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- Rockets from Gaza fired at Sderot, Ashkelon; IDF responds with air strikes
- Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Russian President Putin in Moscow
- Iceland capital Reykjavik (population 120,000) passes boycott of Israeli products; after severe backlash, city backtracks to only “occupied territories” boycott.
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- Jewish immigration to Israel (aliya) up 13% from last year
- Israeli air force working with Lockheed Martin to double flight range of F-35 Stealth strike fighters; Tel Aviv firm won U.S. Air Force contract to provide anti-IED Micro Tactical Ground Robots (MTGR); Israeli micro-drones track nuclear radiation in difficult terrain
- Israeli Dead Sea cosmetics company Ahava sold to Chinese conglomerate; Israeli medical-device startup Valtech Cardio acquired for almost $1 billion; Japanese venture firm and American “500 Startups” fund invest in Israeli innovation; crowd-funded mini-booster seat raises 17 times target amount
- Recent visitors to Israel include U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the governor of Tennessee with a business delegation, members of the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, 15 U.S. law-enforcement officials, and Myanmar’s military chief of staff; Internet pioneer Jeff Pulver, representatives of giant tech companies, and thousands of attendees at Digital Life Design (DLD) Tel Aviv Innovation Festival; 200 endangered-species scientists, attendees at international Women tech entrepreneurship conference and Israeli Designed International Development conference; American reggae star Matisyahu, British rock band Manfred Mann’s Earth Band; New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, 60 American Muslim leaders studying Judaism Zionism, a group of creative content producers and composers, and 10 international fashion designers.
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