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The high cost of flight
Kobi Alexander’s journey from hi-tech visionary to convicted felon.
Israel and Trump heat up the world
A few hours after the inauguration of The President of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, The White House issued a statement on the future attitude of the new government towards the energy sector. While the new statement includes a commitment to promote clean air and water, the new policy also commits to promote America’s energy independence through the use shale gas and the clean coal technologies for power generation. These technologies not only pollute, they also a major contribution to Greenhouse Gases emissions.
Will Iran win the technology war?
In his article, Prof. Shlomo Maital analyzes the investment of the Iranian government (and even the religious establishment in Iran) in technological and scientific education, and its results, against the investment in the State of Israel in those fields. According to the data, Prof. Maital concludes that Iran is closing gaps with Israel in the “war” over technological supremacy, and that policymakers in Israel should pay more attention to this trend, which has a decisive security and economic impact on the State of Israel.
The Best of times, The Worst of times
Hugh forest fires that left hundreds homeless and caused over a billion shekels in damages highlighted the ability of Israelis to rally in times of adversity, but also fanned sectarian tensions and raised questions about disaster preparations
Follow the money
How will Donald Trump’s economic outlook affect Israel and the world?
If Alona bareket can, so can you
If you had 100 million shekels, how would you invest them? houses, a private jet, jewelry or football? Alona Barkat chose to invest this amount in a football club. If you think about it thoroughly, this choice is very sophisticated, and has implications beyond the success of the Hapoel Beer Sheva football club, owned by Barket.
Israel can benefit from climate change
Israel takes pride in its technological knowledge, and was among the first countries that signed the Treaty of Paris, but in practice – Israel’s energy consumption only increases while renewable energy is not. This lack of attention will result in missed opportunities for the state of Israel.
Why Israel needs to promote its global Cleantech industry?
Israel was recently recognized as a global leader in Cleantech innovation; A major barrier for Israel start-ups to leverage this innovation into competitive global industry is the lack of available funding of commercial projects at the after the technology had already been proven. This article reviews the Israel Cleantech innovations and recommendations for implementing a national policy for the global Cleantech industry is suggested.
