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      <title>From rehab to growth: The Gaza envelope's challenge</title>
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      <description>The Homeward Forum units fourteen communities that were hard hit on October 7. Its leaders discuss economic plans, and the difficulties of returning home.</description>
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      <description>Two officials are reported to have worked in other jobs while responsible for air transport safety in Israel.</description>
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      <description>Despite approval by the Competition Authority, NewMed says pre-conditions in the agreement have not been fulfilled. Dalia Energy: The deal is in force.</description>
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      <description>Capitolis was founded by Israeli serial entrepreneur Gil Mandelzis and has a development center in Tel Aviv.</description>
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      <title>Pressure pays off: Regulator approves giant Leviathan gas deal</title>
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      <description>NewMed Energy announced it was cancelling the $6.7 billion supply agreement with Dalia Energy, and the Competition Authority has now approved it in full.</description>
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      <title>Profit taking? Analysts try to explain Fidelity's NextVision sale</title>
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      <description>Oppenheimer &amp;amp; Co. analyst Omri Efroni: The fall in defense stocks is a global trend, but it's stronger in Israel.</description>
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      <title>NextVision plummets after Fidelity share sale</title>
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      <description>NextVision chairperson Chen Golan: There is no change in our business. Market source: The sale was technical.</description>
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      <title>Navitas falls as contractors withdraw from Sea Lion project</title>
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      <description>The Argentinian government has threatened sanctions against anyone associated with the project near the disputed Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.</description>
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      <title>Sara Kandler named Israel Securities Authority CEO</title>
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      <description>Kandler, who currently heads the Authority's audit and enforcement department, replaces Oded Spirer, who is stepping down after seven years.</description>
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      <title>Medical device co Filterlex files for liquidation</title>
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      <description>Dr. Shimon Eckhouse is chairperson of the company, which developed a device to protect against embolisms during heart procedures.</description>
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      <title>Tel Aviv 35 beckons for El Al</title>
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      <description>El Al could be promoted to the flagship index for the first time in its history, with investors convinced that it can only gain from the flydubai near disaster.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>flydubai passengers could receive $210,000 each</title>
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      <description>"Globes" examines how passengers on flight FZ 1073 can sue, what they have to prove, and whether they can claim for psychological harm.</description>
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      <title>Qtrex Quantum jumps 40%</title>
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      <description>The company is entering into an agreement with &amp;ldquo;one of the quantum computing industry&amp;rsquo;s leading companies,&amp;rdquo; and says further agreements are on the way.</description>
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      <title>Nebius acquires 10-month old Israeli startup Inferize</title>
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      <description>The AI infrastructure company will pay $100-130 million for Inferize, which shortens the time needed to launch and scale large AI models.</description>
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      <title>Israeli startups raised $2.5b in September</title>
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      <description>Despite the holidays, privately held technology companies raised huge amounts last month.</description>
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      <description>El Al, Israir and Arkia have scheduled flights for Friday if the Shin Bet grants security clearance.</description>
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      <title>Court appoints receiver for OpenWeb</title>
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      <description>The Tel Aviv District Court has agreed to the request in light of a $20 million debt to Liquidity Group.</description>
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      <title>Treasury approves another gasoline excise cut</title>
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      <description>Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich plans to cut the maximum price of government price controlled 95 octane gasoline at self-service pumps by NIS 0.50 per liter.</description>
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      <description>El Al, Arkia and Israir will restart the Tel Aviv - Dubai route, after the UAE finally agreed to Israel&amp;rsquo;s security demands.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Motti Hadas, former Matrix VP and senior sales executive at Google and MongoDB will set up OpenAI&amp;rsquo;s service and sales activities for the Israel tech market.</description>
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      <description>Tzvika Manes, CEO of Bank Leumi's underwriting arm Barak Leumi, was one of the Israelis who subdued the copilot, who it is suspected was planning a major terror attack.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Smart Shooter wins $150m US drone interception deal</title>
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      <description>The contract was awarded for a special US defense task force set up last year to combat drones, with the company serving as the sole supplier of SMASH drone-interception systems.</description>
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      <title>UK threatens far more severe sanctions on Israel</title>
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      <description>Foreign secretary Ed Miliband speaks of sanctions on any entity providing services for expansion of settlements beyond the Green Line, which could be a huge problem for Israel's banks.</description>
      <author>Assaf Uni, Berlin</author>
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      <title>flydubai emergency hits airline highly popular with Israelis</title>
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      <description>flydubai operates ten flights daily between Dubai and Tel Aviv, which has become a gateway for Israelis to Asia and beyond.</description>
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      <title>Ramat Gan seeks to transform Diamond Exchange site</title>
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      <description>The building plan for the area combines office, commercial, and residential space, and is designed to make it more inviting after work hours.</description>
      <author>Yuval Nisani</author>
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      <category>Real estate</category>
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      <title>Cato Networks completes $100m secondary offering</title>
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      <description>The Israeli cybersecurity company&amp;rsquo;s employees and early investors have been able to sell some of their shares without waiting for an IPO or sale, &amp;ldquo;Globes&amp;rdquo; has learned.</description>
      <author>Meytal Vaizberg</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>IT</category>
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      <title>Data centers construction will resume under strict conditions</title>
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      <description>Large guarantees and rigorous scrutiny by the new Israel AI National Directorate will be the main conditions for building permits for new data centers, &amp;ldquo;Globes&amp;rdquo; reveals.</description>
      <author>Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>IT</category>
      <category>Energy</category>
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      <title>Israeli fintech co Capitolis buys eSecLending for $200m</title>
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      <description>The acquisition from Parthenon Capital, which will also invest in Capitolis, will add securities lending to the company&amp;rsquo;s platform.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Financial services</category>
      <category>Mergers &amp; acquisitions</category>
      <category>Start ups</category>
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      <title>Israeli AI agent security co Reco raises $50m</title>
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      <description>Reco&amp;rsquo;s platform is built on the Reco Graph, which maps the relationships among agents, identities, applications, permissions, data and workflows.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <category>IT</category>
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        <media:description>Reco founders Ofer Klein, Gal Nakash, and Tal Shapira credit: Elegant Photographics</media:description>
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      <title>UK expands Israel arms embargo - report</title>
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      <description>In addition to the 30 export licenses for weapon systems previously frozen, some 50 more licenses have been added to the list in recent months, &amp;ldquo;The Jewish Chronicle&amp;rdquo; reports.</description>
      <author>Assaf Uni</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Politics</category>
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      <title>Former Gaza hostage Noa Argamani joins Vine Ventures VC</title>
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      <description>&amp;ldquo;I want to be surrounded by people who dream big,&amp;rdquo; she told &amp;ldquo;Business Insider&amp;rdquo; magazine.</description>
      <author>Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:55:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1717930650/direct/MYN_7519_ng0rfv.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Noa Argamani reunited with her father credit: Maayan Toaf GPO</media:description>
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      <title>Gasoline prices to rise sharply to record Wednesday night</title>
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      <description>Despite the NIS 0.50 cut in excise on gasoline earlier this month, the price will reach an all-time high on October 1.</description>
      <author>Alon Pearl</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Energy</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1718712085/direct/20240601_124338_h8tqvw.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Gasoline prices credit: Tali Bogdanovsky</media:description>
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      <title>Israel's tallest building (for now) about to be occupied</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557819#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The Beyond tower in Givatayim is 355 meters high and has 78 floors. Marketing it, however, is proving a little challenging.</description>
      <author>Maya Levin</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Real estate</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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      <title>Treasury opposes ZIM deal</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557804#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Israel&amp;rsquo;s Finance Ministry feels the deal with Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI does not safeguard Israel&amp;rsquo;s national and security needs.</description>
      <author>Asaf Zagrizak</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Transport &amp; infrastructure</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1772458747/direct/IMG-20260302-WA0031_mbztlf.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>ZIM container ship credit: Shimon Yona</media:description>
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      <title>Paragon founder set to launch new cyber startup</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557798#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Top venture capital funds are prepared to invest in the new company at a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars.</description>
      <author>Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1790602909/800_zorabf.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Idan Nurick and Ehud Schneorson credit: Chen Galili, PR, and Michael O'Donnell</media:description>
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      <title>Israeli experts uncover AI scam as tech giants deny liability</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557795#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Search engines and chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI direct unsuspecting consumers to spook call centers of airlines, travel platforms and banks.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>IT</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1790607367/scam_gtygko.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Spoof Lufthansa call center credit: Screenshot</media:description>
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      <title>Israel expels Dutch diplomats, issues travel warning</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557744#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The actions are in response to stringent Dutch sanctions making imports from Jewish settlements over the Green Line a criminal offense.</description>
      <author>Assaf Uni</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:46:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Politics</category>
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        <media:description>Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport credit: Shutterstock</media:description>
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      <title>Air India to resume Israel flights in December</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557742#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The airline will operate five weekly flights between Delhi and Tel Aviv but it remains to be seen whether services will actually be resumed.</description>
      <author>Alon Pearl</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Tourism</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1723462382/direct/shutterstock_2188132627_e9zv9x.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
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      <title>Valley National buys Israeli fintech co Bluevine for $340m</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557736#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The company has developed a digital banking platform for small businesses across the US.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:38:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Financial services</category>
      <category>Mergers &amp; acquisitions</category>
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      <title>Cyberattack co Paragon agrees SPAC merger at $1.25b valuation</title>
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      <description>Founded by former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and IDF intelligence veterans, Paragon was sold two years ago to a US private equity firm for $900 million.</description>
      <author>Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <media:description>Paragon founders credit: PR</media:description>
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      <title>Shekel at 2-month weakest against US dollar</title>
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      <description>Interest rate differentials, rising bond yields, Middle East tensions, and the global strengthening of the dollar are weakening the Israeli currency.</description>
      <author>Boaz Bin-Nun</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:12:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Market</category>
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      <title>Finance C'ttee deadlock endangers Israel's status as R&amp;D hub</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557723#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Regulations required under the OECD's global tax regime for multinationals are being delayed by political wrangling.</description>
      <author>Nevo Trabelsy</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Economy</category>
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        <media:description>Knesset Finance Committee chairperson Hanoch Milwidsky  credit:  Noam Moskowitz, Knesset Press Ofiice</media:description>
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      <title>Nadav Balila buys land for data center at Alon Tavor</title>
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      <description>Together with Doral Energy and Ampa, Balila's logistics company  plans a 50-megawatt data center on a site well served by energy infrastructure.</description>
      <author>Idan Eretz and Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Real estate</category>
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      <title>Aluma fund buys OPC Energy unit for NIS 272m</title>
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      <description>OPC Mevuzarot sets up power and cogeneration installations at customers' sites.</description>
      <author>Netanel Ariel</author>
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      <title>Wages Commissioner: Some people won’t have a pension</title>
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      <description>Efraim Malkin opposes Avi Simhon&amp;rsquo;s plan to scrap compulsory pension contributions for under-40s and is concerned about erosion of National Insurance pensions.</description>
      <author>Asaf Zagrizak</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Economy</category>
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      <title>Car parks full at overcrowded Ben Gurion Airport</title>
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      <description>1.3 million passengers will have passed through the airport between the end of Yom Kippur and the conclusion of Sukkot, the Israel Airports Authority reports.</description>
      <author>Alon Pearl</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:39:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Tourism</category>
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      <title>Apartments sold and rented</title>
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      <description>A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Jerusalem, Ra&amp;rsquo;anana, Or Yehuda, Kiryat Ata, Tirat Carmel and Nof Hagalil.</description>
      <author>Nir Weiss-Vadraru</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Real estate</category>
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      <title>Ormat wins $35m US funding</title>
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      <description>The Israeli geothermal energy company has received US Department of Energy funding for projects in Nevada and Utah.</description>
      <author>Shiri Habib-Valdhorn</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Market</category>
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      <title>C'ttee ousts Ayalon Highways chair Idan David</title>
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      <description>The committee on appointments in government companies cited claims in a Channel 12 report that David falsified his resum&amp;eacute;.</description>
      <author>Asaf Zagrizak</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Transport &amp; infrastructure</category>
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      <title>Riskified hits five-year high</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557645#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The market cap of the Israeli online fraud prevention company ended last week above $1 billion for the first time in a long time.</description>
      <author>Shiri Habib-Valdhorn</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Market</category>
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      <title>Buyers cancelling deals yet building starts still growing in south</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557644#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Deputy chief economist Galit Ban Naim points out that the cancelled purchases add to the already high stock of unsold homes.</description>
      <author>Maya Levin</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Real estate</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1727085460/direct/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D_4_n6wsxj.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Senior deputy chief economist Galit Ban Naim  credit: Shlomi Yosef</media:description>
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      <title>Leviathan partners cancel $6.7b deal with Dalia Energy</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557639#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The deal is for the long-term supply of gas to two new Dalia Energy power plants. Dalia Energy rejects the cancellation.</description>
      <author>Idan Eretz</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Energy</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>Dalia power station  credit: company presentation</media:description>
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      <title>Third of young Israelis trust AI more than their parents - survey</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557602#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>A Mastercard survey in Europe and Israel found that 32% of Israeli teenagers prefer AI purchase recommendations to those of their parents - but peer groups remain the strongest influence.</description>
      <author>Galit Hatan</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Retailing</category>
      <category>IT</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1790179385/shutterstock_2506339259_ltbskz.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Teenagers and AI  credit: Shutterstock</media:description>
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      <title>Hapag-Lloyd, FIMI submit revised offer for ZIM</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557591#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The new offer addresses security concerns and bolsters ZIM Israel's independence, but the price is unchanged.</description>
      <author>Hezi Sternlicht</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Transport &amp; infrastructure</category>
      <category>Economy</category>
      <category>Mergers &amp; acquisitions</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>ZIM container ship credit: Shimon Yona</media:description>
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      <title>Desalination plant shutdown exposes precarious reserves</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557481#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The algae-induced turbidity now seems to be naturally dwindling but the crisis has exposed the precarious state of Israel&amp;rsquo;s groundwater levels and the Kinneret.</description>
      <author>Idan Eretz</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Environment</category>
      <category>Water</category>
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        <media:description>Deslination plant in Israel credit: Eyal Izhar</media:description>
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      <title>Island raises $400m at $6.4b valuation</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557474#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The browser and data security company said that the funding will be used for its next phase of growth and innovation as enterprises scale AI agents.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <category>IT</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1752498377/direct/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%92%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93._%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%98_-_Antonio_Delucci_dna8nl.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Island founders Dan Amiga and Mike Fey credit: Antonio Delucci</media:description>
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      <title>IDF unveils Eitan APC protected by Iron Fist</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557471#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Produced by Elbit, Iron Fist is an advanced "hard-kill" active protection system designed to enhance the survivability and self-defense capabilities of armored platforms.</description>
      <author>Dean Shmuel Elmas</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:48:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Aerospace &amp; defense</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1705842983/direct/Eitan_AFV_Photo_by_the_Merkava_and_Armoured_Vehicles_Directorate_in_the_IMOD_t22uuv.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Eitan APC  credit: Ministry of Defense Tank and APC Administration</media:description>
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      <title>Petah Tikva residents have highest city services satisfaction</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557456#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Rishon Lezion ranks second and Tel Aviv third in the latest Central Bureau of Statistics survey on residents&amp;rsquo; satisfaction with municipal services.</description>
      <author>Arik Mirovsky</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:21:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Real estate</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1763540604/direct/shutterstock_2462489731_rxdwfz.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Petah Tikva credit: Shutterstock</media:description>
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      <title>FIMI buys control of communications co MMDSmart</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557451#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The Israeli private equity fund will pay $55 million for a 55% stake in the Israeli communications services company.</description>
      <author>Eitan Gerstenfeld</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Telecoms, Media &amp; Marketing</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1783935186/COT_Pic/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99-1_pb4faw_xuefz2.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Ishay Davidi credit: Cadya Levy</media:description>
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      <title>IVC - LeumiTech: Startup funding up 50% in 2026</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557440#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Israeli privately-held technology companies raised $11 billion in the first nine months of 2026, 50% higher than the corresponding period last year.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1787058715/shutterstock_2770440139_ucbgen.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
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      <title>Central Elections C’ttee disqualifies Arab parties</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557438#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The High Court of Justice is expected to overturn the decision and allow the Joint Arab List and Ra&amp;rsquo;am to participate in the October 27 elections.</description>
      <author>Globes correspondent</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:51:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Politics</category>
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        <media:description>Knesset elections credit: Shutterstock</media:description>
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      <title>Cal sale likely to be postponed after Horesh-Harel cancel deal</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557413#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Israel Discount Bank will receive NIS 135 million in compensation for its 72% stake in Cal for the cancellation and First International Bank will receive NIS 52 million for its 28% stake.</description>
      <author>Asaf Zagrizak</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:25:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Financial services</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>Israel Discount Bank CEO Avi Levi credit: Rami Zarnegar</media:description>
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      <title>Upwind acquires Israeli AI security startup Aegis</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557352#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>Aegis, which was founded just nine months ago, has developed a platform that identifies the characteristics of attacks involving AI agents.</description>
      <author>Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Mergers &amp; acquisitions</category>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <category>IT</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1790168163/d70b3842-03dd-4ad6-8fe4-8251d16ba68a.png" type="image/png" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Upwind CEO Amiram Shachar (right) and Aegis founders Omri Limor and Saar Ankonina credit: Omer Guetta</media:description>
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      <title>Irregular raising funds at $1.5b valuation</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557345#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The Israeli AI cybersecurity lab has been at the center of hacking allegations against its customers Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and Google.</description>
      <author>Assaf Gilead</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <category>IT</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1758109986/direct/Irregular_founders._credit_-_Ben_Hakim_zk7lv9.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="800" height="392">
        <media:description>Irregular founders Dan Lahav and Omer Nevo credit: Ben Hakim</media:description>
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      <title>Brookfield in talks to buy Nice’s Actimize for $2b - report</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557182#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The Canadian investment giant is in talks to buy Nice&amp;rsquo;s financial risk management division, &amp;ldquo;Sky News&amp;rdquo; reports.</description>
      <author>Shiri Habib-Valdhorn</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:23:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>IT</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>Nice CEO Scott Russell credit: Nice</media:description>
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      <title>Product recall adds to Maytronics' woes</title>
      <link>https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001557171#utm_source=RSS</link>
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      <description>The financially troubled company has issued a recall notice for its Niya Aquasweep S10 pool vacuum cleaner because of fears that it could catch fire.</description>
      <author>Nevo Shafir</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>Maytronics  credit: Meytal Vaizberg</media:description>
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      <title>As car insurance premiums plummet, "Globes" finds out why</title>
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      <description>According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the average price of vehicle insurance dropped by 8% in August alone.</description>
      <author>Netanel Ariel</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Financial services</category>
      <category>Transport &amp; infrastructure</category>
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        <media:description>Stolen car  credit: Ituran</media:description>
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      <title>Clal Insurance renews pursuit of investment bank Value Base</title>
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      <description>Negotiations on an acquisition at a NIS 600 million valuation are at an initial stage.</description>
      <author>Netanel Ariel</author>
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      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Financial services</category>
      <category>Mergers &amp; acquisitions</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>Value Base co-founder Victor Shamrich  credit: Tomer Jacobson</media:description>
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      <title>Competition Authority puts Discount Bank’s Cal sale in doubt</title>
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      <description>The Israeli Competition Authority has ordered the Horesh family&amp;rsquo;s Union Investments to sell Super-Pharm if it wants to proceed with the deal.</description>
      <author>Hezi Sternlicht</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Financial services</category>
      <category>Market</category>
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        <media:description>Competition Commissioner Adv. Michal Cohen credit: Avigail Piperno</media:description>
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      <title>Apartments sold and rented</title>
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      <description>A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Beit Shean, Afula, Sderot and Yerucham.</description>
      <author>Nir Weiss-Vadraru</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:04:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Goldman Sachs invests $400m in Cyera</title>
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      <description>The investment is an extension of and in addition to the Israeli cybersecurity $600 million Series C financing round at a valuation of $12 billion, which was announced in June.</description>
      <author>Meytal Vaizberg</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:59:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <enn>enn</enn>
      <category>Start ups</category>
      <category>IT</category>
      <media:content url="https://res.cloudinary.com/globes/image/upload/t_800X392/v1648552230/direct/mkmk_cavcds.jpg" type="image/jpg" expression="full" width="1600" height="784">
        <media:description>Cyera founders Tamar Bar-Ilan ands Yotam Segev Photo: Menash Cohen</media:description>
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      <title>Cognex buys Israel-based RealSense for over $600m</title>
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      <description>After Intel decided to close its 3D vision division RealSense two years ago, the company&amp;rsquo;s employees bought it for $50 million.</description>
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      <description>ILift, which provides hoists for building sites, has bought control of Skyline Cranes and Technologies from its founder Baruch Parnas.</description>
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      <title>Direct Finance buying control of Sigma City</title>
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      <description>Sigma City specializes in mezzanine finance for residential real estate projects, and will represent expansion of Direct Finance's real estate acitivity.</description>
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      <description>The deal for the air defense system as well as command and control systems will be worth billions of dollars to the Israeli defense company, sources tell &amp;ldquo;Globes.&amp;rdquo;</description>
      <author>Dean Shmuel Elmas</author>
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      <description>According to British weekly magazine "The Spectator", the prime minister and foreign secretary were advised at least to wait until after Israel's upcoming election.</description>
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      <description>The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange plans to boost the involvement of foreign investors, and CEO Ittai Ben-Zeev stands to gain handsomely.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Houthi attacks deal blow to Eilat Port recovery</title>
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      <description>Just as Eilat Port started recovering from the disruption of shipping in the Red Sea caused by Houthi attacks, the situation has flared up again.</description>
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      <description>As of yesterday, advertisers can run campaigns targeting Israeli users, so that that while using the AI tool, a relevant ad may appear beneath the conversation.</description>
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      <description>The company has developed a platform that puts data loss prevention and insider risk management programs on autopilot.</description>
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      <description>Spectralx is an Israeli defense-tech company specializing in advanced solutions for signature management and multi-spectral camouflage.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Five of Israel&amp;rsquo;s six major desalination plants have been shutdown. &amp;ldquo;Globes&amp;rdquo; explains why, asks if water is still safe to drink and if we can expect water shortages.</description>
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      <title>AI researchers command lavish salaries</title>
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      <description>Competition for AI researchers in Israel is driving monthly gross salaries as high as NIS 90,000, plus stock options.</description>
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      <description>Loora: The data show that it is precisely the freedom to discuss each user's personal interests, as opposed to following pre-structured lessons, which enables the system to turn every conversation into an opportunity for effective learning.</description>
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      <description>Second quarter GDP growth was revised downwards by the Central Bureau of Statistics but the first quarter contraction was moderated.</description>
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      <description>L2 will have a capacity of 20,000 for sports, musical and cultural events.</description>
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      <description>The airline will restart flights between Tel Aviv and Toronto from November 30.</description>
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      <description>Reports in the US media say that the Trump administration is preparing a package that includes thousands of 2,000-pound bombs.</description>
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      <description>The Central Bureau of Statistics has started to publish a new index of prices of secondhand homes, which gives extra insight into housing market trends.</description>
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      <description>Michal Abadi-Boiangiu opposes breaching the fiscal deficit limit, but believes room can be found the IDF's demands.</description>
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      <description>Annual inflation remains unchanged at 1.5%, while home prices rose for the second successive month.</description>
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      <description>Sundor will operate two weekly flights on Mondays and Wednesdays with round-trip fares starting at $599.</description>
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      <description>The National Planning and Building Commission today approved for deposit the plan to build the Alexander Interchange on Road 6 and the upgrading of Road 553.</description>
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