Articles by August, 2019

Severe incident on the border of the Gaza Strip: Hamas terrorist who infiltrated into Israeli territory south of the Gaza Strip fired at IDF fighters and was killed by soldiers. He said the terrorist was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and several grenades. The IDF rushed into the area of ​​the Golani Battalion in charge of the decree and declared an alert in advance following the identification of the terrorist by observation. At around 2am, observant people in the yearning area identified the approaching of a suspect to the fence and, accordingly, an appropriate security procedure was...

Legislative amendment to fight construction accidents is expected to receive a green light from the Justice Department soon. This memorandum of law will allow the Ministry of Housing to revoke a license from a contractor whose site caused a fatal accident that resulted in death The bill will include a work stoppage on all contractor job sites. The bill's memorandum, drafted by Construction and Housing Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton (all of us), is already provoking anger among contractors who fear the severe crackdown. According to estimates by officials, the Justice Department is expected to...

The Israel Police has concluded an investigation into Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, on suspicion of allegedly exploiting his position and authority in the Ministry of Health, with the aim of improperly influencing the discretion of a variety of professionals subject to him in the ministry. Among other things, Litzman was investigated on suspicion of trying to influence a psychiatric opinion of a suspect in pedophilia. The findings of the interrogation were transferred two weeks ago to the Prosecutor's Office, which will examine whether to indict Deputy Minister Litzman. The...

The GPS disruptions, which have been felt since June in the area of ​​Ben-Gurion Airport and in Israel and the area, have suddenly stopped in recent days. It is still unclear whether the interruptions have ceased following the intervention of Israeli security officials and the National Cyber ​​Arrangement that took responsibility for the matter, but El Al Airline which instructed its pilots last month to disconnect the GPS components before landing at Ben Gurion Airport updated its pilots from now on as usual. At the end of June, the International Pilots Association warned pilots of losing...

Frutarom, which was acquired by the US IFF last year at a huge exit, made unapproved payments" as part of its operations in Russia and Ukraine, IFF noted with the release of its Q2 2019 financial statements. According to IFF's preliminary findings, one of the top executives allegedly involved in the payments in question is Uri Yehudai, former president and CEO of Frutarom. In the merger deal completed last October, Yehudai was to serve as an outside advisor to the company, but is not yet a consultant. A Jewish response was received

Space-x successfully launched Israeli "Amos 17" satellite on the Falcon 9 launch carrier tonight. The launch was initially planned for the night between Saturday and Sunday, but was postponed due to a launcher valve failure. In a rainy weather area and the launch window tonight was postponed for half an hour following a lightning storm that occurred several hours before the launch. The launcher on which the satellite is stationed has been launched twice into space in the last two years and since it is his last mission - and it will not be recycled again - the amount of fuel is higher than...

US software giant Salesforce acquires Israeli software company Clicksoftware for $ 1.35 billion in a cash deal. The biggest beneficiary of the deal is the private equity investment Francisco Partners, after Clicksoftware was sold to the fund for $ 440 million in 2015. Clicksoftware was founded by Moshe Ben Best, but he retired from its current management and became a consultant to the company and a member of the board of directors for a short period. Clicksoftware CEO today is American Mark Cantini, the former CEO of Autotesk joining the company in early 2018. Most Clixoftware employees...

In a terror attack in Gush Etzion, nineteen-year-old Dvir Soreck, soldier from Ofra settelment was killed. The soldier was a sitting student who was absent last night. His body was found in the morning on the side of the road between Efrat and Migdal Oz. The security forces scan the area to track the terrorist who murdered the soldier. Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said security forces are in pursuit to capture the lowly terrorist. He sent condolences to the soldier's family. State President Reuben Rivlin says the heart aches for the loss of his short lif. He...

Established in Israel and operating in the United States in recent years, Corindus was sold to Siemens Healthineers, part of the German Siemens Group, for $ 1.1 billion. The company was set up in the Technicon incubator called Navicath, attended by Prof. Rafi Biar who recently retired from the position of CEO of Rambam Hospital and entrepreneur Tal Wandrow. The company was originally founded to solve the medical problems of the doctors who work in the catheterization room. These doctors are exposed to a great deal of radiation, and their health is also damaged by wearing lead aprons to...

On Saturday a medical team from Beilinson Hospital flew in to Cyprus to perform 3 translplant operations and returned to Israel. This is part of Israel's cooperation agreement with Cyprus on the issue of organ transplants. Yesterday morning, the National Center for Transplantation staff flew from Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva to Cyprus to perform lung and liver transplant surgery. The team included transplant doctors, a lung cardiac machine operator and operating room staff. Two lung and liver transplants were performed in Israeli patients. Dr. Tamar Ashkenazi, director of the...