Israel Business News
Business news and analysis from Israeli financial daily “Globes”, covering the economy, finance, information technology, healthcare, defense, real estate, and more, updated throughout Israel's working week.
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OPINION & FEATURES

Will high fares come back to haunt Israeli airlines?

Israeli airlines are exploiting their dominant status and major demand to charge high prices and disrupt customers' plans through overbooking. Will Israelis punish them when foreign carriers return in full force? Tourism

"Israel's air defense can deal with Hezbollah rockets"

Aeronautics and space engineer Hilla Haddad Chmelnik, who helped develop Iron Dome, says Hezbollah has been humiliated and will again try to attack quality targets, strategic sites or densely populated areas. Aerospace & defense

US banks signal: War isn't Israel's only economic problem

Surveys by four US banks suggest government policy, or lack thereof, is denting confidence in the Israeli economy. Economy

"Even when it calms down foreign airlines won't return"

Israir CEO Uri Sirkis tells "Globes" foreign airlines are canceling flights because of a global shortage of planes and explains why his company is struggling to match El Al's superb results. Tourism

The jihadist who became a Zionist

Born into a Pakistani immigrant family in the UK, Kasim Hafeez discusses his journey from Islamic extremism to public diplomacy for Israel, and the emergence of antisemitism into the US mainstream. Politics

The Israeli behind a global conservative movement

Yoram Hazony campaigns for traditional values to fill the vacuum left by what he sees as the inevitable failure of the liberal elite. Politics

Amnon Shashua's AI empire comes up against Big Tech

Mobileye, OrCam and AI21 Labs are all challenged by the likes of Nvidia, Qualcomm, and OpenAI, while digital bank One Zero has also had to restructure. Financial services

From Israel's richest man to a billionaire with a problem

Patrick Drahi built his business empire through aggressive leveraging, which is now weighing it down. Telecoms, Media & Marketing

Israel left vulnerable by dependency on Intel

Intel’s struggles might not have been so critical if Israel had not missed the opportunity to develop a more diverse semiconductor industry. IT