Articles by December, 2025

Just as Mobileye’s long-awaited robotaxi vision begins to take shape, the Israeli autonomous-driving company is launching a significant cost-cutting initiative. The company announced it will lay off 200 employees, representing about 4% of its global workforce. Since most of Mobileye’s 4,300 employees — more than 3,000 — are based in Israel, the majority of layoffs are expected to impact its Jerusalem headquarters and Tel Aviv campus

Israel’s cyber industry is marking a historic year, with $4.4 billion raised across 130 investment rounds in 2025, according to the annual State of the Cyber Nation report by Israeli-American venture capital firm YL Ventures, which manages roughly $800 million and specializes in cybersecurity investments

The Police Investigations Department (PID) lifted the publication ban surrounding the investigation into Lahav 433 Commander, Superintendent Meni Binyamin, on Wednesday, following the transition from a covert to an open inquiry. The Northern District Police Chief is overseeing the case and forms part of a wider investigation that has already led to the arrest of a former mayor, close associates, and senior figures in the criminal organization headed by Samir Bakri

Medical device giant Boston Scientific announced that it will gradually transfer its manufacturing operations from the Galil Medical facility in Yokneam to its site in Galway, Ireland. The company said the move is part of a strategic plan to “prepare for the expected increase in demand and align capabilities, technologies, and resources across global manufacturing facilities

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday killed Raed Saad, a senior official in Hamas’s military wing, in an airstrike in western Gaza City, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly took responsibility for the strike in a joint statement issued after the end of the Sabbath

The UN General Assembly on Friday approved a resolution calling on Israel to cooperate with United Nations bodies, led by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). The resolution passed with 139 countries in favor, 12 opposed, and 19 abstentions

On the 800th day since the October 7 attack, more than 200 former hostages, their family members, and representatives of the “October Council” submitted a letter on Sunday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the immediate establishment of an independent, state-run commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the attack and its aftermath

In a unanimous decision issued Sunday, Israel’s High Court of Justice, sitting in an expanded panel of seven justices, overturned the decision of the Ministerial Political Committee—commonly referred to as the “Shikli Committee”—to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The court ruled that the attempted dismissal was carried out without proper legal authority and in violation of established procedure, rendering it unlawful

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has narrowly rejected an appeal filed by the State of Israel against arrest warrants issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who are suspected of committing war crimes during the fighting in Gaza