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Israel eyes FFTH super-fast Internet

Israel Electric Corp (IEC) has received four bids for a super-fast fiber optic Internet network aimed at upgrading the country’s telecoms landscape. A Reuters article

Benny Landa’s top secret ink

Newspaper reports and online blogs point to the upcoming drupa international trade fair as the place to be for a first look at what is

HuffPost names TLV top beach city

Tel Aviv’s beachfront has been named among the eight ‘Best Party Beaches’ in the world by The Huffington Post. Photo by Kobi Gideon/Flash90 Young people

F5 acquires Traffix for $135m.

US software developer F5 Networks has announced its purchase of Israel’s load management solutions start-up, Traffix Systems. The American leader in Application Delivery Networking reportedly

Bedouin community goes solar

The Bedouin population in Israel’s South celebrated a historical green victory earlier this month after being granted a license for a photovoltaic installation adjacent to

CBS buys Israeli reality format

Israeli television creators have done it again. CBS is planning an American version of Shalosh (Three) – the Israeli reality series that documented the search by three women for love.

Israel 2nd most educated country

Israel is the second most educated country in the world, according to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Known

Haifa doctors save Gaza girl

Aya Almasal – a 12-year-old Gazan girl – has been given new life thanks to Israeli pediatricians at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. Almasal, who

GE invests in Check-Cap cancer pill

General Electric is investing in Israeli start-up, Check-Cap — a developer of an ingestible imaging capsule that may help detect colorectal cancer. The investment is

Netanya set for global word faceoff

It’s a new Israeli record as 45 players from 10 countries are set to battle with words at this weekend’s Fourth Israeli Open Scrabble Tournament.

Cabinet approves Tel Aviv-Eilat rail

Getting to Eilat just got easier. The Cabinet has approved the construction of a railway line from Tel Aviv to the country’s southern resort city. According