
Elite runners vie to break record at TLV Marathon 2017
40,000 runners to participate in February 24 marathon through Tel Aviv city streets. 150,000 people expected to cheer.

40,000 runners to participate in February 24 marathon through Tel Aviv city streets. 150,000 people expected to cheer.

The Ottomans built six clock towers in what was then Palestine, marking the silver anniversary of Sultan Abdul Hamid II’s rule of the empire.

Average deal at all-time high of $7.2 million per round; overall capital raising is 11 percent above 2015’s record.

End-of-year IVC-Meitar market report shows 93 merger & acquisition deals, 8 buyouts and 3 IPOs.

Cross Israel’s bridges with ISRAEL21c’s list of the most eye-catching spans for pedestrians, vehicles or nature-watching.

Q3 Israeli private equity deal-making posts $1.7 billion in 18 deals, the highest quarterly amount in the past two years.

IVC/KPMG report shows July-September financing is second highest quarter in 10 years. Since the beginning of 2016, Israeli tech companies raised $4b.

Rana Choir of Jaffa is recognized for fostering intercultural dialogue and ‘deep human relationships despite political differences.’

Rothschild Boulevard transforms to Innovation Boulevard with digital media, tech exhibits and digital games representing the startup ecosystem.

Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality invites public to play oversize versions of arcade classics on its building façade.

Musical, magical, colorful, cooling and full of splash, fountains throughout Israel are a delight for visitors.

‘I don’t think anything else can unite us as much as singing does,’ says a Muslim member of Rana Choir.

‘The industry is hard at work and the investors are still in the game.’ — Ofer Sela, partner in KPMG Somekh Chaikin’s technology group

The first accelerator in Israel was launched just five years ago. Since then the number has grown to an extraordinary 261, and keeps on rising.

‘The success of Israeli high-tech comes down to this crazy synergy between big American companies and lots of small Israeli entrepreneurs’ – Yossi Vardi