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On February 24-27, Israel will host the world's largest industrial innovation week, the "II4.0" Conference - led by "Start-Up Nation Central" (SNC), Grove's venture capital fund and international consulting firm Deloitte. The conference will discuss machine communication issues, secure production lines and 3D printing and will present lectures, forums and professional panels led by industry executives. Significant international companies are expected to announce new activities to take place in Israel, as well as new collaborations with Israeli companies and startups. Yariv Lotan, SNC's...

The Airports Authority announced that it has allocated NIS 50 million to a digitization project at Ben Gurion Airport, which will make it possible to manage most departures abroad through independent procedures through online check-in and automatic machines. First, passengers will be offered the option to check in online from home by most major airlines such as El Al, Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai and others. Most companies canceled this option during the Corona crisis because of the need to present the results of the tests. But in recent months the option has gradually returned, especially...

srael Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $ 50 million contract for MRSAM Marine Systems. The contract was signed by the Indian Navy and MDL and is intended for the supply of additional systems and complementary systems to the Barak 8 air defense system. For a variety of subsystems in the advanced air defense system. Boaz Levy, IAI's Vice President and Director of the Systems, Missiles and Space Division: "IAI's partnership and strong relationship with the Indian Navy is reflected in all of our activities with our partners in India. Only recently we have successfully completed a...

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...

The Rebbe of Viznitz, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar, instructed his followers to open all the educational institutions of the court starting tomorrow, and also called on other rabbis to act like him and order their communities to do so. Hagar heads the third largest Chassidut in Israel, is a member of the Torah Party Torah and has a representative in the Knesset (MK Yaakov Tessler). This is the first crack in the official position of the mainstream leaders in the ultra-Orthodox community, who have so far called on the public (at least publicly) to maintain the closure guidelines. The Rebbe of...

The Ministries of Education and Health decided tonight (Monday) to update the outline for the start of the school year in light of the increase in morbidity. Under the new outline, some eighth-twelfth-grade students will begin the school year by distance learning. The decision was made after a heated debate between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett; Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Bitton; And the Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz. According to the new outline, eighth-twelfth graders in red cities will not come to school and will move to distance learning if less than 70% of the...

The night curfew planned tonight in about 40 localities defined as "red" due to the high level of morbidity in them will take effect on Tuesday at 19:00, due to a delay in formulating the list of authorities. Yesterday, the Committee of Ministers for Restricted Areas approved a night curfew and transferred the education system to distance learning in red localities, and the ministers were supposed to decide today which localities would be included in the list. Formulation of the list of localities designated for the curfew includes a hearing: The professional teams subordinate to the...

Microsoft Israel Research and Development announced on Wednesday that it intends to double the number of its employees in the next four years - from about 2,000 to about 4,500. Due to the expected jump in the number of employees, Microsoft has announced that it will open five new development centers in Israel in the coming years. The company will establish a new campus in Tel Aviv that will be spread over 25,000 square meters and will house more than 1,000 employees. A new center in Herzliya will be built with a size of 17,000 square meters that will accommodate 1,000 employees as well...

Demonstrations of Ethiopian Jews and their supporters in the wake of the death of Salomon Tekka from the shooting of a policeman in Haifa deteriorated on Tuesday evening to vandalism, anarchy, police and property damage. The riots continued all night. Rioters threw stones at a bus in Petach Tikvah and its windows were smashed, police cars in Kiryat Malachi were stoned, and policemen were attacked after midnight in Afula. Following riots on Route 431, near the Ramle junction, 10 wounded were evacuated to Assaf Harofeh Hospital, nine of whom were released to their homes. In the disturbances...

Successful exit for the Israeli cyber company Guardicore: The American company Akamai has announced that it will acquire the Israeli company in a $ 600 million cash transaction and integrate its security solution into its Zero Trust basket of solutions. The closure of the transaction, which is subject to acceptable closing conditions, is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2021. To the purchase amount will be added the cash in the Guardicor fund, which will be divided among the shareholders and employees, as well as an additional amount that will be used as a package for employee...