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The Odious Mapping ProjectConspiratorial fantasies, Jew-hatred, and the paranoid style of politics.
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Jew-Hatred Rising: The Perversities of the Campus War Against Israel and Jews.
As if further evidence was needed to reveal the fundamental anti-Semitic nature of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, the recently-produced Boston “Mapping Project” proved conclusively that anti-Israel activists inhabit an ideological universe replete with conspiracies, delusions, and nihilistic hatred, both for Israel and the Jewish community as a whole.
The BDS Boston Facebook page, which promoted the map, enthusiastically cheered on this fantasy of oppression, wildly claiming, as they did, that the map “illustrate[s] how local support for the colonization of Palestine is structurally tied to policing, evictions, and privatization locally, and to US imperialist projects worldwide.”
The map was not merely an ideological map that linked various ideas and entities in an effort to expose alleged collaboration, joint sponsorships, and inter-connected social, political, and educational institutions as a guide to understanding how the missions of various groups and institutions are related in a collective enterprise—in this case, the so-called “colonization” of Palestine.
What has drawn intense criticism of the map from many is that it is actually a geographical, not an ideological, map; in other words, the pernicious aspect of it is that it plots the actual physical locations and addresses of the institutions, universities, organizations, and individuals who, the activists contend, contribute to structural racism, apartheid, colonization, land theft, and overall oppression in a vast conspiracy of the power elites to suppress freedom and, in the case of the Palestinians, specifically, to deny self=determination.
More concerning was the language that makes it clear the intention of the map is not just to pinpoint the malign agents of oppressions included there, but to provide a guide by which that structural oppression can be “dismantled” and “disrupted,” as they put it. In fact, the Mapping Project is a call for dangerous, even violent, action. "As we built this project,” the BDS Boston post announced, “we were constantly asking ourselves: What actions can BDS activists take to meaningfully narrow, if not cut off, supply lines of material and ideological sustenance flowing from the Boston area to the zionist [sic] state? How can we impose a real material cost on the zionist [sic] project, from where we are located, in order to make it more possible for Palestinians on the ground to liberate themselves?"
The notion of the existence of a manipulative, powerful, and malign “Israel Lobby” has been part of the anti-Israel dialogue for some time, at least since the publication of a book with that title published by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer in 2008. That book focused on the alleged power of Israel in contorting U.S. lawmakers to its will, forcing it to behave, diplomatically and economically, in ways that harmed the United States and only benefited Israel.
The Mapping Project goes beyond that, first by focusing more broadly on the predations of Zionism, and, more odiously, linking a bucket full of Jewish communal organizations and others as furtive, conspiratorial agents of oppression, not only concerning the long-suffering Palestinians but also including other groups victimized by this Jewish cabal by colonization, land theft, racial injustice, anti-black policing, and a long list of alleged offenses blamed on Zionism, Israel, and, ultimately, Jews.
The characterization of pro-Israel lobbying by organizations and Jewish institutions and organizations as “manipulation”—coercive, underhanded actions whose end result would not otherwise honestly, fairly, or reasonably be achieved—this language is the very tone that has drawn such immediate and thunderous denunciation of the piece. And it is a particularly incendiary bit of language when discussing Israel, a Jewish state, for it parallels so invidiously the classic anti-Semitic canards, such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, that purport to reveal the intention of Jews to furtively rule and dominate the globe. And, as happens here, there is the double insult to Jews: first, that they achieve this supposed sway over governments and other people by indirection, betrayal, and stealth; and, second, that in the end they are not only not admired for accomplishing these extraordinary, nearly superhuman feats, but envied and reviled for having supposedly surreptitiously achieved them.
This pattern, of trying desperately to reveal the machinations of a subversive group or groups to a world of dupes who cannot see as clearly as the paranoid historian can, is consistent with what was characterized in 1964 by historian Richard Hofstadter as “the paranoid style” of politics.
In A Culture of Conspiracy, as another example, Michael Barkun suggested that "Conspiracism is, first and foremost, an explanation of politics. It purports to locate and identify the true loci of power and thereby illuminate previously hidden decision making. The conspirators, often referred to as a shadow government,” in the Mapping Project’s world of intrigue where divided loyalties and malign intentions account for pro-Israel lobbying, “operate a concealed political system behind the visible one, whose functionaries are either ciphers or puppets." Zionists and Jews, of course, are at the center of all of this, using their immense and limitless alleged influence and finances to promote a self-serving ideology that benefits Jews themselves and makes victims of the oppressed in the Middle East and worldwide.
Such thinking, of course, is both delusional and dangerous, since the names and physical addresses were published here of some of the perpetrators of this alleged Zionist scheme to manipulate governments and society and radiate despair as it evolved. And the intent of the map’s creators is clear: “Our goal in pursuing this collective mapping was to reveal the local entities and networks that enact devastation, so we can dismantle them,” it stated. “Every entity has an address, every network can be disrupted [emphasis added].”
One revelation made obvious with the publication of this map is that the enemies of Zionism and Israel, who usually mask their anti-Semitism by contending that criticism of the Jewish state is never anti-Semitic, now apparently feel comfortable enough to engage in public, blatant attacks on Jews, Judaism, and Jewish communal and civil rights organizations as part of their contention that it is Jews, not just the Jewish state, who are guiding and maintaining this oppression. Understandably, this is the principal reason that map has been so widely and vociferously denounced as anti-Semitic both in intent and effect, as former Harvard University president Lawrence Summers once put it.
The “mapping” of the Jewish lobby actually took place last year when David Miller, former professor of political sociology in the School for Policy Studies at Britain’s Bristol University, enraged Jewish students and other external stakeholders with his vicious attacks on Zionism, Israel, and Jewish organizations in England.
At the time of the controversy, criticism was aimed at lecture slides Miller used in his “Harms of the Powerful” module, slides which Jewish students thought contained anti-Semitic tropes about Jewish power, malignancy, and manipulation.
One slide, for example, was a graphic that apparently sought to depict the Israel Lobby, and lists such nefarious groups as “ultra Zionist funders,” the Jewish National Fund, and even the Community Security Trust (CST), an organization roughly analogous to the U.S.’s benign ADL which fights anti-Semitism and addresses other Jewish communal issues—all organizations and individuals listed there purportedly working under the influence and to the benefit of the Israeli government.
The slide which drew the most attention, which perhaps served as the model for the Mapping Project’s version, was an elaborate diagram depicting dozens of organizations, all listed under the Israeli government. The structure of pro-Israel individuals, organizations, and agents delineated in the slide was complex, furtive, until now hidden from sight, and, in Miller’s paranoid fantasies, reveals a nefarious and powerful “British Zionist scene” that he had now exposed and which, he seemed to believe, proved some point about Jewish power and malignancy—exactly what the Mapping Project sought to accomplish with its own fantastical diagrams and delusional assertions about Jewish influence and power.
Miller’s slides and the Mapping Project’s map must be very meaningful to their creators, but it tells us nothing. It reveals nothing unknown, nothing sinister, nothing more than Jewish communal organizations and individuals working, sometimes alone, sometimes in concert, to protect Jewish interests, fight anti-Semitism, and support Israel. Any conspiracy or unlawful or immoral activity lives only in their minds, in the paranoic recesses of their anti-Semitic brains.
The characterization of pro-Israel lobbying by organizations and individuals as manipulation, dual loyalties, using power and influence behind the scenes, greed and money—this language is the very tone that drew an understandable thunderous denunciation of Miller’s wild ideas and the BDS activists promoting the map.
And these are examples of particularly incendiary language when discussing Zionism and Israel, a Jewish state, for it parallels so invidiously classic anti-Semitic canards, such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, that purport to reveal the intention of Jews to furtively rule and dominate the globe. And in both instances where this enmity was expressed, there is a double insult to Jews: first, that they achieve this supposed sway over governments and other people by indirection, betrayal, and stealth; and, second, that in the end they are not only not admired for accomplishing these extraordinary, nearly superhuman feats, but envied and reviled for having supposedly surreptitiously achieved them.
In tracking anti-Semitism, the Anti-Defamation League has noted that, in 2021, “there were 2,717 incidents last year, representing an increase of 34% over 2020,” a sad all-time high for such incidents. So when the language in the Mapping Project promises to “disrupt the network” they have just identified, there is a not too veiled threat against some of the individuals and institutions they expose.
“We see our map and associated database as a resource for gathering intelligence on the agents of oppression,” the map read, and “their intersections offer possibilities for us to organize and connect our struggles” since they “support non-cooperation, community self-defense, and resistance in all its forms, [emphasis added],” “resistance,” of course, the euphemism used when activists define terror against Jews in Israel.
Paranoia and fantasies about Jewish power have been prevalent for millennia and the Mapping Project is the latest permutation of that noxious hatred. “We are all sufferers from history,” Hofstadter observed, “but the paranoid is a double sufferer, since he is afflicted not only by the real world, with the rest of us, but by his fantasies as well.”
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It’s hard to overstate the importance of what the Supreme Court did Friday with its outright overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that made abortion legal in this country nearly 50 years ago.
"It’s the legal equivalent of a nuclear bomb,” NPR’s Nina Totenberg, the dean of Supreme Court reporters, noted.
We have lots of questions about what this means for society and politics. But here are six:
What happens for access to abortion? Leaving it to the states is going to make for a confusing red-and-blue patchwork of laws and uneven access to abortion for millions — if they have any access at all.
Does the court go after other rights — like contraception access and same-sex marriage? Justice Clarence Thomas wants the fight. His colleagues don’t appear ready just yet. Will that change?
What will this mean for the Supreme Court’s credibility? It has nosedived this year and this decision puts the court woefully out of step with the majority of Americans.
Will the idea of doing away with the filibuster and packing the court become more mainstream? Adding judges to the court has been thought of as fringe, but expect there to be a drumbeat from the left, hoping to pick up more people on the parade route, particularly given the relatively young ages of the conservatives on the court.
How do Democrats and liberals respond more broadly? It took conservatives half a century of meticulous planning to get to their victory. Will Democrats invest the way Republicans do in statehouse races that are going to matter more now than ever?
Will it shake up the 2022 election? Because of inflation and high gas prices, Republicans are still favored to take back at least the House. But it’s worth watching if the landscape changes at all — and what the impact will be on 2024.
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- While the prospect of new elections in Israel leaves things somewhat up in the air, most Israelis are not taking a breather, but are reaching new heights in their efforts to create a cleaner and healthier planet.
This week's positive newsletter contains much ecological news - Israeli drones can now detect hundreds of crop diseases from the air and with sensors; an Israeli startup turns polluting plastic waste into useful products; a hi-tech traffic system is reducing air pollution in Jerusalem; there are three good news items about Israeli pure water and clean energy technology; Israel is investing millions into 3 renewable energy projects and diamonds were recovered at an Israeli recycling plant!
Israeli Jewish and Arab children are planting a garden in the Negev; Israelis are fighting fires in Cyprus and combating floods in Ghana; and an Israeli woman is climbing mountains, sponsored by an Israeli air-conditioning company.
Finally, medical news includes a new innovative Israeli stent to help patients breathe after sinus surgery; an Israeli startup that discovered dogs can sniff cancer in your breath; and two paramedics who restored the breathing of a patient at their own gym
In the 26th Jun 22 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
- An Israeli startup uses AI and dogs to sniff out cancer.
- Two videos featuring top women IDF officers – one Jewish, one Muslim.
- Israel leads the world in Research & Development.
- 100,000 Israeli students took part in the national “Space Olympics”.
- The first Israeli company to be registered in the UAE.
- Israeli gymnasts won European gold medals in Israel.
- Israelis used hi-tech to locate and return valuable lost property.
- I recently sent a small check. Me
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ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Center for Translational Medicine. Rambam Health Care and Israel’s Technion Institute have established the Wolfe Center for Translational Medicine and Engineering. Doctors, scientists, and engineers will work together from bench to bedside, translating research into tools and train the next generation of doctors and engineers.
https://aforam.org/establishment-of-the-wolfe- center-for-translational- medicine-and-engineering/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTJUJgXGgQA
Israel’s first organoid bank. (TY Hazel) Israel’s Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem has established Israel's first organoid (mini organs) bank. The 3D multicellular structures are grown from stem cells and can be used in personalized transplant operations. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-710052
Moving further in brain research. Twenty months ago (see here previously) scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute discovered how neurons in the brain stored memories of how to make the body move. Now they have identified what parts of the neuron (dendrites and axons) are responsible, and the sequence in which they work.
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/ article-709099
Healing after sinus surgery. The ArchSinus from Israel’s StStent (see here previously) improves the healing process for patients who undergo functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) to cure chronic sinusitis. The flexible stent (funded via ExitValley - see here) has undergone successful clinical trials in Israel and the US.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-709287
European approval for gastric cancer detection. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Ibex Medical (see here previously) has received the CE Mark for its Galen Gastric system, to detect gastrointestinal cancer – one of the most common malignant diseases worldwide, with over a million new cases every year and relatively poor prognosis.
https://ibex-ai.com/galen-gastric-ce/
Sniffing out cancer. Israeli biotechnology startup SpotitEarly is developing a technique for early detection of cancer (lung, prostate, breast, and colon). Trained dogs sniff the patient’s breath and within seconds an AI system gives the result. SpoitEarly is conducting extensive trials at Israel’s Sourasky and Hadassah hospitals.
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech- and-start-ups/article-710191 https://spotitearly.com/
Feel young to stay young. Researchers from Israel’s Bar-Ilan University have proved the saying “You’re only as young as you feel”. They tracked 194 Israelis aged 73-84 rehabilitating from osteoporotic fractures or stroke. Patients who felt younger (their subjective age) at admission had better functional independence at discharge.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355333 https://www.biu.ac.il/en/ article/11377
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35613557/
Saving a life at their own gym. Two volunteer paramedic EMTs from Israeli NGO United Hatzalah were very familiar with the location they were sent to save a heart-attack sufferer. It was the gym where they frequently worked out. They arrived to find a trainer performing CPR. They soon had the patient’s heart “up and running”.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355167
ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL
Promoting rights at the UN of people with disabilities. Israel and Germany joined forces to host an event at the United Nations to promote the rights of people with disabilities. They sent a strong message to the international community regarding the ability of sports to connect communities and individuals.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/06/16/israel-is-a-world- leader-in-promoting-the- rights-of-people-with- disabilities/
Climb every mountain. Danielle Wolfson, the first Israeli woman to climb Mt Everest (see here previously), is now aiming for Mt Denali, the highest peak in North America. She has already scaled Mt Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe. Danielle is sponsored by Israeli air-conditioner manufacturer Tadiran.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-tadiran-adopts-first- israeli-woman-to-climb- everest-1001414824
The first female combat brigade commander. The IDF has appointed the first woman to command a brigade. Colonel Reut Rettig-Weiss will command the 99th Division's Artillery Brigade. She was previously the first woman to become battalion commander of the IDF’s Artillery Corps' SkyRiders drone unit.
https://www.jpost.com/israeli-women/article-709713 https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=poRnsbZAeaM
A female Muslim IDF officer. Very interesting to watch this video about Ella Waweya. Interviewed by Yoseph Haddad in Arabic with English subtitles, Ella is the ideal spokesperson to emphasize that Israel is an amazing inclusive country for all its minorities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8FVSsAxNP8
A coexistence garden. 300+ Arab and Jewish Israeli children have created a sustainable garden at the Al-Hayat School in the Israeli Arab town of Kfar Qassem. Jewish kids from nearby Kfar Saba joined the Kfar Qassem kids in the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation “Green Roofs” project, funded by USAID.
https://www.israel21c.org/arab-and-jewish-kids-in- israel-plant-a-coexistence- garden/
Jews, Moslems & Christians. Israeli archaeologists working in the Negev Bedouin city of Rahat have identified and excavated a 7th century mosque - one of the oldest in the world. It is located 2km from another 7th-century rural mosque that was excavated in 2019 and 5km from a 7th century abandoned monastery.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-of-the-oldest-mosques-in- the-world-uncovered-in-negev- bedouin-city-rahat/
Number 1 for R&D investment. In the latest IMD World Competitiveness Rankings, Israel is 25th overall of the 63 countries surveyed but World Number One for its total expenditure on Research & Development. Also 2nd for cybersecurity, 3rd for public expenditure on education, and 5th for women with degrees.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-reverses- decline-in-imd- competitiveness-ranking- 1001415107
https://worldcompetitiveness.imd.org/countryprofile/ overview/IL
Protecting millions in Ghana from floods. The 3D mapping and analysis technology from Israel’s GeoX (see here previously) is being used by a World Bank project to help Ghanaians avoid floods and mudslides. It is also helping design a dam for the Odaw River to protect 4 million people from its repeated floods.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-tech-protecting- millions-in-ghana-from-floods/
Battling wildfires in Cyprus. Israel is sending two special planes, 17 firefighters, and equipment to Cyprus to help the country combat blazes ravaging the north of the island. The decision was made following a request from the Turkish Cypriot authorities. The fire brigades of Israel, Cyprus, and Greece train together periodically.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-firefighters-battle- massive-blazes-in-cyprus/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-helps-battle-forest- fire-in-turkey-backed-north- cyprus/
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Israel Space Olympics. 100,000 students from 400 schools nationwide took part in the eighth annual Israel Space Olympics, the flagship educational event of the Israel Space Agency and the Science and Technology Ministry. 20 teams competed in the finals at the Israel Center for Excellence through Education in Jerusalem.
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-709483
Center for inventors. Israel’s Technion Institute has inaugurated the Mehoudar Center for Inventors. It will help Israeli school children, university students, and faculty members create, build and test engineering prototypes. The center is named after Rafi Mehoudar, the developer of Netafim’s drip irrigation system.
https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2022/06/mehoudar-center- inventors-inauguration/
Israeli drones can deliver. As part of the ongoing National Drone Network Initiative Israel’s Innovation Authority has teamed up with Israeli company Strix Drones to test the latest technology for delivery of commercial goods. Drones deliver to automated pick-up points and mailboxes and an app alerts the recipient.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355023
Preventing motorcycle accidents. I24 News video featuring Israel’s Ride Vision (see here previously) which can prevent many of the hundreds of thousands of motorcycle crashes every year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFxXzP_oMpg
Reducing road congestion in Jerusalem. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Axilion (see here previously) has successfully completed a pilot of its X Way Twin system along Rabin Blvd. in Jerusalem. It significantly reduced traffic congestion and emission of pollutants. More sensors will be installed, and tests scheduled.
https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/axilion-has- successfully-completed-a- pilot-of-the-x-way-twin- system-in-jerusalem-301567337. html https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=JrMGtN5Ocng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzBkJZOGUk
Engines for robots. The Robotics Engine Platform from Israel’s MOV.AI is to be integrated into autonomous mobile robots being developed by Taiwan’s Qisda. MOV.AI won the “Smart Robotics Innovation Award” in the 2021 AI Breakthrough Awards program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0T_2A2bQ7I
https://www.mov.ai/news-and-updates/qisda-selects-mov-ai- robotics-engine-platform-to- power-its-autonomous-mobile- robots/ https://www.mov.ai/news-and- updates/mov-ai-takes-home-the- smart-robotics-innovation- award-in-the-ai-breakthrough- awards-program/ https://www.mov.ai/
UK visit to hydrogen charging stations. UK Trade envoy to Israel Lord Ian Austin was in Israel to see EV-Gencell’s unique hydrogen-based hybrid charging stations. It is the world’s only solution for charging electric vehicles without carbon emissions and without relying on the power grid. A UK pilot is now being examined.
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/ energy-and-infrastructure/ article-709737
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech- and-start-ups/article-702892
Italian water companies visit. 22 Italian water utility companies and three Italian engineering firms attended the Israel Water Innovation Technology Summit. They toured Israel’s water desalination, purification, and conservation plants to look for solutions to Italy’s current severe drought.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/italy-scouts-for-israeli- water-tech-as-drought- concerns-mount/
Clearly see the water. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Watersight is a joint venture of Mekorot, Israel's national water company, and Israel’s Newsight Imaging (see here previously). Its Aquaring lab-on-a-chip monitors water’s quality in real time. It uses spectroscopy and AI to detect chemicals, metals, and biological pollutants.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/watersight- releases-the-aquaring---a- complete-real-time-sensing- device-for-online-water- condition-monitoring- 301568084.html https://watersight.ai/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Q2510oVa4
“Eat it All” cauliflower. (TY Atid-EDI) The iStem no-waste cauliflower from Israel’s Syngenta Seeds won the bronze trophy in Fruit Logistica’s prestigious Innovation Awards. iStem is the first edible stem cauliflower - the sweet, high fiber, high yield, nutritious vegetable can be eaten whole, with no preparation.
https://www.syngentavegetables.com/news/ vegetables/istemr-cauliflower- wins-bronze-innovation-award- fruit-logistica https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=YVnv5tJw9uE
Shapeshifting pasta. (TY Hazel) Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have developed a method to manufacture dried pasta sheets, which are “preprogrammed” to mold into a 3D shape upon boiling. The self-morphing technology has the potential to save costs and transform the entire pasta industry.
https://nocamels.com/2022/06/pasta-shape-shifting-hebrew- university/
http://www.yissum.co.il/technologies/project/10874
Protecting crops from disease. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s CropX (see here previously) now monitors crops for up to 320 crop and fungal disease combinations. It advises farmers when best to spray, reducing costs and overuse of harmful chemicals. CropX has thousands of customers in over 50 countries.
https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/cropx-adds- disease-management-to-its- farm-management-system-to- help-farmers-reduce-chemical- use-301569610.html
Products from recycled plastic bags. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Alkemy (see here previously) is acquiring Germany’s oceansix, to incorporate its technology for generating products from recovered materials. The deal fits perfectly with Alkemy’s unique “waste to product” process for recycling plastic bags and plastic sheets.
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/alkemy-announces- closing-of-the-transaction-to- purchase-oceansix-840315199. html https://www.alkemy. solutions/
The most innovative startup. Israel’s Talon Cyber Security (see here previously) won the Innovation Sandbox Contest at the 2022 RSA Conference for information security in San Francisco. The contest is considered the leading platform for showcasing groundbreaking technologies that could transform the cybersecurity industry.
https://www.israel21c.org/talon-cyber-security-named- most-innovative-startup-at- rsa/
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
The most building starts in 27 years. There were 68,970 building starts in Israel between April 2021 and March 2022, up from 63,274 in 2021 and the highest figure since 1995. In the year to March 2022, there were 159,900 new homes under construction in Israel - an all-time record.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-building-starts-in- israel-hit-30-year-high- 1001415650
Promoting trade with Egypt and Morocco. (TY TPS) For the first time in about a decade, an Egyptian delegation of 12 textiles and clothing industrialists and businesspeople met senior officials and business leaders in Israel. Meanwhile Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked flew to Morocco to invite Arab nurses to Israel.
https://worldisraelnews.com/for-first-time-in-10-years- egyptian-trade-delegation- arrives-in-israel/
https://www.jns.org/israeli-interior-minister-ayelet- shaked-kicks-off-official- visit-to-morocco/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355312 https://www.jpost.com/israel- news/article-710084
The first Israeli company to be registered in Dubai. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Rapyd (see here previously) has been registered at the Dubai International Centre (DIFC) and is set to become the first Israeli company set to be regulated in the UAE. The Dubai Financial Services Authority has granted an in-principle approval to Rapyd.
https://gulfnews.com/business/rapyd-becomes-first-israeli- company-set-to-be-regulated- in-uae-1.88446765
A million shekels each for 3 energy projects. Israel’s Ministry of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority have awarded a total of NIS 3.3 million to three Israeli startups. They are Augwind (compressed air energy storage), ZOOZ Power (previously Chakratec – EV charging), and Seosol (drone scans to check solar panels).
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355166
More funds investing in Israeli startups. US based Vine Ventures has opened a new office in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market and said it will invest half of its new $140 million fund in Israeli startups. Meanwhile, the unrelated Sarona Ventures has launched a new $20 million fund focused on early-stage Israeli startups.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjxspylc5
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkywxrl99
Samsung invests in Israeli AI. Samsung Ventures has invested in Israeli AI systems and semiconductor startup NeuReality (see here previously). Samsung stated that NeuReality’s technologies “… are critical for the ability to adopt and grow AI solutions.” Israeli crowdfunding platform OurCrowd is also backing NeuReality.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2022/06/20/ samsung-ventures-eyes-israeli- ai-its-a-neureality/?sh= 36cd3d236e3e https://www.ourcrowd.com/ companies/neureality
Crowdfunding interest-free loans. The interest-free loans from Israel’s SparkIL support worthy, business opportunities that are good for society. The loans are sourced from altruistic lenders in the US who wish to strengthen small businesses from Israel’s socioeconomic periphery who are underserved by the banks.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355273 https://www.sparkil.org/
Tackling obesity in children. Israel’s Sweet Victory (see here previously) has produced a children’s version of its chewing gum designed to stop sugary treat cravings. Sweet Victory partnered Swiss flavor manufacturer Givaudan to create a supplement that fits kids’ taste buds.
https://innovationsfood.com/sweet-victory-botanical-gum- targets-kids-sweet-tooth/
Takeovers, mergers & exits. Israel’s Priority Software (see here previously) has acquired Israel’s SilverByte for NIS 120 million. US telecom giant Comcast is acquiring US-Israeli Levl for around $50 million. Levl will become the basis for Comcast’s first R&D center in Israel. Israel’s Global-e Online is acquiring Borderfree from US Pitney Bowes for $100 million. US-Italian company Leonardo has merged with Israel’s RADA Electronic Industries in a $670 million deal. US Starburst has acquired Israel’s data lake analytics solutions startup Varada for $60 million.
Investment in Israeli startups to 26/6/22: Lusix raised $90 million; Playmaker raised $40 million; Evinced raised $38 million; Cyberint raised $28 million; SpearUAV raised $17 million; RevealSecurity raised $16 million; Crowdvocate (Base) raised $15 million; Fairtility raised $15 million; Dig.security raised $11 million; Wilco raised $7 million; SpotitEarly raised $6.2 million; Amy raised $6 million; DSG raised $6 million; Sunday Security raised $4 million; Fairgen raised $2.5 million.
CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT`
Israeli culture around the world. Israel’s Foreign Ministry, together with The Jerusalem Post, have launched a website “365 Days of Israeli Culture Around the World”. “Our goal in creating this site is to show the positive side of Israel,” said Nurit Tinari, head of the Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Relations Bureau. At last, check it out!
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-708821 https://www.jpost.com/365days
London Design Biennale winner. The Jerusalem Post has just reported that the Israeli Pavilion’s exhibit “The Boiler Room” won the Public Medal at the third London Design Biennale at Somerset House in London. The Biennale took place last year and the exhibit is now on display at the Holon Museum of Design in Israel.
https://www.jpost.com/365days/visual_arts/article-708156
https://www.londondesignbiennale.com/ participant/israel-1
More gold for Israeli para-swimmer. (TY UWI) Last week Israel’s Ami Dadaon won the 50-meter freestyle at the Para Swimming World Championships in Portugal, setting a new world record. He continued his success this week, winning gold medals in the150-meter individual medley and 200-meter freestyle.
https://www.israel21c.org/3-golds-for-israeli-swimmer-at- para-world-championships/
Gold medal gymnasts. 16-year-old Israeli gymnast Daria Atmanov won a gold medal and three silvers at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tel Aviv. The Israeli team also won a gold medal in the group competition. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-709784
https://www.jns.org/israeli-rhythmic-gymnastics-team- takes-gold-at-european- championships/
THE JEWISH STATE
Whatever happened to Judea & Samaria? (TY Israel Unwired) Excellent video explaining how the name “West Bank” originated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcLEhylrH6k
Coming of age in Netanya. Emunah Bet Elazraki Children’s Home was the venue for a mass bar-bat mitzvah event the likes of which had never been seen before in Netanya. While organizing the event, many of the women volunteers realized that they also never had a bat mitvah. They proved that it is never too late!
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/ 355331
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