leap: Building a national hub for the next tech revolution - interview

“AI requires, on one hand, a lot of technology, which Israel excels in, but also from the other end, it needs for the data centers, lots of land and lots of energy, which Israel does not have."

Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

'Deals happen outside meetings': Hakibbutz unveils first Israeli startup home in New York City

"We didn't want to build just another office space. We wanted to create a place that people and companies genuinely want to be part of," said Amir Wolner, Founder and CEO of Hakibbutz.

The New York City skyline and the Empire State Building, as wildfire smoke impacts air quality in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.

Israel's tech employees cost more than US counterparts

Tech workers in Israel are currently 2.4 times more expensive than their counterparts in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, and Ukraine

People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020