Israel

ISRAEL

ISRAEL'S ASPIRATIONS


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In the book Geneva versus Peace (Sheed & Ward, New York, 1937), Comte de Saint-Aulaire, French Ambassador to Great Britain in the 1920s, discussed his meetings with Kuhn, Loeb, & Co. financiers. They had discussions regarding why they [the Kuhn, Loeb, & Co. bankers] financed the Bolshevik Revolution. One of them said (p. 80):

“You say that Marxism is the very antithesis of capitalism, which is equally sacred to us. It is precisely for this reason that they are direct opposites to one another, that they put into our hands the two poles of this planet and allow us to be its axis. These two contraries, like Bolshevism and ourselves, find their identity in the International. These opposites, which are at the antipodes to one another in society and in their doctrines meet again in the identity of their purpose and end, the remaking of the world from above by the control of riches, and from below by revolution. … Our mission consists in promulgating the new law and in creating a God, that is to say in purifying the idea of God and realizing it, when the time shall come. We shall purify the idea by identifying it with the nation of Israel, which has become its own Messiah. The advent of it will be facilitated by the final triumph of Israel, which has become it’s own Messiah.”

This same financier also said (pp. 83-84):

“… our essential dynamism makes use of the forces of destruction and forces of creation, but uses the first to nourish the second. … Our organization for revolution is evidenced by destructive Bolshevism and for construction by the League of Nations which is also our work. Bolshevism is the accelerator and the League is the brake on the mechanism of which we supply both the motive force and the guiding power. What is the end? It is already determined by our mission. It is formed of elements scattered throughout the whole world, but cast in the flame of our faith in ourselves. We are a League of Nations which contains the elements of all others. …Israel is the microcosm and the germ of the City of the future.”

(January 4, 1962). “Ben-gurion Foresees Gradual Democratization of the Soviet Union“. Look Magazine via Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

“The image of the world in 1987 as traced in my imagination: The Cold War will be a thing of the past. Internal pressure of the constantly growing intelligentsia in Russia for more freedom and the pressure of the masses for raising their living standards may lead to a gradual democratization of the Soviet Union. On the other hand, the increasing influence of the workers and farmers, and the rising political importance of men of science, may transform the United States into a welfare state with a planned economy.

Western and Eastern Europe will become a federation of autonomous states having a Socialist and democratic regime. With the exception of the USSR as a federated Eurasian state, all other continents will become united in a world alliance, at whose disposal will be an international police force. …

In Jerusalem, the United Nations (a truly United Nations) will build a Shrine of the Prophets to serve the federated union of all continents; this will be the seat of the Supreme Court of Mankind to settle all controversies among the federated continents, as prophesied by Isaiah.” [Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion] https://www.jta.org/1962/01/04/archive/ben-gurion-foresees-gradual-democratization-of-the-soviet-union/amp

Schrauger, Brian. (July 10, 2017). “Israel and the unexpected new world order” | Geographically, Israel is just off-center. Why then is it treated with such respect, especially by the likes of Russia and China? Jerusalem Post.

“In the new and surprising economic world order, Israel could gain a degree of wealth not seen since the days of King Solomon.

For the Western world, strong new alliances between certain non-Western countries constitute something of a mystery. But while the West is distracted by political uprisings and remains enamoured with the idea of its own “manifest destiny,” a new world order is emerging, dominated by up-and-coming global superpowers like Russia, China and India.

As for Israel, how is it that this small country, a mere sliver of land, is accorded such deference? The world’s only Jewish state is making deals with Turkey, Russia and China, in spite of their alliances with Iran … Why is Jerusalem pursuing such deals? And, ambivalent at best about Israel, why are these nations agreeing to them? A new world order, difficult for the West to recognize, answers many of these questions.

On June 16, 2009, leaders from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) met to discuss ways to impact the global financial situation “to reflect changes in the world economy.”

Reuters noted at the time that “BRIC nations account for 15 percent of the $60.7 trillion global economy, but Goldman Sachs predicts that in 20 years time, the four countries could together dwarf the G7 and China’s economy will overtake the United States in total size.”

Indeed, eight years later, those four nations … are rapidly moving toward a position of global economic dominance.

China has started another initiative that … could bring about “the most dramatic transformation of the world economy since the Industrial Revolution.”

The project is called the Belt and Road Initiative. Unveiled only four years ago, it will take an estimated $7.5 trillion to develop. …No less than 75 nations have joined the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce.

Members include all the Eastern Goliaths: China, Russia and India. For those keeping an eye on Israel, other notable members along with the Jewish state include Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar and the Palestinian Territories. …

Russia is guarding the Mediterranean with a fully developed and growing seaport. Iran may be connected to the western sea, but Russia is determined to hold its coastal key.

Israel is only miles south of the China land road, and only miles north of its proposed sea road.

The latter, sometimes called the Maritime Road, connects China with Southeast Asia, India, East Africa and, upwards through the Suez Canal, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Geographically, Israel is just off-center. Why then is it treated with such respect, especially by the likes of Russia and China? Already, Israel is getting under the skin of other members in the Silk Road International Chamber of Commerce. Its huge gas and oil fields just offshore in the Mediterranean are on the verge of piping fuel directly to Europe…

Maneuvering its way into the transport of goods via China’s land and sea roads, Israel is floating the idea of an alternate shipping route to Egypt’s costly Suez Canal. It will be cheaper and faster, Israel argues, to deliver goods to Eilat, transfer them to a highspeed train that goes to Ashdod on the Mediterranean…

Most importantly, Israel is positioned to guard the world’s Internet. Everything today is traded, controlled and administered online. And Israel is emerging as the world’s number one guardian of the worldwide web. That means, regardless of being a few miles offtrack from China’s Land and Maritime Roads, it is positioned to be the center of both belts.

Economists worry that China’s ambition could trigger a global economic collapse; a currency collapse, specifically. Maybe BRICS and One Belt One Road don’t care. A global currency collapse might be seen as a way to wipe the slate clean of nation-based currencies, especially the US dollar, and establish an international one: like Bitcoin, perhaps.

If Bitcoin is the model for a new Internet-based global currency, Israel is likely to be its guardian too, protecting that currency from hackers around the world.

As chief of security for the world’s information and currency, and with energy independence, Israel stands to gain substantial wealth.

It is a position that explains the willingness of Russia and China to negotiate with Israel today; it is also a position that will invoke resentment tomorrow.” https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israel-and-the-unexpected-new-world-order-499310

In 1957, “Ben-Gurion, [Shimon] Peres, and a few Israeli scientists were determined from the start that their nation would be far ahead of its Arab neighbors in science and technology. They seriously believed that Israel could be among the top tech powers on Earth, which would guarantee its military supremacy over the much larger nations surrounding it.” – Spies Against Armageddon – Inside Israel’s Secret Wars (2012)

Israel ’15 years ahead’ in cyber warfare capabilities | However, the Israeli military does boast some of the most advanced cyber capabilities in the world.

“We are ahead of the rest of the world in digital capabilities by at least 15 years. We’re integrated operational internet capabilities which enable any commander to do anything in any place,” the officer explained. – Israel National News 2016

Tech-un Olam: Repairing the World One Israel Innovation at a Time | Literally, Tikun Olam translates to, “fixing the world.” This implies that the world is a broken place, and… our world is in need of repair.

Tikun Olam can be seen in a thousand different places and faces. And you don’t need to be religious to want to help. One of the reasons I transitioned from being a pulpit rabbi and started my new non-profit organization, welaunch, is because I am so passionate about what I call Tech-un Olam: the power of technology, R&D, innovation, entrepreneurism to repair this broken world.

Over the past decade, Israel has arisen as an innovation superpower, last year ranked #2 in the world for innovation by the World Economic Forum (The World Global Competitiveness 2016-17 Report). In fact, there is so much entrepreneurial, investment and startup activity in Israel that it has been dubbed, “The Start-up Nation.” And this has been accomplished, in no small measure, due to Israel’s scientists, researchers, engineers, technicians, entrepreneurs and CEOs. Although most of these men and women would describe themselves as secular, nonetheless, I would suggest they are among the most devout, dare I say “religious,” people whom I have ever known. …

For a while I told myself I was no longer a pulpit rabbi. However, with the launch of welaunch, and the ascent of the Start-up Nation, I’ve come to understand that I simply have a new congregation which I’m helping to build.

The shul (synagogue) is located in R&D centers, co-work spaces and research centers throughout Israel.

The siddurim (prayer books) we use come in the form of research papers, business plans and pitch presentations.

The tefilot (prayers) are expressed through the sweat, sacrifice and service of these tzaddikim (righteous people) who have transformed Israel into “Congregation Start-up Nation.”

And my congregants, these are men and women fueling the Start-up Nation, fulfilling the mitzvah of Tech-un Olam, repairing [JD: or trying to rule] the world one Israeli innovation at a time. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tech-un-olam-repairing-the-world-one-israel-innovation-at-a-time/

Through Israel’s Talpiot and espionage operations, Israel is able to dominate the high tech sector globally. “Talpiot was intended to give Israel a homegrown military edge, but it is also a contributing factor to its edge in biotech, high-tech and academia [ISRAEL21c, 2012].” “The unit also has to help Israel stay ahead of the United States and other large countries with strong militaries [Times of Israel, 2016].”

ISRAEL & IDF HISTORY


How Jews Killed Jews In Order To Create The State Of Israel | When the Israeli authorities condoned the massacres of Palestinians in Lebanon at Sabra and Shatilla, Naeim Giladi moved to the United States, revoked his Israeli citizenship and became an American citizen. In order to publish his book translated into English, Giladi spent $60,000 out of pocket, or rather out of proceeds from the sale of his house in Israel. He mentions that on Sept 12, 1990, the New York State Supreme Court issued a restraining order, at the request of the Israeli government, to prevent the publication of Victor Ostrovsky’s book, “By Way of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer.” (The New York State Appeals Court lifted the ban the next day.)

Giladi now considers the Zionst program to be criminal from the beginning, because Zionist leaders knew, that in order to establish a Jewish state, they had to expel the indigenous Palestinians and import hundreds of thousands Jews (first 232,00 from Soviet satellite states and then 547,000 from the Arab states). Vladimir Jabotinsky (Włodzimierz Żabotyński) frankly admitted that such a transfer of population could only be brought by force and terror.

To drive Jews out of their homes in countries such as Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary pogroms were staged by the NKVD in Kielce in the Soviet occupied eastern Europe. The best known of these is the pogrom of Kielce on the 4th of July, 1946. There also occurred two pogroms in Bratislava and four pogroms in Budapest in 1945-1947, etc. But the Pogrom in Poland received most publicity, because it could “kill two birds with one stone,” so to speak: persuade the Polish Jews to leave for Israel, and convince the western powers that only a strong Soviet hand could keep “anti-Semitic” Poland from “doing harm to Jews.”

Subsequently the Zionists organized, with Soviet permission, the exit of some 711,000 Jews from countries behind the “Iron Curtin.” The Zionists also organized the terror in the Arab states and caused the flight of Jews from Bagdad, Damscus, and other Arab cities in 1950-1951, and later.

In the early 1950s an Iraqi investigator published in Arabic a book of the1950-51 bombings in Bagdad. The book was titled “Venom of the Zionist Viper,” in which the anti-hero is Israeli emissary Mordechai Ben-Porat. Mossad, working through the US Embassy in Bagdad, bought up all the books about the “Zionist Viper” and destroyed them.

Giladi writes about Zionist collaboration with the Nazis and states that Britain was able to force the Arab governments to operate under pro-British leaders. And if, as in Iraq, these leaders were overthrown, then the British would foment an anti-Jewish riot or two in order to use the riots as useful pretexts to invade the Arab capital and reinstate the “right” leaders. In 1949, Israel sent the spy Mordechai Ben-Porat to Iraq, to offer the government of el-Said in Bagdad, large financial incentives to enact a law that would take away the citizenship from the Iraqi Jews so that they would be forced to migrate to Israel. Uri Avnery, writing in the magazine Haolam Hazel, accused Ben-Porat of the Bagdad bombings. Ben- Porat is still called Morad Abu al-Knabel or “Mordechai of the Bombs.”

Giladi asked Ben-Gurion: why, since Israel is a democracy with a parliament, does it not have a constitution? Ben-Gurion answered: “Look boy if we have a constitution, we have to write in it the border of our country. And this is not our border, my dear.” Asked: “Then where is the border?,” Ben-Gurion answered: “Wherever the Sahal (Israeli army) will come, this is the border.”

Thus, according to Naeim Giladi “Jews killed Jews to create the state of Israel. ” He is the author of the book mentioned before: “Ben-Gurion’s Scandals: How The Haganah and Mossad Eliminated Jews.” Ghiladi’s book provides ample proof for that statement. Thus, in the process of creating, enlarging and consolidating the state of Israel more than million two hundred thousand Jews were cruelly and brutally driven by terror from their homes in Europe and in the Middle East. This was planned and done in order to create a Jewish state in Palestine at the expense of the Palestinian Arabs. http://www.pogonowski.com/?p=2713

[Haaretz] Coat Bomb and Explosive Prosthesis: British Intel Files Reveal How the Zionist Stern Gang Terrorized London | MI5’s dossiers on the group released this week cast the Cold War’s early years in a stark new light: Terrorism, not the Soviet Union, was the main threat

Records declassified this week by Britains Security Service, MI5, reveal an urgent terrorist threat that Britain faced in the 20th century. …extremist Zionist groups fighting the British after World War II to establish the State of Israel.

In July 1946, one of these groups, the Irgun, led by the future Israeli prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Menachem Begin, blew up the headquarters of the British administration in Palestine, Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, with heavy loss of civilian life and damage. The newly released MI5 files show that another group fighting the British, the Lehi or Stern Gang, dispatched cells to carry out bombings and assassinations in Britain itself. The Stern Gang is thought to be the worlds last terrorist group to describe itself publicly as terrorist, with some of its members using the term as a badge of honor.

In April 1947, two Stern Gang terrorists, a man and a woman, attempted to blow up the Colonial Office in Whitehall in the center of London. They planted a bomb containing 24 sticks of explosives at Dover House, headquarters of the Colonial Office, but it failed to go off because it was not fused correctly. The head of London’s Special Branch, commander Leonard Burt, believed that if the bomb had gone off, it would have caused as much damage as the bombing of the King David Hotel in London nine months earlier. – Haaretz 2017 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-british-intel-files-reveal-how-the-zionist-stern-gang-terrorized-london-1.5627474

‘The USSR Is Our Second Homeland,’ Said One Kibbutznik When Stalin Died | David Ben-Gurion returned in 1923 from a visit to the Soviet Union and declared: “I am a Bolshevik.” Moreover, many of this country’s early inhabitants were Russian-born. They spoke Russian, read books and sang songs in Russian, and thought and dreamed in Russian. https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-nostalgic-for-the-ussr-on-the-kibbutzim-1.5233153

1946 Menachem Begin and the birth of terrorism [13:43-17:45] https://youtu.be/cZyCSb98eTo?t=13m43s

Haganah, Hebrew for ‘The Defence’, was a Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 through 1948, which became the core of the IDF after the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel.

Terrorism: How the Israeli state was won | With the establishment of the British Mandate, four decades of peaceful Palestinian resistance had proved futile, and armed Palestinian resistance—which included terrorism—began. Zionist terror became the domain of formal organizations that attacked anyone in the way of its messianic goals—Palestinian, Jew, or British. These terror organizations operated from within the Zionist settlements and were actively empowered and shielded by the settlements and the Jewish Agency, the recognized semi-autonomous government of the Zionist settlements, what would become the Israeli government.

There was no substantive difference between the acknowledged terror organizations—most famously, the Irgun, and Lehi, the so-called Stern Gang—and the Jewish Agency, and its terror gang, the Hagana. The Agency cooperated, collaborated, and even helped finance the Irgun.

The relationship between the Jewish Agency, and the Irgun and Lehi, was symbiotic. The Irgun in particular would act on behalf of the Hagana so that the Jewish Agency could feign innocence. The Agency would then tell the British that they condemn the terror, while steadfastly refusing any cooperation against it, indeed doing what they could to shield it.

The fascist nature of the Zionist enterprise was apparent both to US and British intelligence. The Jewish Agency tolerated no dissent and sought to dictate the fates of all Jews. Children were radicalised as part of the methodology of all three major organizations, and by extension, the Jewish Agency. – Mondoweiss excerpts from author of ‘State of Terror: How terrorism created modern Israel’ Tom Suárez’s December 14, 2016 speech at The House of Lords, London, at the invitation of Baroness Jenny Tonge http://mondoweiss.net/2017/01/terrorism-israeli-state/

David Ben-Gurion proclaims the birth of Israel דוד בן-גוריון https://youtu.be/I5Y9j1WhrKc

Gangsters for Zion | Yom Ha’atzmaut: How Jewish mobsters helped Israel gain its independence https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/260133/gangsters-for-zion

Myron Sugerman, the “Last Jewish Gangster,” describes the crucial role the Jewish mob played in arming the infant Jewish State. [29:27]

https://youtu.be/_I3o-i5t8qY?t=1767

Is Israel becoming a mafia state? | Some 25% of the revenue of Israel’s lauded high-tech sector comes from shady or fraudulent industries; three-quarters of MKs are said to be in thrall to special interest groups – Times of Israel 2017 https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-israel-becoming-a-mafia-state/

[Book] THE WEAPON WIZARDS | How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-weapon-wizards

Israel's Edge by Jason Gerwirtz Full Book Narration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7mBHBgYwoo&t=27s

Today, Israel’s military is widely viewed as one of the most effective in the world. Once compelled to arm itself with surplus equipment purchased from more powerful states (and sometimes obtained by stealth [theft]), Israel is now one of the world’s six largest arms exporters, earning billions each year through the sale of military equipment to buyers from China and India to Colombia and Russia. …

Today, Israel devotes a higher percentage of its G.D.P. to research and development than any other country, and Katz and Bohbot note that roughly 30 percent of Israeli R&D goes toward military technologies. Israel also invests in its human resources, with numerous specialized educational programs designed to bring top talent into the military and to send soldiers back to school. (Katz and Bohbot quote Shimon Peres: “We need to invest in soldiers’ brains, not just their muscles.”) – The New York Times 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/books/review/weapon-wizards-yaakov-katz-amir-bohbot.html

51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration with the Nazis [Edited by Lenni Brenner] |“Brenner is able to cite numerous cases where Zionists collaborated with anti-Semitic regimes, including Hitler’s.” https://rosswolfe.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/lenni-brenner-51-documents-zionist-collaboration-with-the-nazis.pdf

51 Documents by Lenni Brenner | By 1936, the Post ran a news flash, “German Zionists Seek Recognition”:

    “A bold demand that the German Zionist Federation be given recognition by the Government as the only instrument for the exclusive control of German Jewish life was made by the Executive of that body in a proclamation today. All German Jewish organizations, it was declared, should be dominated by the Zionist spirit.”

Zionist factions competed for the honor of allying to Hitler. By 1940-41, the “Stern Gang,” among them Yitzhak Shamir, later Prime Minister of Israel, presented the Nazis with the “Fundamental Features of the Proposal of the National Military Organization in Palestine (Irgun Zvai Leumi) Concerning the Solution of the Jewish Question in Europe and the Participation of the NMO in the War on the Side of Germany.”

Avraham Stern and his followers announced that

    “The NMO, which is well-acquainted with the goodwill of the German Reich government and its authorities towards Zionist activity inside Germany and towards Zionist emigration plans, is of the opinion that:

    1. Common interests could exist between the establishment of a new order in Europe in conformity with the German concept, and the true national aspirations of the Jewish people as they are embodied by the NMO.

    2. Cooperation between the new Germany and a renewed folkish-national Hebraium would be possible and,

    3. The establishment of the historic Jewish state on a national and totalitarian basis, bound by a treaty with the German Reich, would be in the interest of a maintained and strengthened future German position of power in the Near East.

    Proceeding from these considerations, the NMO in Palestine, under the condition the above-mentioned national aspirations of the Israeli freedom movement are recognized on the side of the German Reich, offers to actively take part in the war on Germany’s side.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2002/12/23/51-documents/

Hitler and Zionism – Historian Lenni Brenner is Interviewed https://youtu.be/uUCKJX5_MmU

Lenni Brenner *** Zionist Deals with Nazis and Fascists (part 1) https://youtu.be/8gUwqKBfUgs

ZIONIST – FASCIST COLLABORATION | two examples in Zionism’s history of political cynicism

1941: the “Jerusalem Agreement”, a foiled deal between Lehi (‘Stern Gang’) and the Italian Fascists

(…) Lehi made little distinction between the Allied and the Axis powers, and therefore saw no reason to restrain its terror during the war. “Sensible Jews”, the group reasoned, “may well look to remain in a relatively good position in Palestine after a German victory”. In late 1940 Stern sought a Nazi-Lehi alliance, and when the Nazis failed to respond he sent his friend and fellow ex-Irgun member Nathan Yellin-Mor to try again. Yellin-Mor, a future Knesset member, advocated striking the British in Palestine while Britain was weakened battling the Nazis—obviously weakening that battle as well.101

The Italian fascists were also wooed by Lehi and, briefly, by Weizmann, who met with Benito Mussolini with the idea that a relationship with the fascists might serve as a bargaining chip against the British. Lehi, however, pursued a formal agreement with the fascists during the war, and was allegedly providing the Italian Commission in Syria with military information.

Lehi’s collusion with the Italian fascists was codified in the “Jerusalem Agreement 1940”. It proposed that the fascists help them overthrow the British in Palestine, and then use “all the means in its power to liquidate the Jewish Diaspora”—that is, for the fascists to destroy all non-Palestinian Jewish communities on Lehi’s behalf and forcibly transfer their populations to the Zionist settlements. The agreement, dated 15 September 1940, required the signatures of the Italians and the “Provisional Jewish Prime Minister”. In a comical stroke of bad luck, however, the contact through whom Lehi was negotiating was also engaged as an Irgun spy, and learning of the negotiations, the Irgun tried to secure the document to embarrass its rival. “Some hitch”, a British Security Officer wrote, “the nature of which is not known”, kept the document from being signed. Lehi’s sympathies veered again to the Nazis.102

These “pro-Axis terrorists”, as the London Times referred to Lehi, sought, in their command group’s words, to “clean the city streets from every person who wears a uniform which means he is British”. While ‘wearing a uniform’ automatically marked someone as an enemy, anyone seen as an obstacle was vulnerable. Most victims of Zionist assassinations (i.e., targeted rather than indiscriminate), whether by Lehi, the Irgun, or the Hagana, were Jews.103 http://www.thomassuarez.com/ZFcollaboration.html

Bergson Group | “The Bergson Group” was the name often used to refer to a series of political action committees in the United States during the 1940s that were headed by Hillel Kook, using the name Peter Bergson.

The nucleus of the group came out of the Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Palestine Jewish underground militia associated with Revisionist Zionist leader Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky. In 1937, the Irgun sent a number of its most promising activists to Europe to organize unauthorized Jewish immigration (aliyah bet) to Palestine. Chief among them were Kook, Yitshaq Ben-Ami, Alex Rafaeli, and Jabotinsky’s son, Eri. During the three years to follow, they succeeded in bringing an estimated twenty thousand refugees to Palestine, in defiance of British immigration restrictions.

As the clouds of war gathered over Europe, both Jabotinsky and the Irgun High Command increasingly came to believe that Washington would replace London as the center of the political struggles that would determine the fate of Palestine. For that reason, the Irgun in 1939 dispatched Ben-Ami to the United States to seek political and financial support for aliyah bet. He established an organization called American Friends of a Jewish Palestine (AFJP), with a small office in New York City. …

After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Bergson committees voluntarily dissolved. Merlin and Kook had been involved in organizing the Irgun weapons ship Altalena, and Merlin was aboard the ship when it approach the Tel Aviv shore and was attacked by Haganah gunners. Merlin was wounded in the leg and limped for the rest of his life. Kook, who arrived in the country by plane at about the same time, was arrested by the Haganah and imprisoned for three months. Merlin, Kook, and Jabotinsky subsequently served in Israel’s parliament as representatives of Menachem Begin’s Herut Party from 1949 to 1952. Afterwards they returned to private life, Jabotinsky as a mathematics instructor, Kook as an investment specialist, and Merlin as head of the Institute for Mediterranean Affairs, a small think tank in New York City. http://enc.wymaninstitute.org/?p=127

Moses Hess – founder of Israeli National Socialism | Moses Hess converted Karl Marx to Communism, yet advocated National Socialism for Jews; Shlomo Avineri on the Intellectual Origins of the Jewish State

Despite Moses Hess’ advocacy since 1862 of a separate “National Socialism” for Jews, he remained an active member of Marx’ Communist faction of the First International; Marx even nominated him as his representative at sessions he could not attend. Lasse Wilhelmson explores this contradiction in item 3. Also see our discussion in item 4.3.

Before meeting Hess, Marx and Engels were Young Hegelians, not Communists. “The first and fieriest German Hegelian to turn communist, Hess converted the young Friedrich Engels to his creed” (Isaiah Berlin, Against the Current, p. 224; see item 5 below).

Then Hess converted Marx to Communism. “In 1841 Hess fell under the spell of the brilliance and boldness of Karl Marx’s views. He met Marx in August of that year, preached communism to him … ” (op. cit., p. 227).

By 1848, Marx and Engels had somewhat parted from Hess. In the Communist Manifesto of that year, although not naming Hess, they poked fun at ‘True Socialism’, which he had advocated, as Utopian(like every other variety of Socialism except their own).

Hess advocated reform rather than revolution; he supported Emperor Napoleon III’s Saint-Simonian socialism, and Lassalle’s reformism in Germany, both of which Marx attacked. Hess did not believe that class conflict is either desirable or inevitable (op. cit., p. 220).

Promotion of class unity and harmony is a feature of National Socialism, just the opposite of Marxism. Yet in 1867 Hess joined the International Workingmen’s Association, founded by Marx, and “in 1868 and 1869, as a Marxist delegate, fought the representatives of Proudhon and of Bakunin” (op cit. p. 243).

Hess rejected cosmopolitanism, the cultural sameness which is enveloping the world today, instead arguing that nations and national differences should be preserved. He thought that nations were the primary units in history, classes only secondary. He thought that Internationalism should unite, not abolish, nations (op. cit. p. 239).

Hess’ book Rome and Jerusalem (1862) is very important, showing how the Zionist movement drew upon Hegelian thinking to develop a consciousness of the Jews as a historical people on the world stage. All New Left “Liberation” groups (Gay, Feminist etc.) have developed (perhaps “manufactured” would be a better word) a Hegelian historical consciousness of their own group; the Nazis did the same. Such a Hegelian consciousness has proved a powerful motivating force.

Moses Hess was the founder of Israeli National Socialism, the inspirer of the kibbutz movement and of the Histadrut as a vehicle for public (socialized) ownership of the economy:
The text of Rome and Jerusalem: A Study in Jewish Nationalism, by Moses Hess, the ‘Red Rabbi” who converted both Marx and Engels to Communism, then came out as a Zionist, is at rome-and-jerusalem.html.

http://mailstar.net/avineri.html

French Rothschilds helped migrate Bolshevik Ostjuden from Russia to Palestine decades before the Balfour Declaration. https://knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/rotchild_ad_eng.htm

A Jewish Defector Warns America: Benjamin Freedman Speaks | Mr. Freedman, born in 1890, was a successful Jewish businessman of New York City who was at one time the principal owner of the Woodbury Soap Company. He broke with organized Jewry after the Judeo-Communist victory of 1945, and spent the remainder of his life and the great preponderance of his considerable fortune, at least $2.5 million dollars, exposing the Zionist tyranny which has enveloped the United States.

Mr. Freedman knew what he was talking about because he had been an insider at the highest levels of Jewish organizations and Jewish machinations to gain power over our nation. Mr. Freedman was personally acquainted with Bernard Baruch, Samuel Untermyer, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy, and many more movers and shakers of our times.

This speech was given before a patriotic audience in 1961 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Conde McGinley’s patriotic newspaper of that time, Common Sense. Though in some minor ways this wide-ranging and extemporaneous speech has become dated, Mr. Freedman’s essential message to us — his warning to the West — is more urgent than ever before. http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/israel/freedman.htm

In the book Geneva versus Peace (Sheed & Ward, New York, 1937), Comte de Saint-Aulaire, French Ambassador to Great Britain in the 1920s, discussed his meetings with Kuhn, Loeb, & Co. financiers. They had discussions regarding why they [the Kuhn, Loeb, & Co. bankers] financed the Bolshevik Revolution. One of them said (p. 80):

    “You say that Marxism is the very antithesis of capitalism, which is equally sacred to us. It is precisely for this reason that they are direct opposites to one another, that they put into our hands the two poles of this planet and allow us to be its axis. These two contraries, like Bolshevism and ourselves, find their identity in the International. These opposites, which are at the antipodes to one another in society and in their doctrines meet again in the identity of their purpose and end, the remaking of the world from above by the control of riches, and from below by revolution. … Our mission consists in promulgating the new law and in creating a God, that is to say in purifying the idea of God and realizing it, when the time shall come. We shall purify the idea by identifying it with the nation of Israel, which has become its own Messiah. The advent of it will be facilitated by the final triumph of Israel, which has become it’s own Messiah.”

This same financier also said (pp. 83-84):

    “… our essential dynamism makes use of the forces of destruction and forces of creation, but uses the first to nourish the second. … Our organization for revolution is evidenced by destructive Bolshevism and for construction by the League of Nations which is also our work. Bolshevism is the accelerator and the League is the brake on the mechanism of which we supply both the motive force and the guiding power. What is the end? It is already determined by our mission. It is formed of elements scattered throughout the whole world, but cast in the flame of our faith in ourselves. We are a League of Nations which contains the elements of all others. …Israel is the microcosm and the germ of the City of the future.”

TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, FOUNDED 1912


History of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Technion_%E2%80%93_Israel_Institute_of_Technology

Why Israel rocks at commercializing academic innovations | Universities worldwide are looking to emulate Israel’s tech-transfer magic. – ISRAEL21c 2018 https://www.israel21c.org/why-israel-rocks-at-commercializing-academic-innovations/

Higher Education Forms Bedrock of Israel’s Success | As Israel’s population grows rapidly, its higher education system has followed suit. – Atlanta Jewish Times 2018 http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/higher-education-forms-bedrock-of-israels-success/

Technion Tour Highlights Economic Triangle Of China, Israel, NY | Anyone doubting the impact of the Tech Triangle as a new world order in technology leadership should have been at the Technion World Tour 2017 in New York City. At a four-day program highlighting science and technology innovations, the tech trio markets of Israel, China and New York were highlighted. – Forbes 2017 https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccafannin/2017/10/28/technion-tour-hainan-flight-launch-highlight-economic-triangle-of-china-israel-ny/#1ef4cf80203d

Technion UK | Technion UK is the leading British organisation promoting education, science and technology through the support of the Technion. http://www.technionuk.org/

An academic-tech combo packs Israel’s China punch | “The GTIIT,” he said, “combines the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of Israel and the Technion with the unbelievable scale and resources of China to form a major research institute that will help Israel, China and the world at large.” – The Jewish Star 2017 http://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/an-academic-tech-combo-packs-israels-china-punch,14878

Technion opens Israel’s first university campus in China – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/International/Technion-opens-Israels-first-university-campus-in-China-518557

Israel to invest USD 68.6 million to boost cooperation with India | “Technion-Israel Institute of Technology would also be signing an agreement with Ministry of Science and Technology, sources here said.” – The Tribune India 2018 http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/israel-to-invest-usd-68-6-million-to-boost-cooperation-with-india/527033.html

Technion American Medical School | With a dual focus on research and clinical studies, Technion’s mission is to advance knowledge in life and medical sciences, improve health care, and train compassionate clinicians, researchers and teachers. This unique medical degree program boasts an unparalleled focus on research, intimate class size, and a diverse study body. https://teams.technion.ac.il/

Israel and the U.S: Partners in Science https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2018/04/11/israel-and-the-u-s-partners-in-science/

[Jon Swinn] IDC Herzliya: An Institutional Cornerstone In Building A High Tech Superpower https://talpiottalk.com/2018/04/07/idc-herzliya-a-institutional-cornerstone-in-building-a-high-tech-superpower/

Yandex Partners With Tel Aviv University to Launch AI Study Program, Scholarships | The Russian technology company will launch the Yandex Machine Learning Initiative, offering courses in artificial intelligence and financial support to students and faculty https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3730256,00.html

Tel Aviv University’s smart artificial intelligence program | Scientists and other researchers are working on several machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects.

Globerson, a researcher at TAU’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science, is heading the university’s new Yandex Initiative for Machine Learning, which is augmenting the number of AI/ML course offerings at TAU and supporting research in the field. Yandex is the largest technology company in Russia and one of the largest Internet search engines worldwide.

According to Globerson, Yandex’s founder Arkady Volozh believes so much in growing the AI/ML field out of Israel that he spearheaded Yandex’s funding of the program. …

IN ONE EXAMPLE, TAU recently signed a cooperation agreement for joint research in “Smart Cities and Digital Living” with Stanford University, which draws heavily on big data and machine learning. The five-year grant, funded by the Koret Foundation of San Francisco, is bringing together leading scholars and scientists from TAU with their counterparts at Stanford to advance multidisciplinary, basic and applied research in data science that enhances the quality of life, safety and efficiency of cities, while supporting communications across people and organizations. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Tel-Aviv-Universitys-smart-artificial-intelligence-program-553218

Russia and Israel’s Technion Agree to Launch Satellite in Joint Venture | Russia and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have agreed to a joint venture that will launch a satellite into space in 1995.

After a five-member delegation arrived here to finalize details of the venture, the agreement was signed Monday between the Technion and the Russian STC Complex. The Russian firm was established in 1991 to convert Soviet military technology into Russian civilian enterprises. https://www.jta.org/1994/11/01/archive/russia-and-israels-technion-agree-to-launch-satellite-in-joint-venture

[Book] The Life of an American Jew in Racist Marxist Israel by Jack Bernstein | New York/Moscow/Tel Aviv Triangle | The latest scientific developments that the US provides Israel are channeled on to the Soviet Union. The main center through which this scientific information passes is Israel’s Weizman Institute in the town of Rehoovot about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv.
https://archive.org/details/TheLifeOfAnAmericanJewInRacistMarxistIsrael

The Weizmann Institute of Science | The Weizmann Institute was founded by Dr. Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) in 1934 as the Daniel Sieff Research Institute, named in memory of the son of U.K. donors Rebecca and Israel Sieff. The Institute was renamed in honor of Dr. Weizmann in 1949. Dr. Weizmann was a renowned chemist and ardent Zionist who saw his vision of the establishment of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel and of higher education in Israel all come to fruition during his lifetime. In partnership with others he established the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1925 and the Weizmann Institute of Science.

While working as a lecturer at the University of Manchester, Dr. Weizmann developed the process for producing acetone through bacterial fermentation, which was of great importance to the British during World War I. He worked with Lord Arthur James Balfour to write the Balfour Declaration in support of the establishment of the State of Israel and met with U.S. President Harry Truman to convince him to support the State’s establishment. Dr. Weizmann became the first President of the State of Israel. His residence on the Weizmann Institute campus is now a museum and a national landmark. https://www.weizmann.ac.il/

The Man Who Rose From Russia’s Ghettos to Israeli President | Taking this family argument to the world stage, when studying in Geneva, Charles Weizmann debated the merits of nationalism versus universalism, with some exiled Russian Communists, including Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin. …

He—and his extraordinary pediatrician wife Vera—were now living in Israel, helping invent “start up nation”—and a state where you could be Chaim the scientist and the statesman, the humanist and the Jew, all at once, without the name games. Trusting science, technology and education as Israel’s national building blocks, Weizmann helped found the Technion, Hebrew University, and, in 1934, what is today the Weizmann Institute of Science, which recently ranked sixth in the Nature Index of Innovation. https://amp.thedailybeast.com/the-scientist-who-rose-from-russias-ghettos-to-israeli-president

World ORT teaches kids robotics alongside Hebrew in Kiev school | The school collaborates with the Israeli Education Ministry and the Ukrainian government “to bring everyone together.”

World ORT was established in 1880 in St. Petersburg with the mission to improve the lives of Jews, providing education and training in practical occupations. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/World-ORT-teaches-kids-robotics-alongside-Hebrew-in-Kiev-school-549628

World ORT is the world’s largest Jewish education and vocational training non-governmental organisation.

Started in 1880, World ORT is today operational in 37 countries and helps around 300,000 students around the world. Specialised in technology, our mission is to provide communities wherever they are, with the skills and knowledge necessary to cope with the complexities and uncertainties of their environment. https://www.ort.org/

World ORT Strategic Plan 2016-2020 https://www.ort.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ORT-Strategic-Plan-2016-2020.pdf

ORT Switzerland raises money for St. Petersburg | Despite the recession, ORT Switzerland has managed to coax nearly 300 people many of them high flyers in the world of banking and finance to its gala dinner in Geneva to raise money for the award-winning ORT de Gunzburg School in St Petersburg.

Among the guests were descendants of World ORT co-founder Baron Horace de Gunzburg [“Rothschilds of Russia”], including World ORT President Dr. Jean de Gunzburg who, with his wife Terry, is a major supporter of the high school which bears his family’s name. http://t2010.ort.org/world_ort_news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1918&cHash=532ee738f2988328e305f078be6474fd

Israel gains brains with first Anieres graduates | Then, while on the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Machon programme, Darya heard that World ORT was looking for teenagers to complete high school at the WIZO Nahalal Youth Village in northern Israel before completing an engineering degree at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. https://www.ort.org/news/israel-gains-brains-first-anieres-graduates/

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    ORT was established in Russia in 1880 to help the Jewish population of 5 million in the Pale of Settlement by providing educational opportunities to lift people out of poverty, transforming their lives with dignity and purpose.

    — bridget (@namaste08) July 30, 2018

Israeli College Connects Globally; Institute Trains Future Leaders | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was well-received on his trip to sub-Saharan Africa two years ago. One reason, Dr. Joseph Shevel believes, was the work of the school he leads, the Galilee International Management Institute, also known as the College of the Galilee.

GIMI is not is not a traditional college. The institute draws its students from senior officials and experts in foreign countries—mostly African at present but including European and Asian lands as well. In 2017, approximately 1,300 trainees arrived for intensive, two-week programs in more than 20 fields from agricultural, environment and water; transport and maritime studies; economic development; to strategic studies (including national security).

Although the majority of trainees came from Africa, 360 hailed from China, another 100 from Latin America. Depending on the course, instruction may be in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Arabic or Russian.

When Netanyahu made his 2016 African visit, two GIMI graduates were serving in the cabinet of the new Ugandan government. Another became Ghana’s minister of education. A fourth, a rear admiral, worked as policy director at naval headquarters in Nigeria.

This past January, Shevel said most African countries had at least one institute graduate serving in a cabinet post. In addition, one is a state governor in India, others hold senior positions in Caribbean and Eastern European lands. …

Enrollees in general “learn Israeli management techniques,” the college president says. In defense and security, for example, this is “not how to shoot and bomb,” but rather how to “establish national and regional defense networks” like one that links several East African nations, each committing troops to a ready reaction force with an established headquarters.

Shevel explains that GIMI “trains foreign students to be able to go home and teach others.” It periodically sends Israeli specialists to check that local instruction by its graduates stays on track. …

“When the president of the Peoples’ Republic of China was in Israel, the deputy foreign minister visited” the College of the Galilee and signed an agreement, now in effect, for 200 Chinese citzens to be trained there in agricultural fields over five years. “That’s the model,” Shevel notes, “not sending one specialist” for a period to another country.

GIMI’s students, from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tanzania, the Philippines, Romania and other countries in addition to those mentioned above, have included Muslims. Many programs have enrolled Palestinian Arab students, and the college partnered with al-Quds University when Sari Nuseibeh, recently retired, was president. Shevel and Nuseibeh became friends, sometimes traveling together to appear at conferences. https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2018/04/11/israeli-college-connects-globally-institute-trains-future-leaders/

Doctor Writes ‘Epic Saga’ Of Jews in Medicine | “Jews and Medicine” (Ktav Publishing) examines one of the largest and perhaps greatest of Jewish endeavors: the Jewish contribution to medicine — from its origins in ancient Israel up until 1950.

“Five hundred years ago, 50% of the doctors in Europe were Jews,” Heynick said at a recent reading of “Jews and Medicine,” at a Brooklyn Barnes & Noble. At the time, Jews made up less than 1% of the total population of Europe. But from the lowest rung of society to the court physicians, Jews were deeply embedded in the medical profession. Medicine was a profession that the Jew — wandering from land to land — could take with him. “Fast forward 500 years: 36 Nobel Prize winners in medicine were Jews — and [the Jews] are not even approaching 1% of the world population,” Heynick said. …

“Yes,” Heynick said, the common view was that “Jewish physicians poison their patients. But only one in 10. That was an interpretation.” According to the medieval logic, Jews would not be able to survive if they poisoned every single one of their patients, so they poisoned only a minority. – The Forward 2003 https://forward.com/culture/7926/doctor-writes-epic-saga-of-jews-in-medicine/

The [Jewish] Poisoners: A Thread | “If they [the Jews] could kill us all, they would gladly do so, aye, and often do it, especially those who profess to be physicians. They know all that is known about medicine in Germany;

They can give poison to a man of which he will die in an hour, or in ten or twenty years; they thoroughly understand this art.” – Martin Luther http://archive.is/78J7A

UNIT 8200, FOUNDED 1952


Unit 8200 #ISRAEL Cyber Warfare Unit | Unit 8200 (Hebrew: יחידה 8200‎‎, Yehida Shmoneh-Matayim) is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. It also appears in military publications as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps and is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU). http://www.worldinwar.eu/unit-8200-israel/

THE HISTORY AND IMPACT OF UNIT 8200 ON ISRAELI HI-TECH | The attitude of these early Zionists still exists in modern Israeli society, and the nation’s … beginnings have had a lasting impact on the nation’s culture. Unit 8200, and its precursors, embodied this … spirit … [which] continues to drive innovation and has turned Israel into one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. …

Unit 8200 began as a collection of pre-independence intelligence and signals gathering groups that honed their technological skills on British and Arab adversaries. After independence in 1948, the Israeli military, now called the IDF, set up an electronic warfare unit in a green villa that was formerly inhabited by an Arab sheik in the old port town of Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv. The group was given the codename “Rabbit” and put in charge of breaking codes and intercepting Arab communications. During this time, very few countries possessed any ability to intercept and break codes. The U.S., U.K., and the Soviet Union were among the few countries with this ability. This technological ability was not purchased from any other country, but rather developed by early Israeli computer engineers, some of whom had recently emigrated from the Soviet Union. The Unit had some unique restraints that did not exist in the other technologically advanced countries, which included a lack technical experience, technological institutions, funds, and manpower. To compensate for these deficiencies, members of the Unit resorted to crude, albeit effective, techniques to monitor Arab communications. These techniques included stringing up an antenna made of metal wire between two poles, connected to an old Hallicrafter’s S-38, a popular civilian radio in the 1930s and 40s. In 1949, the Unit developed a more sophisticated monitoring systems based on stolen BBC plans. …

By 1959, the Unit gained access to more advanced computing technology. While much of the early Israeli computing research was conducted at the Weitzman Institute of Science, the military saw its potential and took over much of the early research. RAFAEL (the Hebrew abbreviation for Armament Development Authority) was the IDF unit that conducted much of the Israeli high-tech R&D in early computing. In 1956, RAFAEL developed one of the first analog computers in Israel. By 1958, this unit had created a computer called Itzik, which allowed for large-scale simulations. By 1959, all the branches of the IDF, including Unit 8200, wanted access to this new technology. In 1960, the IDF purchased a Philco computer in the United States and created “The Center for Computers and Mechanized Records” known as MAMRAM. Access to computers nudged Unit 8200 closer to its more modern reputation of hackers and complex code breakers. …

After the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the dramatic changes that resulted from the Agranat Commission Report, Unit 8200 began to take on its modern structure and organizational culture. In addition to the organizational changes, the Unit has also grown to be the largest, single unit in the IDF. …

[A]dmission into Unit 8200 is highly selective, and because of the exit opportunities it provides, is extremely competitive. Inbal Arieli, a Unit alumnus, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist, explains in a 2016 Forbes interview that, “The Harvard Business School has a great screening process, but it depends on who applies. Unit 8200 can take the top 1 percent of the 1 percent of the country.” …

Unit 8200 is a unique gathering of highly-intelligent, technology-orientated, motivated individuals who exist in an environment in which they are given advanced technical training, hands-on military experience, and a powerful professional network, all at the age of eighteen. Combine these elements with a society that elevates leaders who demonstrate bold, resourceful, and inventive tendencies, and it produces some incredible entrepreneurs.” – J. Peter Rousseau for The Honors Tutorial College, Ohio University 2017 https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ouhonors1492781541344253

Back Up PDF - https://archive.org/details/Unit8200

‘Unit 8200: The Backbone of Israeli Military Intelligence’ https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:V5V2ntKmYAkJ:https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/unit-8200-the-backbone-of-israeli-military-intelligence/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brags about Unit 8200 at Cybertech 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBgD-V7FUVg

Unit 8200: ‘First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin,’ and Tokyo, and London… | The Mossad is known for exploiting every possible means of leveraging its power to penetrate target countries. I’ve written in the past about how it co-opts local Jewish communal leaders to assist in intelligence operations. It’s also known to employ successful Israeli entrepreneurs like Arnon Milchan and Haim Saban as agents of influence and more. Milchan in the 1960s was an active participant in a plot to steal U.S. uranium on behalf of Israel’s nuclear weapons program. Keep in mind that Iranians who engage in such activities today are arrested and thrown in prison. In 1960s America, Israeli agents acted with impunity and suffered no consequences. Due to the Lobby’s power or the need to retain alliances, several U.S. administrations preferred to look the other way. Saban has plotted to install pro-Israel legislators like Jane Harman as the head of a U.S. intelligence committees so she could be an asset within Congress.

Alumni of Israeli intelligence like Unit 8200 have been dragooned into Mossad assassination conspiracies like the one which murdered Mahmoud al Mabouh. The CEO of the Israeli-American company, Payoneer, aided the plot by facilitating financial transactions necessary to complete the task.

So it’s no accident that Unit 8200 is developing an international network of veteran’s groups. Ostensibly the purpose is to offer mutual aid in advancing careers and socializing. But you can be sure these entities offer rich fodder for the Mossad in its efforts to penetrate U.S. and other nations’ high tech companies and their products. Not to mention darker plots to eliminate Israeli “enemies” around the world. Imagine you’re a Mossad operative planning an assassination or penetration of a diplomatic or commercial target in various targets around the world. Where better to seek assets to assist you than this type of venue? – Richard Silverstein 2017 https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2017/02/04/unit-8200-first-take-manhattan-take-berlin-tokyo-london/

Richard Silverstein “8200” articles https://www.richardsilverstein.com/?s=8200

Inside Israel’s Secret Startup Machine | Much has been made of Israel’s status as “Startup Nation.” Not even the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than New York City’s, Israel is home to more Nasdaq-listed companies than any country except the U.S. and China. On a per capita basis Israel boasts more venture capital, more startups and more scientists and tech professionals than any other country in the world.

To understand these dizzying numbers, you need to understand the mysterious Unit 8200. While no one has ever disclosed how large it is, FORBES estimates the unit has, at any given time, 5,000 people assigned to it, all mandated to deploy the latest technology – Forbes 2016 https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbehar/2016/05/11/inside-israels-secret-startup-machine/#1da9c5091a51

Veterans of Israeli Army’s Elite Code-breaking Unit Are New York’s Best-kept Secret | Some 400 alumni of the IDF’s high-tech Unit 8200 are now working in and around Manhattan. They face a unique challenge: Showcasing their skills while maintaining a low profile about their army past https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/ny-s-best-secret-alumni-of-israels-elite-code-breaking-unit-1.5463880

How Israel became a leader in cybersecurity and surveillance | Veterans of the unit – and other IDF units with a cyber function – form a fraternity of sorts that have seeded the cybersecurity world. That was apparent last week in the halls of the RSA cybersecurity conference, an annual gathering named for its corporate organizer that drew more than 43,000 participants to San Francisco’s Moscone Center.

“There’s a joke around RSA that it’s the only place in the U.S. where you ask instructions in Hebrew and get the answer in Hebrew,” said Striem-Amit.

A few big-name cybersecurity firms started by 8200 alums include Check Point Software Technologies, a Tel Aviv-headquartered firm, and CyberArk, which has its headquarters in Newton, Massachusetts. And new companies emerge each year. Forty Israeli start-up cyber companies raised $360 million last year, part of the $850 million that poured into acquisitions and investment in the sector, according to the Cyber Research Databank. – Miami Herald 2017 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article134016704.html

Former cyber-intelligence sleuths for Israel now work to uncover malicious hackers | What (Unit) 8200 has been able to do is create a pretty unique, and very effective, screening program, which for the most part lets you identify not the people with the most knowledge, but rather the people with the aptitude to learn new technologies, ideas very, very quickly,” Nadav Zafrir, co-founder and CEO of Team8, told CNBC.

Team8 is an Israeli company, founded by veterans from the intelligence agency, that is part-think tank, part-incubator and part-venture creation foundry that develops cybersecurity startups from the ground up. Prior to co-founding Team8, Zafrir was the chief of Unit 8200.

Gil Shwed, who co-founded Check Point, was a member of Unit 8200, as was Udi Mokady of CyberArk and Nir Zuk of Palo Alto Networks.

Unit 8200 starts identifying talent in Israel as early as high school. Candidates are screened based on grades and recommendations from their schools, Liran Grinberg, co-founder of Team8 and another Unit 8200 veteran, explained to CNBC. – CNBC 2017 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/israel-unit-8200-team8.html

Unit 8200 graduates are trying to get everyone online and tracked starting in Africa. Meet the Israelis trying to bring the entire world online | Facebook’s recent acquisition of an Israeli startup has led its two creators to an ambitious new project in the third world. – Ynetnews 2014 https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4581424,00.html

PM tells global business leaders: ‘This year in Jerusalem’ | Netanyahu focused the bulk of his speech on Israel’s start-up and high-tech bonafides, which he credited to the country’s large investment in its military cybersecurity.

He said the country had the “second largest” equivalent of the US’s National Security Agency in the world, referring to the IDF Military Intelligence’s Unit 8200.

He then added for emphasis, “I don’t know if you heard what I just said. It’s the second largest NSA, not in relative terms. The United States is 42 times larger than the State of Israel. Its NSA is not 42 times the size of Israel’s NSA, it’s not even 10 times the size.” – Times of Israel 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-to-global-business-leaders-this-year-in-jerusalem/

It’s noteworthy that the upcoming leading alternative to Facebook that incorporates crypto-currency and attention economy profit-sharing is Israeli startup Synereo, which was co-founded by a Unit 8200 veteran.

“Synereo boasts that it is the world’s first completely decentralized and distributed social network. Users are able to interact directly with each other without the need for a 3rd party intermediary, unlike the case with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Linkedin.” – Jewish Business News 2015 http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/01/28/israeli-startup-synereo-offers-decentralized-social-network/

Microsoft and Qualcomm Are Backing This Israeli Security Startup Studio | Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested an undisclosed sum in Team8, a cybersecurity startup studio founded by top veterans of Unit 8200, Israel’s digital intelligence unit, often referred to as the country’s National Security Agency-equivalent. Meanwhile, Citigroup has joined its partnership program to help design new digital security startups.

The co-investment by the venture arms of two tech giants serves as a point of validation for Israel’s booming digital defense sector. Microsoft has been particularly fond of the nation’s cyber talent, snapping up multiple companies founded there in recent years.

Team8 and its spinoff companies have raised a total of $92 million to date, according to the company. The parent firm last raised $23 million from investors such as AT&T, Accenture, and Nokia about a year ago. …

In 2015, Team8 raised $18 million from backers including Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, and Innovation Endeavors, co-helmed by Eric Schmidt, Alphabet’s [Google] executive chairman.

Nadav Zafrir, Team8’s CEO and cofounder and a former commander of Unit 8200, told Fortune that his firm opted for its latest investors based on their individual areas of expertise. “Microsoft has software and cloud. Qualcomm has chips and hardware. And Citi has the financial perspective,” he said on a call, declining to reveal the sum invested. – Fortune 2017 http://fortune.com/2017/01/09/microsoft-qualcomm-citi-israel-security-startup-team8/

Israel to Train High Schoolers for Big Data Intelligence Jobs | Israel is now “collaborating with the Israeli ministry of education on a new big data training program for the country’s high schoolers… The new program is intended to provide Israel’s security and intelligence arms, including Unit 8200, the Mossad and Israel’s internal security service, with pre-trained recruits.

As part of the program, big data courses will be offered to Israeli high schoolers. To increase the numbers of potential recruits, the Israeli military and Unit 8200 need to seed early training programs…” – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3728778,00.html

[Persian Nationalist] History of Israeli Tech Domination | Israel has violated US law by re-exporting US military technology to China, yet they have never beared any consequences. https://talpiottalk.com/2018/08/10/persian-nationalist-history-of-israeli-tech-domination-israel-has-violated-us-law-by-re-exporting-us-military-technology-to-china-yet-they-have-never-beared-any-consequences/

How Israel is becoming the world’s top cyber superpower | The skills these soldiers learn in units like 8200 are extremely profitable on the free-market. Former Israeli soldiers have brought their military and technological know-how to the private sector and created companies that specialize in cyber defense and offense.

VICE’s Ben Ferguson traveled to Israel to investigate the future of cyber warfare from the country that’s dedicated itself to becoming a superpower. While there, he explored the blurred lines among education, military tech entrepreneurship, and excessive surveillance. – VICE 2018

TALPIOT, FOUNDED 1979


History of Israeli Tech Domination | Israel has violated US law by re-exporting US military technology to China, yet they have never beared any consequences.

Talpiot & the Multipolar World Order | Through Israel’s Talpiot and espionage operations, Israel is able to dominate the high tech sector globally. “Talpiot was intended to give Israel a homegrown military edge, but it is also a contributing factor to its edge in biotech, high-tech and academia [ISRAEL21c, 2012].” “The unit also has to help Israel stay ahead of the United States and other large countries with strong militaries [Times of Israel, 2016].”

Talpiot allows Israel to take US technology and hand it to Russia, China, and beyond, with zero repercussions. Its foundation can literally be found in a recent Congressional bill, ‘S.2497 – United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018‘. By law, the US “shares” technology with Israel all under the guise of ensuring Israel’s national security. 

How Israel totally dominates cyber security and has planted high level corporate spys all over the world via their Talpiot Program run under Israeli military intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=babgv2qRf4k&bpctr=1560295025

Jeremy Rothe-Kushel | Talpiot and Unit 8200: The Global Cyber Agenda for Kill-Switch Domination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHLxpMigJE

Kill Switch - Israel & Microsoft "Oh My" Part One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ixedtjluqw
Kill Switch - Unit 8200 parties in New York "PWD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8MqBlvYVHY

[The Antedote podcast] How The Talpiot Program Works https://youtu.be/xZtskrYtNcA

Talpiot Talk #2: The Foundation Of The Talpiot Program Is In This Congressional Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6nKBKAzFs

Israeli Drones World Wide – Brendon O’Connell 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfHYJPebq4c

ISRAEL – THE GREATEST SPY MACHINE OF ALL TIME | To Understand Globalist Zionist Power And How It Rules From Israel, You Must Understand These Words – “THE TALPIOT PROGRAM” and “THE TECHNION” – Brendon O’Connell 2016

Book] Israel’s Edge: The Story of The IDF’s Most Elite Unit – Talpiot by Jason Gewirtz | Israel’s Edge contains dozens of interviews with Talpiot graduates and some of the early founders of the program. It explains Talpiot’s highly successful recruiting methods and discloses many of the secrets of the program’s success. The book also profiles some of the most successful businesses founded by Talpiot graduates including CheckPoint, Compugen, Anobit, recently bought by Apple, and XIV, recently bought by IBM. No other military unit has had more of an impact on the State of Israel and no other unit will have more of an impact in the years ahead. https://www.amazon.com/Israels-Edge-Story-Elite-Talpiot/dp/9652297135

Israel’s Edge: The Story of the IDF’s Most Elite Unit – Talpiot | After the [1973 Yom Kippur] war was over Professors Felix Dothan and Shaul Yatziv proposed a new program designed to tap into Israel’s smartest and most creative young minds. Their idea was to create an army unit where students would learn to fight – but learn to think first. In 1979 the first Talpiot class began with just 25 students.

Cadets for this unit were told when they were drafted, three years was too short of a time for this program. They’d have to enlist for ten years. In order to make it work, the army partnered with Hebrew University to teach the young cadets physics, mathematics and computer science. They were given three years to complete their degrees. It should be noted that the same amount of coursework takes four years for gifted students not in Talpiot to finish.

Members of this unit aren’t just taught to think – they’re taught to think and learn fast.

While studying members of Talpiot are also sent to train with each and every unit in the IDF from the artillery to tank units, to the infantry, to the navy and air force to learn how each unit does its job.

After a few years, Talpiot commanders started adding new requirements to their list for candidates. They didn’t just want the brightest students, they wanted soldiers who could learn together and work together as a team… and young men and women that could lead teams. Finding the right candidates for this unit is now seen as so important it is given top priority by IDF recruiters, even above finding the fighter pilots of the future.

At the end of their first three years the men and women in this unit would then be asked to take their combat and academic training and combine them to help invent and improve all of the weapons in the IDF’s arsenal. During their next seven years of service Talpiots become military research and development experts. Missile defense is high on their list of responsibilities. But they also work to develop new tools for cybersecurity. Talpiots have led the way on this new global battlefield. Talpiots have also been very active in space, developing new satellite systems and high altitude, high resolution cameras that can be used to shoot images that then go to Israel’s intelligence services to help them see what Israel’s enemies are up to.

These soldiers have had an impact on every weapon and communications system used by the IDF and every tool used by Israel’s intelligence community.

In many cases, after going into research and development, members of Talpiots hunger for the field and they are encouraged by the Ministry of Defense to do so. The thinking is nobody knows what a warrior needs more than a warrior himself. …

After their ten years in the army, about a third of Talpiot graduates stay in the IDF, usually in research and development roles. A third go into the academic world to teach while the other third go into business. …

Talpiot has been tasked with keeping Israel a generation ahead of a rapidly strengthening and technologically capable Iran… The unit also has to help Israel stay ahead of the United States and other large countries with strong militaries…” – Times of Israel 2016 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-edge-the-story-of-the-idfs-most-elite-unit-talpiot-2/

Inside the IDF’s Super-Secret Elite Brain Trust | Over the past 40 years, members of one of the IDF’s most elite and secretive units have been behind many of Israel’s greatest military and scientific breakthroughs. – The Tower 2016 http://www.thetower.org/article/inside-the-idfs-super-secret-elite-brain-trust-talpiot/

A League of Their Own | Talpiot places its graduates at the technological front of the IDF, and in civilian life these graduates continue – directly, and in a way typical of Israeli society – to the technological front, which is very highly paid.

The graduates of Talpiot can be found in every large high-tech firm that has succeeded in surviving the present crisis, and Ben Eliezer says that every month he gets a phone call from graduates suggesting that he join a start-up company they have established. – Haaretz 2001 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/1.5476936

Zohar Zisapel [Talpiot], the RAD dad of the world’s telecom industry | RAD has helped change life as we know it — enabling high-speed and wireless communication, and secure telephone networks and banking. Today, RAD is a solutions provider for more than 100 telecom operators around the world, includingAT&T, British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Japan Telecom, and Orange France. It provides communications tools to major players in the banking, commerce, education, finance, government, military, transportation, and utility sectors. – ISRAEL21c 2009 https://www.israel21c.org/zohar-zisapel-the-rad-dad-of-the-worlds-telecom-industry/

Talpiot: The IDF incubator for Israel’s future CEOs | The top physics and math students in Israel are groomed for dazzling careers through an unusual military training program.

Every year no more than 60 of about 10,000 of Israel’s top-scoring math and physics standouts get accepted into Talpiot, which sends them for undergraduate degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in uniform, followed by six or more years of research-and-development work for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Inaugurated in 1979, Talpiot has spawned such leading lights as Check Point Software Technologies co-founder Marius Nacht, EarlySense founders Avner Halperin and Guy Shinar, Samsung R&D Labs director Tsvi Lev, Navotek Medical CEO Giora Kornblau, Itamar Medical R&D VP Efrat Litman, iOnRoad CEO Alon Atsmon, TaKaDu CEO Amir Peleg, Trusteer CTO Amit Klein, Kaizen Financial Engineering co-founder Dvir Greenberg, Odysii CTO Tal Reichert … well, you get the picture.

Talpiot was intended to give Israel a homegrown military edge, but it is also a contributing factor to its edge in biotech, high-tech and academia. – ISRAEL21c 2012 https://www.israel21c.org/the-idf-incubator-for-israels-future-ceos/

 
In Surprise Move, Microsoft Israel’s R&D Center Names New 34-year-old CEO | Assaf Rappaport, who joined Microsoft after it purchased his cloud security startup, will manage 1,000 employees at one of the leading R&D centers in the world

Rappaport, who is a graduate of the elite Israeli military Talpiot program, studied mathematics, physics and computer science at the Hebrew University and holds a master’s degree in computer science from the Technion in Haifa. He served for six years in the Israeli army’s 8200 signal intelligence and code decryption unit. He subsequently works for the Australian consulting firm McKinsey, after which he established Adallom, which was sold in less than three years for approximately $320 million. – Haaretz 2018 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/microsoft-israel-s-r-d-center-names-new-34-year-old-ceo-1.5746060

‘The exit wasn’t the end. It may be the end of the beginning,’ Argus CEO says | Ofer Ben-Noon, who helms an automotive cybersecurity startup recently bought by Germany’s Continental, says a sale was the only way to achieve the company’s vision

Ben-Noon founded the firm in 2013 with two friends, Oron Lavi and Yaron Galula, all of them alumni of the IDF’s elite Unit 8200, along with Zohar Zisapel [Talpiot], a co-founder of the RAD Group who is also an investor in the firm. – Times of Israel 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-exit-wasnt-the-end-it-may-be-the-end-of-the-beginning-argus-ceo-says/

Aloma of Talpiot graduates raised $ 3.5 million | Three veterans of the IDF Talpiot program raised more than $3 million from Sequoia and Ariel Meislos, former CEO of Apple Israel, and they are not even a cyber company. – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3638586,00.html

Peter Thiel’s Mithril, Slack, Back Israeli AI Startup Epistema | Epistema developed a structured debate platform supported by automated data checks and artificial intelligence

Israeli cybersecurity expert Isaac Ben-Israel and former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaacov Amidror sit on the company’s advisory board.

In one of his past positions, Mr. Rosenberg, a veteran, high-ranking Israeli military intelligence officer, was the commander of the elite training program for outstanding students “Talpiot,” credited as a major building block in creating Israel’s military technology edge. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3735997,00.html

The Talpiot Medical Leadership Program https://talpiot.sheba.co.il/The_Program

ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE & OTHER HIGH TECH INITIATIVES


Israeli Army Sets Up ‘Consciousness Ops’ Unit to Influence Enemy Armies, Foreign Media and Public Opinion | With eye on hearts and minds, Israeli army sets up a new ‘soft power’ psychological warfare unit https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/with-eye-on-hearts-and-minds-israeli-army-sets-up-consciousness-ops-1.5888362

[Jeremy Rothe-Kushel] PsychWar (Logic/Graphic/Metric) in an Age of Cambridge Analytica type “Con-OPS” https://youtu.be/cw-7by75nNs

The Centre for Consciousness Operations (Hebrew המרכז למבצעי תודעה), abbreviated Malat (מל”ת) is an IDF Operations Directorate unit which specializes in psychological warfare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Consciousness_Operations

Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas https://www.amazon.com/Gideons-Spies-Secret-History-Mossad/dp/0312252846

[Hasbara] The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community: Mossad, Aman, and Shin Bet (1990) https://youtu.be/JqByZjhDL_8

[Book] Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community Hardcover [1990] by Dan Raviv (Author), Yossi Melman (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Every-Spy-Prince-Intelligence-Community/dp/0395471028

The Directorate of Military Intelligence (Hebrew: אגף המודיעין‎, Agaf HaModi’in – lit. “the Intelligence Section”; Arabic: شعبة الاستخبارات العسكرية‎), often abbreviated to Aman (Hebrew: אמ״ן‎; Arabic: آمان‎), is the central, overarching military intelligence body of the Israel Defense Forces. Aman was created in 1950, when the Intelligence Department was spun off from the IDF’s General Staff (the Intelligence Department itself was composed largely of former members of the Haganah Intelligence Service). Aman is an independent service, and not part of the ground forces, Navy or the Air Force.

It is one of the main entities (and the largest component) of the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Mossad and Shin Bet. It is currently headed by Major General Herzi Halevi. It includes the cyberwarfare branch Unit 8200 and the training course Havatzalot Program. Its special forces unit is Sayeret Matkal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Directorate_(Israel)

Mossad (Hebrew: הַמוֹסָד‬, IPA: [ha moˈsad]; Arabic: الموساد‎, al-Mōsād, IPA: [almoːˈsaːd]; literally meaning “the Institute”), short for HaMossad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים‬, meaning “Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations”), is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security).

Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counterterrorism. In contrast to the government and military, the goals, structure and powers of the Mossad are exempt from the Basic Laws of Israel. However, its activity is subject to secret procedures that have never been published. Its director reports directly to the Prime Minister. Its counter-terrorist unit is known as Kidon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad

Unit 81 (Hebrew: יחידה 81‎) is the military intelligence technology unit of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate (AMAN). It focuses on supplying the newest technology to Israeli combat soldiers.[1] It is more secretive than the related Unit 8200.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_81

Why spies make the best entrepreneurs | Once we account for the relative success of “Startup Nation” two new contenders for “Startup U” begin to emerge – Israel’s elite 81 and 8200 units; military intelligence detachments responsible for signal intelligence, code decryption and tech-enabled ordnance. In other words: cyber spies. …

Given that the entire 8200 numbers fewer than 5,000, that yields a level of selectivity greater than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Caltech or Stanford. Furthermore, while exact figures are unknown, Unit 81 is reported to be even more discerning. – Business Insider 2016 http://read.bi/2bLKsvl

Meet the Shin Bet’s cyber warriors | “D.,” the head of one of the division’s branches, is 37, married and the father of four. He served in the IDF as part of the combined military/yeshiva program, studied computer science at Bar-Ilan University, worked at an international hi-tech company, and only then move to the Shin Bet. …

The Shin Bet’s growing team of cyber warriors – as of a year ago their numbers had grown from being in the single digits of the agency’s personnel to around a quarter of them – is competing against opponents who are ever more “agile, flexible in their methods of operation and diversified in their execution capabilities.” – Jerusalem Post 2018 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Meet-the-Shin-Bets-cyber-warriors-540507

Introducing: digital warfare through the IDF’s new intelligence unit | With a ‘civilian startup’s culture,’ the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 3060 develops apps to make the most classifieds items of intelligence accessible to commanders on the ground in real-time; some of the unit’s developments include an app allowing commander to select the safest route of advancement and a system producing video clips from drone. ‘They identify problems before the field does,’ says officer. …

The “products” produced by the unit constitute a significant leap in making real-time intelligence easily accessible to military commanders, in bolstering security on the borders and in facilitating more efficient ground maneuvers based on the fusion of information, image processing, the use of artificial intelligence, swiftly displaying information using combined intelligence sources including drones and satellites, human espionage, recording, listening or tracking devices planted on enemy units and openly available intel taken from social media or newspaper outlets. – Ynetnews 2018 https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5066737,00.html

“[I]n Tel Aviv, the youth breathe tech: kindergarten kids in some schools learn computer skills and robotics, talented 10th-graders learn to code and stop hacking, and university students dream of launching their own startup. …

For a country that is just 60 years old and with a population of just 7.1 million, Israel boasts of having the most NASDAQ-listed companies outside America. It also has more high tech startups per capita in the entire world, at 5,500. …

There are various factors that have contributed to Israel’s rise in cybersecurity – like culture and mandatory military service – but one major driver is the government and its role in not just encouraging startups, but also financing them.

The Israel Innovation Authority for instance, is a government arm under the Ministry of Economy, that is responsible for encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship while stimulating economic growth.

Former Apple Israel chief and now head of the Innovation Authority Aharon Aharon, said the government spends 4% of its GDP on supporting startups.

“We invested about $500 million in 2017 on innovation and supporting companies. We have a professional evaluator to check out cyber companies applying for government funding,” he said,

“We invest in mobile, cyber, robotics, food tech, bug data, electronics, machine learning and more. We fund all technologies and at all stages of innovation, from startups to large companies.”

There are also the likes of Cybergym – half-owned by the Israeli government’s Israel Electric Company – a cyberdefense organization that trains companies and even governments around the world on how to protect themselves from cyber attacks.

Cybergym CEO and co-founder Ofir Hason said it counts the governments of Lithuania and Australia as some of its clients, and has managed training in Portugal, New York, Australia, and Japan, among others.” – RAPPLER 2018 https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/195653-revenge-porn-hackers-cybercrime-cybersecurity-ph-israel

Jerusalem Startup City – OurCrowd TV 2018 https://youtu.be/l_XljKS_X5A

Jerusalem of tech: How the capital has given Tel Aviv a run for its start-up money | The sleepy capital is becoming a hi-tech hub to be reckoned with. – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/Jerusalem-oftech-478258

How Jerusalem is seeking to become Israel’s new ‘start-up city’ | The Jerusalem Development Authority is committed to strengthening hi-tech in the capital. – Jerusalem Post 2016 http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/Israels-Start-up-City-472958

Tiny IDF Unit Is Brains Behind Israeli Army Artificial Intelligence | The operational research unit of the Military Intelligence Unit — the software unit of the Israeli army’s J6/C4i Directorates Lotem Unit — doesn’t look like the kind of place where state-of-the art artificial intelligence is being put to work. …

But the unit is engaged in the same kind of AI work that the world’s biggest tech companies, like Google, Facebook and China’s Baidu are doing in a race to apply machine learning to such functions as self-driving cars, analysis of salespeople’s telephone pitches and cybersecurity — or to fight Israel’s next war more intelligently. – Haaretz 2017 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tiny-idf-unit-is-brains-behind-israeli-army-artificial-intelligence-1.5442911

9900: The Israeli Satellite Intelligence Unit | “[M]odern battles are decided by the minds of inventors and developers of advanced technologies, allowing for the implementation of new combat techniques that were considered science fiction only a few decades ago.” The existence of the covert intelligence IDF unit 9900 supports this theory. The unit is referred to as “nine nine-hundred”, or officially as “the satellite unit” within the “visual intelligence formation”, part of the Intelligence Division. …

9900 supplies real time information to all levels of the establishment: The political leadership, top military decision makers, battalion commanders and even smaller units. Since 9900 can monitor distant countries most of the demand for its information comes from the defense establishment. The unit’s commander explains: “Information is sent out immediately after the request is received. We instantly aim a satellite camera at the requested zone. Since Israel has 10 satellites, each one orbiting the earth every hour and a half or so, we effectively have worldwide coverage. An Elbit system, for example, synchronizes surveillance activities in a certain order, and that’s how we receive real time information.” – iHLS 2013 https://i-hls.com/archives/22809

The Israeli Army Unit That Recruits Teens With Autism | Many autistic soldiers who would otherwise be exempt from military service have found a place in Unit 9900, a selective intelligence squad where their heightened perceptual skills are an asset. – The Atlantic 2016 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/israeli-army-autism/422850/

IDF prepares for its new high-tech home in southern Israel’s ‘Silicon Wadi’ | The IDF is gearing up for a major relocation to southern Israel, where it plans to create new environs replete with academia and high-tech firms, and to give a significant boost to the Be’er Sheva area.

“We are following the vision of [Israel’s first Prime Minister David] Ben-Gurion. We are moving the best people to the Negev,” said Lt.-Col. Itai Sagi, who heads the branch responsible for establishing the IDF’s C4i (command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence) and Cyber Defense campus. “Next to me are the university and tech companies, with their own labs. We are creating a very significant ecosystem.” …

The ongoing effort to transform southern Israel into a technology hub has been described as “Silicon Wadi.” A three-way synergy between the private sector, the university and the IDF will presumably put Be’er Sheva on the map of competitive technological development, the military believes. – Jewish News Syndicate 2018 https://www.jns.org/idf-prepares-for-its-new-high-tech-home-in-southern-israels-silicon-wadi/

Israel Developing Cutting Edge Artificial Intelligence Crime-Fighting Tools | Israel is among those countries everyone would want to watch her steps in matters security. No debate, the country has it all when it comes to criminology and everything weaponry related. But, in its current move to use artificial intelligence as a tool to fight crime, that’s a serious move that requires deep thinking especially with the current fears associated with the technology. …

Israel Police has engaged the Ben-Gurion University of Negev and the two are building cutting-edge cyber, big-data AI-powered tools that will be able to prevent crime through foretelling when and where it may happen. …

Ideally, if this application of AI turns successful and Israel Police comes forward to confirm that artificial intelligence is a reliable tool to handle crime, we will see more governments turn to the technology for help. – Sanvada 2018

Israeli University Launches Lab to Fight Crime Using AI and Big Data | The Center for Computational Criminology is the result of a partnership between Israeli police and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

A new research center in Israel will focus on the use of technologies like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and big data analytics in law enforcement.

The Center for Computational Criminology, officially launched Wednesday in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, is the result of a partnership between Israeli police and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3733087,00.html

Mossad venture arm makes first investments in spy tech | Intelligence agency does not reveal name of startups, says they are expected to supply their technologies in 2018-19

Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, said its new technological innovation fund has completed a first round of investments in Israeli startups that have the potential to help the agency in its covert operations, to meet existing and future challenges. – Times of Israel 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-venture-arm-makes-first-investments-in-spy-tech/

Israel blurs the line between defense apparatus and local cybersecurity hub. | Israel is siphoning cyber-related activities from its national defense apparatus to privately held companies. Since 2012, cyber-related and intelligence projects that were previously carried out in-house in the Israeli military and in Israel’s main intelligence arms are transferred to companies that in some cases were built for this exact purpose. Some of these clandestine companies were established in collaboration with the Israeli defense organizations as a way to address the country’s growing technological defense needs and a steep rise in salaries of cybersecurity engineers in the Israeli market. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3735256,00.html

The Israeli high-school kids earning high-tech salaries | Cyber-ed program gives youth from peripheral areas training for well-paying positions at major companies even before they enter the army. https://www.israel21c.org/the-israeli-high-school-kids-earning-high-tech-salaries/

Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency Taps Local Startups | The Israel Security Agency is teaming up with Tel Aviv University’s TAU Ventures to set up an accelerator program for startups https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3737748,00.html

ISRAELI TECH DOMINATION


Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explains the importance of migrating Russian Jews with key technical skills to the United States and Israel to maximize their skill sets to make Soviet Israel the world’s leading technological power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uqwsb1TjQs&t=15s

eToro Launches Crypto-Based Universal Basic Income Project GoodDollar | The project is being incubated by the company in London and Tel Aviv. https://coinjournal.net/etoro-launches-crypto-based-universal-basic-income-project-gooddollar/

Shamah, David. (January 31, 2014). “QualComm founder a fan long before ‘Start-Up Nation’” | Irwin M. Jacobs prides himself on being one of the first US entrepreneurs to discover what Israel could do for multinationals. Times of Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/qualcomm-founder-a-fan-long-before-start-up-nation/ excerpts

Israel’s Bar-Ilan University: Nano-Institute at the cutting edge of medical research https://www.healtheuropa.eu/bar-ilan-university/88857/

Why Data Science is Booming in Israel | Israel’s tech sector is one of the hottest in the world… The country’s startup culture has transformed Israel into a competitive tech industry with some of the world’s most promising startups calling Israel home.

And there’s also the benefit of Tel Aviv holding the Data Science Summit for four years.

The event is hosted by IGTCloud, and it was held in May. Data Science is one of the world’s driving industries because we have more data than ever before. The goal of autonomous driving can only be met with proper data scientists at the helm.

These individuals will be able to help intelligence robots and future AI calculate and make sense of big data.

Machine-learning and deep learning are all dependent on big data. …

Data science is an industry that is truly innovative, and it will be the industry that offers the most potential for technological change.

And there’s a new reason for students to start pursuing their masters in data science: Yandex.

Yandex, the “Google of Russia,” is going to expand into Israel. The tech firm, the largest in Russia, will be launching a few services in Israel. The firm will be launching Yandex Music in just a few weeks, and then there are additional plans for Israel.

Times of Israel broke the news that Yandex is still thinking about opening a taxi venture in Israel and also plans to offer an eight-month course in data science. Yandex plans to introduce their Y-Data initiative in Israel, a course that will be very similar to what is already running in Russia. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-data-science-is-booming-in-israel/

[Persian Nationalist] History of Israeli Tech Domination | Israel has violated US law by re-exporting US military technology to China, yet they have never beared any consequences.

How did Israel get access to US high technology and intellectual property? It all began in the 1970s, when the US and Israeli governments formed BIRD (Israel-United States Bi-national Industrial Research and Development) Foundation. BIRD funds joint partnerships between Israeli and American companies, with 50 percent of its funding coming from the US government. That’s right, our taxpayer money is funding Israeli industry, while our infrastructure is in shambles. This quote from a Bloomberg article is Talpiot in action, “The company [BIRD] promotes joint industrial R&D between American and Israeli companies. They provide a maximum of $1.2 million funding per project. BIRD-supported projects allow leading Israeli technology companies to access key world class-US companies and establish business ties.” There you go, US government funded BIRD gives Israeli tech companies access to “world-class US companies.” That is where the Israeli high tech industry gets its lifeblood.  Using this access to US industry, Israel set up a massive espionage operation in the United States to steal secret US defense secrets, military technology, and intellectual property in the early 1980s. One operative, Jonathan Pollard, was caught in this operation. Pollard was a US intelligence agent/Israeli spy who stole thousands of documents revealing the methods used by the US for signal intelligence gathering. From then on, Israel had the same intelligence gathering capabilities as the United States. Without Pollard, Israel would never have been able to engage in signal intelligence gathering, which means that the infamous Israeli companies tied to 9/11: Amdocs and Verint, would never have been formed. But Pollard was just the tip of the iceberg. There was a whole Israeli Espionage Network surrounding and working with Pollard, including guys like Richard Perle, Frank Gafney JR, Douglas J Feith, John F Lehman Jr, and Paul Wolfowitz.

All this technology that Israel has stolen was developed by tax payer money through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Nearly all of Apple’s technology was developed by DARPA. Google emerged through DARPA technology and the CIA’s MDDS (Massive Digital Data Systems) project, and Facebook raised its initial capital through an investment from Peter Thiel, whose data mining company, Palantir, was first funded by the CIA Venture capital firm, In Q Tel.

Furthermore, there are Zionist fingerprints all over tech giants like Google and Facebook. Google was initially partly funded by American Jew, Andy Bechtolsheim, the co founder of the tech firm, Sun Microsystems, which has a major R&D center in Israel. Many other tech firms including Google, Facebook, IBM, Motorola, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Apple have R&D centers in Israel as well. Why would these firms choose to have R&D centers near Tel Aviv? Tel Aviv is the ninth most expensive city in the world. Furthermore, it would make more sense economically to have R&D centers in a place like Bangladesh. where wages are significantly lower with a similar supply of high tech workers. http://www.exposetheenemy.com/history-of-israeli-tech-domination

BIRD Approved Projects http://www.birdf.com/approved-projects/

[Book] Shevavim shel tiḳṿah (Literally “Microchips of Hope”) Sipurehem shel yazame taʻaśiyat ha-haiṭeḳ ha-Yiśraʾelit (The Birth of Israel’s High-Tech Industry) by Amos Levav
Published 1998 by Zemorah-Bitan in Tel-Aviv.

The book tells the story of the birth of the Israeli High-Tech industry from the early 1960’s to the early 1990’s. It provides a fascinating account of the early entrepreneurs and companies that were at the heart of the initial creation and development of the technology industry in Israel; and how it evolved to become a significant force on a global scale.

The book is structured as a set of interlinked personal stories of key people, the pioneers who are responsible for establishing and developing the companies that were the foundation stone of the industry.

The book covers the following people and companies: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18623011M/Shevavim_shel_ti%E1%B8%B3%E1%B9%BFah_(Literally_%E2%80%9CMicrochips_of_Hope%E2%80%9D)

2018 Gandel Symposium on the Middle East: Maintaining Israel’s Technological Supremacy https://youtu.be/ROnJRI0GAvI

Israel – The World’s Cyber Capital https://youtu.be/z2-zUh4Ngtc

Holy Land: Startup Nations (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED https://youtu.be/I5h8GfxIWVY

Israel’s Largest Bank Begins Blockchain Trial With Microsoft https://www.coindesk.com/israels-largest-bank-begins-blockchain-trial-microsoft/

Israeli Blockchain Association | Partners http://blockchainisrael.io/#partners

Israel ’15 years ahead’ in cyber warfare capabilities | [T]he Israeli military does boast some of the most advanced cyber capabilities in the world.

“We are ahead of the rest of the world in digital capabilities by at least 15 years. We’re integrated operational internet capabilities which enable any commander to do anything in any place,” the officer explained. – Israel National News 2016 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/208126

The top 10 icons of Israeli high-tech – part one | Long before Israel was known as the startup nation, skilled and visionary men were already putting it on course as the next Silicon Valley. In the first of a two-part series, ISRAEL21c takes a look at Israel’s top 10 high-tech pioneers. https://www.israel21c.org/the-top-10-icons-of-israeli-high-tech-the-pioneers/

Full text of Netanyahu’s 2018 address to AIPAC | And there is a revolution taking place. This couldn’t happen at the better time. Look at the ten leading companies in 2006: five energy companies, one IT company, Microsoft. And a mere 10 years later, 2016, a blink of an eye in historical terms, it’s completely reversed. Five IT companies, one energy company left. The true wealth is in innovation. You know these companies: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook. Guess what? They all have research centers in Israel. All of them, major research centers. And they’re not alone. There are hundreds more. And there’s a reason, something is going on. It’s a great change. It’s—you want to hear jargon? It’s one sentence. This is a terrible sentence, but I have no other way to say it. It’s the confluence of big data, connectivity and artificial intelligence, okay? Do you get that? You know what that does? It revolutionizes old industries and it creates entirely new industries.

So here’s an old industry that Israel was always great in: agriculture. We were always good in agriculture. But now we have precision agriculture. You know what that is? See that drone in the sky? He’s connected to a big database. And there are sensors in the field, and in the field there’s drip irrigation and drip fertilization. And now we can target, with this technology, the water that we give, the fertilizer that we give down to the individual plant that needs it. That’s precision agriculture. That’s Israel. Unbelievable. https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-netanyahus-2018-address-to-aipac/

“Despite Israel’s small size geographically, it is a leader in the cybersecurity sphere and a desired partner for collaboration worldwide, said former CIA director [Retired] General David Petraeus … at the [2018] annual CyberTech conference in Tel Aviv.

Speaking at the event, which is hosting some 15,000 attendees from 80 countries over the course of three days, including representatives from 210 companies and 160 international delegations, Petraeus said, “Israel is a small country in all aspects, but it is a cyber superpower. …

The ex-CIA chief added that the collaboration between the US and Israel reached “new heights time and time again, far beyond what is being published in the media”. – NoCamels.com 2018 http://nocamels.com/2018/01/israel-cyber-superpower-cia-cybertech-2018/

Billionaire Elon Musk visits Israel to scour tech, party in Jerusalem, hike Masada | The tech giant said that Israel is a “technological superpower.” http://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Billionaire-Elon-Musk-visits-Israel-to-scour-tech-party-in-Jerusalem-hike-Masada-546592

NEW NASA DIRECTOR CHOOSES ISRAEL FOR FIRST INT’L VISIT | NASA and the ISA will expand their cooperation, according to an official statement issued on Thursday by Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/New-director-of-NASA-signs-agreement-with-ISA-in-first-international-visit-562334

Bill Gates: Israeli tech ‘changing the world’ | In video call to Microsoft Israel’s annual big bash, co-founder says he’s ‘very impressed’ with Israel’s R&D

While Microsoft is known for many things, it is best known for Windows – and for years, rumors have swirled for years that major parts of the operating system were developed in Israel, something the company has confirmed although it has never specified just which components of Windows are “Israeli.” Gates, who does know, wasn’t telling either, but he was “very happy” to wish the Microsoft Israel R&D center a happy 25th anniversary. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-gates-israeli-tech-changing-the-world/

Ex-IDF Intel Chief: By 2025, constant satellite feed will aid targeted killings | The former IDF intelligence chief made several other observations about important trends in intelligence and technology.

By 2025, 10,000 satellites will provide constant Israeli video surveillance of the Middle East sufficient to carry out targeted killings of terrorists at any time and any place, former IDF intelligence chief Aharon Zeevi Farkash said on Wednesday. …

Israel’s intelligence capabilities are moving so fast that soon they may reach a point where it can turn all oral communications that it has picked up immediately into digital form, he said.

Furthermore, Israeli intelligence will then be able to forward the data in specific customized formats for immediate use by the air force, navy and ground forces. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/By-2025-constant-satellite-feed-will-aid-targeted-killings-556686

Is Israel on Its Way to Reach a Five-Year Commercial Space Race Mission? | Israel introduced the world’s first nano satellites, which are flown in formation and are the first autonomous spacecraft. The satellites were developed at Haifa’s Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

The project was supported by the Israeli Space Agency and will launch at the end of the year. Scientists are launching the satellites to showcase how a group of satellites can stay 600 kilometers above earth and stay together in a close formation.

Israeli’s startup innovation is slowly making its way into the space industry. …

Israel has made strides since 2015 when the Space Agency announced their plans to enter the commercial space industry. Nano satellites and a strong startup culture put Israel in a good position to capture well beyond 3% of the commercial space market. The country’s five-year goal may well be on its way. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/is-israel-on-its-way-to-reach-a-five-year-commercial-space-race-mission/

How did Israel become the new Silicon Valley? | The short but impressive story of the start-up environment in Israel makes many think that it has a bigger potential than the American Silicon Valley, and this may, in fact, be true. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-did-israel-become-the-new-silicon-valley/

Israel At 70: Top Venture Capitalists Offer Their Take On Future Innovation | While celebrations for Israel’s 70th birthday are underway, NoCamels has interviewed experts from six of the top venture capitalist firms in the country, picking their brains about the future of Israeli innovation across industries, and what startups are catching their eye in automotive, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, big data, digital health, agritech, and retail. http://nocamels.com/2018/04/future-innovation-israel-vc/

[Laughable cover story] How Google Started in Susan Wojcicki’s [Jewish] Garage | YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki joins host Emily Chang on “Bloomberg Studio 1.0” to discuss how Google co-founders Larry Page [Jewish] and Sergey Brin [Jewish] started the company in her Menlo Park garage. – Bloomberg 2016 https://youtu.be/ayRT5iaAt-o

5G mobile revolution designed in Israel | “Qualcomm is developing chips, and the first generation of 5G is being developed here.” – Globes 2017 http://www.globes.co.il/en/article.aspx?did=1001207153&from=iglobes

5G cellphone service ‘made in Israel’ | Turns out that the team behind Intel’s next revolutionary upgrade is based in the R&D department in Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248870

5G Technology Being Born In Israel https://youtu.be/pLNRHcOqH3Y

Qualcomm’s $2 billion 5G deal will power 2019 Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi phones | Qualcomm announced partnerships with six Chinese manufacturers to accelerate availability of 5G devices in China. Preliminary Qualcomm agreements with four of the companies have an estimated value of at least $2 billion over three years, beginning with the 2019 release of domestic and global smartphones.

Under the new “5G Pioneer” initiative, Qualcomm expects to provide Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo, Wingtech Technology, Xiaomi, and ZTE with a platform to develop “premium tier and global 5G commercial devices,” importantly including RF front-end components that convert analog radio waves into digital signals. RF front-ends are critical parts in wireless phones, and can dramatically reduce power drain along with battery size if properly engineered. – VentureBeat 2018 https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/25/qualcomms-2-billion-5g-deal-will-power-2019-lenovo-oppo-vivo-and-xiaomi-phones/

Nokia’s cloud business expands with T-Mobile 5G win | Nokia’s CloudBand unit came from the acquisition a couple of years ago of Alcatel-Lucent, where the cloud business unit was built from scratch. Knowing this was a whole new ball game, it started bringing in new talent and building the core team in 2011 with personnel in Israel.

When Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent two years ago, they took advantage of the situation to do a reset of the portfolio. Then in 2017, Nokia started seeing the first deployments as a result of that strategy, and according to Guy Shemesh, vice president of CloudBand within Nokia’s software unit, it’s already off to a strong start in 2018. Shemesh was co-founder of Alcatel’s Cloud Business Unit based in Israel that became the core strategy at Alcatel-Lucent. – FierceWireless 2018 https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/nokia-s-cloud-business-expands-t-mobile-5g-win

Are 5G and AI Linked? Can India Vault To Pole Position In AI Race With 5G Rollout? | After shaking up the telecom market with $25 million 4G wireless network, Reliance Jio is now working with Israel’s Airspan to bring 5G service in India. – Analytics India Magazine 2018 https://analyticsindiamag.com/5g-ai-linked-can-india-vault-pole-position-ai-race-5g-rollout/

Israeli Digital Forensics Firm Can Now Hack Into Almost Any Cellphone, Tablet |  The Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite claims it now has the ability to unlock almost any phone on the market, including iPhones installed with the latest software said to be of top-notch security, as well as tablets like iPads. http://nocamels.com/2018/02/cellebrite-hack-phone-tablet/ – NoCamels.com 2018

Cellebrite has a Talpiot connection: Oren Felenberg, Security Researcher at Cellebrite, “Talpiot” Program Cadet https://www.linkedin.com/in/oren-felenberg-57668889/

How one company is getting smartphones to rat out their criminal owners | Digital forensics firm Cellebrite has moved from copying contacts on mobile phones to digital forensics, helping police collar the bad guys along the way. – ZDNet 2014 http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-one-company-is-getting-smartphones-to-rat-out-their-criminal-owners/

Terrorist’s iPhone didn’t turn up any useful information, FBI admits | It was nevertheless reported that the FBI unlocked the device with the help of Israel’s Cellebrite, a company that specialises in mobile forensic software. – The Telegraph 2016 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/15/terrorists-iphone-didnt-turn-up-any-useful-information-fbi-admit/ 

In the U.S. specifically, Cellebrite  has taken over $2 million worth of purchase orders from the FBI since 2012—the agency renewed its software contract with the company earlier this week, according to public records.
https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportalq=cellebrite+CONTRACTING_AGENCY_NAME:%22FEDERAL+BUREAU+OF+INVESTIGATION%22&s=FPDS&templateName=1.4&indexName=awardfull&x=0&y=0&start=0

Haifa team sires Intel’s ‘best processor ever’ for laptops | New family of 8th generation Intel Core processors lets computers perform 88% better than a 3-year-old PC, company says https://www.timesofisrael.com/haifa-team-sires-intels-best-processor-ever-for-laptops/Israel — Blockchain Capital of the World? | Interestingly, Israel is being positioned as one of the countries that are supportive of Blockchain technology and its applications in cryptocurrencies and other arears. The country’s stand is not surprising, considering the fact that Israel has been dubbed the Startup Nation – a reflection of the number of its successful startups, VC firms, funding funnels, founding teams, and the general collaborative and supportive tech ecosystem. This piece provides some insights on the how Israel is gradually becoming the blockchain and crypto-hub of the world. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israel-blockchain-capital-of-the-world/Israel Can Cook Up the Next Big Thing in Fintech (financial technology) | [T]he minimal market size is probably what caused Israel’s human capital to seek global financial expertise overseas. This in turn may have been the catalyst for the creation of many successful global fintech companies. Israelis who have held positions in financial institutions in New York, London, or Asian financial centers, utilized their financial background as the driving force to build fintech startups like alternative financiers Behalf Inc. and FundBox Inc. Israelis who have held roles at global fintech enterprises like PayPal have later ventured onwards to build new and more agile businesses like fraud prevention company Forter Ltd.

The former employees and executives of success stories like FundTech Ltd. (sold to D+H), Traiana Inc. (sold to ICAP, now the NEX Group), Mint Bills Inc. (Sold to Intuit), Fraud Sciences Ltd. (sold to PayPal) and Actimize Inc. (sold to NICE), have gained strong industry expertise and now reap the fruits of obtaining such expertise by building new disruptive fintech-focused ventures.

Several leading financial institutes such as J.P. Morgan, Citibank and Barclays have opened development centers in Israel in recent years, looking to tap local expertise and talent. The latter two have also set up fintech-oriented accelerators, looking to court some of the country’s home-grown fintech startups, which number around 500 according to estimations made by the Israeli Ministry of Finance in 2017.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, Israel has become globally known for its successes in various industries such as unmanned aerial vehicles, cryptography, data manipulation and cyber security, all of which already have and will continue to have a huge impact on global financial institutions, including insurance carriers, who are in need of disruptive solutions to improve their legacy systems.

After assessing all the input I have gathered from industry leaders and fintech founders over the past few years, I believe the following technological advancements currently coming out of Israel will be the backbone behind the next generation of Israeli fintech companies.

    Big data aggregation and data manipulations can significantly enhance risk modeling, false claim detection and insurance underwriting, impacting how policies are priced, how risk is calculated and how an insurance carrier can make sure it has the necessary reserves to fill claims.
    Artificial intelligence and computer vision expertise can help build strong automated systems, understand who the customer is and what financial products are most relevant. Let’s not forgot autonomous vehicles, who will utilize computer vision technologies, providing critical data for insurance carriers as they assess immediate and ongoing risks.
    The quantum computing developments that are coming out of Israel’s leading universities in the fields of medicine and data algorithms can disrupt capital markets and certain types of trading, by executing more complex algorithms than today’s computers, in a much faster way.
    Targeting, retargeting and NLP technologies that have been used to market to e-commerce purchasers and website visitors can be utilized as a strong marketing tool to reach new insurance policy holders and provide them with the most relevant and customized products.
    Anti-malware, anti-phishing and security technologies that have been used in defense systems can be utilized to recognize potential cyber attacks and mitigate damages. It’s clear that insurance companies need updated defense mechanisms to match evolving cyber threats.
    Cryptography and blockchain-based technologies that have been used to cryptographically store and transfer sensitive information can be utilized to secure massive amounts of customer data, authenticate transactions, verify transacting parties as part of “know-your-customer” standards and connect the unbanked/underbanked to new banking and payment systems they could not access beforehand.
    Unmanned aerial vehicles, smart sensors and other connected device technologiescan bring a new generation of drones, autonomous vehicles, smart homes and other IoT devices; all of which continue to be a substantial disruptor in the insurance industry. …

As financial markets continue to evolve and embrace new business models, Israeli fintech startups will be sure to adapt to those changes as well. We are already seeing it happening in the world of blockchain and digital currencies, where three of the largest ICOs (initial coin offering) to date were performed by Israeli startups.

Thus, Israel has advantages and disadvantages in its pursuit of becoming a global fintech hub, and time will tell if regulations and capital markets will help or hinder Israel in that goal. In the meantime, I believe we are just beginning to see the potential that lies within Israel’s human capital, bringing forth the next wave of successful global fintech companies. – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731717,00.html

AI Takes Center Stage in Israeli Tech | From eBay’s automated personal fashion designer to Amazon’s hunger for local talent: a spotlight on Israel’s AI scene

Tech powers fight over Israeli AI specialists, but local talent is in over-demand. Amazon, Intel, Nvidia, and Intuit vie for Israeli AI specialists, but local talent is already stretched thin, with high demand coming not just from multinationals, but also from homegrown startups. – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3732521,00.html

Oracle CEO: We’re not in Israel to save money on taxes | Speaking at Oracle Israel’s offices in Petah Tikva, Safra Catz said that Israel is a target because of its innovation, not its tax benefits. http://iglob.es/?en1232070

The Junction is the leading platform in Israel for early stage startups to accelerate and advance their ventures into better products and companies. http://thejunction.co.il/

Israel is becoming an artificial intelligence powerhouse | It should come as no surprise, that Israel, a country whose technology acumen and startup prowess is well-documented, is a hotbed of AI innovation and well poised to lead the way.

As has been the case in other tech sectors, including Cybersecurity and Fintech, Israeli AI startups are generating quite a buzz. Broadly speaking, Israeli tech startups have continued to attract tremendous interest from investors, raising a total of $5.24 billion in 2017, an increase of 9 percent from the previous year. Yet, broken down by sector, it is astounding that a staggering $1.1 billion of investment, nearly 20 percent of the aforementioned total, was directed towards AI companies. Driven by multi-sector demand for AI technology, activity in the sector is broad and encompasses all industries, with Israeli AI firms developing solutions across a wide cross section of verticals including Technology, Industrial, Automotive, Enterprise, Healthcare, Fintech, and Marketing. Given the breadth of activity, it is not surprising that Israeli AI startups are receiving global acclaim. Last year, seven Israeli AI companies appeared on CB Insight’s list of “the most promising artificial intelligence companies in the world”.

If the trend continues, and there is no reason to believe it won’t, we can expect a great deal of innovative activity coming out of Israel’s AI sector. As an example of what the future offers, below you will find five interesting Israeli companies whom you may be hearing more about in coming years. – Times of Israel 2018 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israel-is-becoming-an-artificial-intelligence-powerhouse-2/

Can foreign startups bridge China’s tech gap? | Booking Holdings, which operates brands such as Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak and Cheapflights and is based in Norwalk, Connecticut, is focused these days on AI. In his view, if you are not there, you will fail.

“That’s why we opened an R&D center in Tel Aviv, so we can access the best AI talent,” he said.

Booking Holdings is a latecomer. Startup Nation Central, an information and research service, reports that as many as 320 multinationals have an R&D center in Israel, including Chinese tech giants Huawei and Alibaba. https://technode.com/2018/11/16/can-foreign-startups-bridge-chinas-tech-gap/

Michael Radwin, Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Intuit explains why they come to Israel for development due to the best AI data scientists and machine learning engineers [35:40] – OurCrowd TV Israel 2018 https://youtu.be/2EhFgtD1T1M?t=35m40s

Artificial intelligence cyber-hacking arms race at full throttle | Experts are warning that cyber defense can waste no time in playing catch-up. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Artificial-intelligence-cyber-hacking-arms-race-at-full-throttle-539886

AI experts call on mobile operators to get in the game | The founders of innovative companies developing solutions based on artificial intelligence stressed the importance of mobile operators, with Ran Krauss, CEO of Airobotics, most blunt in his assessment. “There’s no other way to get this done without partnering up with mobile operators,” he said.

Krauss, who was joined by executives from Teralytics and MOV.AI, was speaking in the Creating an Artificially Intelligent Future keynote.

Based in Israel, Airobotics has developed a pilotless drone solution, which is self-deployed and works using AI algorithms. The company has already made inroads into what Krauss calls the ‘industrial internet’ space, targeting sectors such as above-ground mining, oil and gas, and seaports. – Mobile World Live 2018 https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/ai-experts-call-on-mobile-operators-to-get-in-the-game/

ISRAEL JOINS THE RACE TO BECOME A QUANTUM SUPERPOWER | China and the US have made substantial investments and advancements in some area of quantum research. https://www.jpost.com//Israel-News/Israel-joins-the-race-to-become-a-quantum-superpower-574510

Israeli gov’t allocates NIS 300m for quantum computing | Israel is gearing up for the quantum computing race, one of the hottest fields in computing today. Sources inform “Globes” that the Prime Minister’s Office plans to allocate an initial sum of NIS 300 million ($80 million) for development of quantum computing technology in Israel. Most of the money will go to the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology for development of a quantum computer, among the first in the world. Part of it will go to the Weizmann Institute of Science, where scientists are working on development of capabilities in this field.

Sources familiar with the matter say that this is only an initial allocation of funds, and that to the extent that the feasibility of the project is proven, the resources made available for it will increase. It is assumed that private companies will also invest in quantum computing in Israel as it makes progress. http://en.globes.co.il/en/article-government-allocates-nis-300m-for-quantum-computing-1001244244

Interview: Quantum tech is tip of iceberg, full application expected to come in decades: Israeli scientist | The “beautiful” work made in China shows a development in the direction of the quantum technology, but this kind of application is still in the beginning, said Stern.

The Israeli scientist would like to encourage more communication between China and Israel in the field of quantum technology and it will be significantly helpful to develop good connections between the two countries. There are a lot of very difficult problems in the field, Stern said, “We need to combine all the brain power of the world.”

Quantum technology is a new field of physics and engineering, which transitions some of the properties of quantum mechanics into practical applications such as quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum cryptography, quantum simulation, quantum metrology and quantum imaging.

Quantum mechanics in some sense gives the possibility of doing two things in two places at the same time, and “coherence” is a big obstacle that should be overcome in the process of pushing forward the development of the quantum technology, Stern said, adding that if there are 1,000 bytes, the number of possibilities will then become “very large” simultaneously and scientists should do many calculations in parallel. – Xinhua 2018 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/25/c_136997531.htm

Netanyahu announces program to enhance IDF’s intel with ‘quantum technology’ | At first-of-its-kind international science ministers convention in Jerusalem, PM says he hopes Israel will become a global leader in the field https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-announces-program-to-enhance-idfs-intel-with-quantum-technology/

How quantum physics can make Israel more secure | The prime minister’s freshly announced project recruits some revolutionary technologies and excites scientists https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-quantum-physics-can-make-israel-more-secure/

Q&A With Israel’s Quantum Queen | Michal: OK, so some really important things in our world work on quantum mechanics: things like lasers (for industrial, medical, security, and fiber optic communication), semiconductor devices (your phone, solar cells, light emitting diodes, and memory chips), imaging technologies (think CT scans), sensors (pressure and humidity, biomedical and drug discovery, environmental etc) , batteries and fuel cells (electric vehicle battery, H2 and other types of fuel cells). There’s quantum stuff going on inside all of those as the quantum effects change the way devices work,  modify their design and fundamental properties. But now that quantum stuff is going to into computers too, making them much more super than the supercomputers we currently have that do things like figuring out our DNA. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2018/04/22/qa-with-israels-quantum-queen/2/#20cdefa92e8a

Israeli physicist leads int’l team making quantum computer | Bar-Ilan’s Beena Kalisky is working with researchers in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden on the groundbreaking project. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-physicist-leads-intl-team-making-quantum-computer/

Government Innovation Arm Marks Next Frontiers for Israeli Tech: Quantum Computing, Personalized Health, and Precision Agriculture | The country’s influential government innovation arm intends to invest in domains that may bring about the next spurt of growth of Israeli tech, said CEO Aharon Aharon

Israel aims to nearly double its technology workforce within the next ten years, according to a report published in October by the government arm headed by Mr. Aharon, officially called the Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA). – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3732546,00.html

Daniel Amihud Lidar[1] is the holder of the Viterbi Professorship of Engineering at the University of Southern California, where he is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy. He is the Director and co-founder of the USC Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology (CQIST) as well as Scientific Director of the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computation Center, notable for his research on control of quantum systems and quantum information processing.

He is a class of 1986 graduate of the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West. He obtained his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1997 under [2]Robert Benny Gerber and Ofer Biham, with a thesis entitled Structural Characterization of Disordered Systems.

In 1997–2000, he was a postdoc at UC Berkeley, having been awarded Rothschild Foundation[3] and Fulbright Program fellowships (the latter of which he declined); in 2000–2005, he was an assistant professor and then later an associate professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, with cross-appointments in Physics and Mathematics. He moved to the University of Southern California in 2005, where he is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lidar

Job One for Quantum Computers: Boost Artificial Intelligence | But a quantum computer’s ability to store information compactly doesn’t make it faster. You need to be able to use those qubits. In 2008, Lloyd, the physicist Aram Harrow of MIT and Avinatan Hassidim, a computer scientist at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, showed how to do the crucial algebraic operation of inverting a matrix. …

Last year a group led by Maria Spiropulu, a particle physicist at the California Institute of Technology, and Daniel Lidar, a physicist at USC, applied the algorithm to a practical physics problem: classifying proton collisions as “Higgs boson” or “no Higgs boson.” Limiting their attention to collisions that spat out photons, they used basic particle theory to predict which photon properties might betray the fleeting existence of the Higgs, such as momentum in excess of some threshold. They considered eight such properties and 28 combinations thereof, for a total of 36 candidate signals, and let a late-model D-Wave at the University of Southern California find the optimal selection. It identified 16 of the variables as useful and three as the absolute best. The quantum machine needed less data than standard procedures to perform an accurate identification. “Provided that the training set was small, then the quantum approach did provide an accuracy advantage over traditional methods used in the high-energy physics community,” Lidar said. https://www.wired.com/story/job-one-for-quantum-computers-boost-artificial-intelligence/

Israel wins second-largest number of cybersecurity deals globally | Israeli startups BioCatch, Cylus and D-ID are among the 26 cybersecurity firms selected by CB Insights that are transforming the industry https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-nabs-second-largest-number-of-cybersecurity-deals-globally/

Israeli Partnerships Help Gulfstream Soar | The Savannah company’s jet aircraft incorporate Israeli tech, earning it Conexx’s U.S. Company of the Year award.

Since 2001, Gulfstream and Israel Aerospace Industries have collaborated to design, develop and certify more than 500 business aircraft.

IAI delivers advanced technologies and systems in all domains: air, space, land, sea, cyber, homeland security and ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance). IAI manufactures systems for the Israel Defense Forces and other national militaries.

General Dynamics acquired Gulfstream in July 1999. The company soon identified IAI’s business jet products to complement its product line of private jets typically flown from coast to coast in the United States. – Atlanta Jewish Times 2018 http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/israeli-partnerships-help-gulfstream-soar/

eBay Unveils Personalized Fashion Design AI | The new algorithm is currently being tested at eBay’s Israel R&D center, and a controlled pilot will be launched among Israeli shoppers this year – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731862,00.html

Why Israel Is A Hotbed For The AR Industry https://uploadvr.com/why-israel-is-a-hotbed-for-the-ar-industry/

‘Netflix for virtual reality’ targets your living room | Working with any brand of headset, Tel Aviv-based Inception will use VR to transport viewers inside reality TV programs and much more. – ISRAEL21c 2018 https://www.israel21c.org/netflix-for-virtual-reality-targets-your-living-room/

Tel Aviv University’s smart artificial intelligence program | Scientists and other researchers are working on several machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects.

Globerson, a researcher at TAU’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science, is heading the university’s new Yandex Initiative for Machine Learning, which is augmenting the number of AI/ML course offerings at TAU and supporting research in the field. Yandex is the largest technology company in Russia and one of the largest Internet search engines worldwide.

According to Globerson, Yandex’s founder Arkady Volozh believes so much in growing the AI/ML field out of Israel that he spearheaded Yandex’s funding of the program. …

IN ONE EXAMPLE, TAU recently signed a cooperation agreement for joint research in “Smart Cities and Digital Living” with Stanford University, which draws heavily on big data and machine learning. The five-year grant, funded by the Koret Foundation of San Francisco, is bringing together leading scholars and scientists from TAU with their counterparts at Stanford to advance multidisciplinary, basic and applied research in data science that enhances the quality of life, safety and efficiency of cities, while supporting communications across people and organizations. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Tel-Aviv-Universitys-smart-artificial-intelligence-program-553218

OurCrowd CEO Jonathan Medved Biography | Jonathan Medved is an investor, serial entrepreneur and according to the Washington Post “one of Israel’s leading high tech venture capitalists”.  In the NY Times Supplement “Israel at 60” Medved was named one of the top 10 most influential Americans who have impacted Israel. – CBN 2017 http://www1.cbn.com/700club/jonathan-medved-biography[Jonathan Medved’s father worked at NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Medved]

OurCrowd, a Jerusalem-based crowdfunding venture capital fund, announced Thursday the launch of Cognitiv, a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage companies in the field of artificial intelligence, deep-learning, IoT, robotics and digital manufacturing. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ourcrowd-to-set-up-new-100m-fund-with-focus-on-ai-technologies/

OurCrowd TV Israel 2018

    Smart Infrastructure https://youtu.be/woh4KTaVLQI
    Smart Machines & AI https://youtu.be/UMB3P8p_TS4
    Smart Mobility https://youtu.be/vw_4e6PRHkg
    Smart Medicine https://youtu.be/WNlZtX0-Fok
    See more at their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/OurCrowdFund/videos

Israel hosts 1st int’l cybersecurity conference for [smart] cities | Participants will meet with leading cyber security experts for a global brainstorming session on the challenges and threats of smart cities.

Among the speakers are Israeli Minister of Economy Eli Cohen; Jonathan Reichental, chief innovation officer of Israel Electric Corporation; Roy Zisapel, cofounder and CEO of Radware, and former Mossad Director General Tamir Pardo. – ISRAEL21c 2018 https://www.israel21c.org/israel-hosts-1st-intl-cybersecurity-conference-for-cities/

6 Ways To Make Smart Cities Future-Proof Cybersecurity Cities | “There is no place like Israel to teach local government leaders how to make their cities and citizens cybersecurity resilient.” – Forbes 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2018/02/14/6-ways-to-make-smart-cities-future-proof-cybersecurity-cities/

Smart Cities Under Attack | As cities become smarter, the existence of citizens is left vulnerable to cyber attacks that threaten to shut down critical infrastructures, leading to chaos and major disasters. Join efforts with the leading Israeli and global cyber guardians in war game exercises, learn major cyber fight strategies and technologies. Cyber security thought leaders will present new cyber weapons and prognosis on cybercrime developments http://www.muniworld.com/#part-1Speakers: http://www.muniworld.com/speakers/

First ‘Smart City’ Cybersecurity Conference In Tel Aviv Hosts 80 International Delegations | Former head of the Mossad Pardo, who since finishing his term with the Mossad in 2016 has joined the Israeli cyber firm XM Cyber, gave some of the more memorable and grim statements of the event on the issue of cybersecurity.

Cyber, he said using a term often used by in Hebrew to mean cybersecurity or cyber threats, “is a nuclear weapon — a soft and silent nuclear weapon.” …

“There is a lot more chaos coming. Chaos is the biggest threat to democratic countries,” Pardo warned, outlining different scenarios where hackers, whom he refers to as “hunters” with levels of sophistication that is “generations ahead,” [Israel’s kill switch diplomacy] take out telecom systems, electricity grids, and power installations, and engage in advanced ransom schemes that can inflict significant damage on brands. Some of this has already happened, he acknowledged. – NoCamels.com 2018 http://nocamels.com/2018/02/smart-city-cyber-conference-tel-aviv/

Israeli companies talking to Saudi Arabia about $500b. ‘Smart City’ | A number of Israeli companies are talking to the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia about developing the proposed 26,500-sq.km. “Smart City” zone, The Jerusalem Post has learned, a blow to the decades-long Arab League boycott of the Jewish – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Israeli-companies-likely-talking-to-Saudi-Arabia-about-500-bil-smart-city-508429

Russia to invest billions of dollars in Saudi Arabia’s future megacity | As part of the work on Neom, RDIF plans to attract leading Russian companies working in solar energy, health, artificial intelligence technologies, high-speed transport, and the construction of port infrastructure. – Russia Today 2017 https://www.rt.com/business/407824-neom-saudi-arabia-russia/

Israeli defense electronics and weapons specialist] Rafael focus on “4th industrial revolution” reaps dividends | Now the company is leveraging developments in what has been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution, namely artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, to improve defense-related products and systems. In order to harness this latest in technology for defense purposes, Rafael has established a number of facilities outside of the company that work with academia and collaborate with commercial entities. – Aviation International News 2018 https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2018-02-06/rafael-focus-4th-industrial-revolution-reaps-dividends

Israel to launch Big Data health project amid privacy concerns | This area of digital health is estimated at six trillion dollars.

The five-year program will have a budget of nearly NIS 1 billion ($280 million). The funds will go toward digitizing and sharing patient data among the country’s health funds, relying on artificial intelligence (AI) tools to more accurately detect abnormalities and find correct diagnoses.

“We are making a move of historical significance. We are developing the industries of tomorrow,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Sunday, adding that the digital-health field involves the intersection of big data, artificial intelligence and connectivity.

“It’s potentially bigger than cybersecurity, which is a huge area. It’s bigger than transportation, a huge area as well. This area of digital health is estimated at six trillion dollars,” Netanyahu said. “Let’s assume that we get 10% real market out of this potential – [which] in my opinion, is a conservative estimate – that’s a $600 billion market.” http://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israel-to-launch-Big-Data-health-project-547043

Doctor Writes ‘Epic Saga’ Of Jews in Medicine | “Jews and Medicine” (Ktav Publishing) examines one of the largest and perhaps greatest of Jewish endeavors: the Jewish contribution to medicine — from its origins in ancient Israel up until 1950.

“Five hundred years ago, 50% of the doctors in Europe were Jews,” Heynick said at a recent reading of “Jews and Medicine,” at a Brooklyn Barnes & Noble. At the time, Jews made up less than 1% of the total population of Europe. But from the lowest rung of society to the court physicians, Jews were deeply embedded in the medical profession. Medicine was a profession that the Jew — wandering from land to land — could take with him. “Fast forward 500 years: 36 Nobel Prize winners in medicine were Jews — and [the Jews] are not even approaching 1% of the world population,” Heynick said. …

“Yes,” Heynick said, the common view was that “Jewish physicians poison their patients. But only one in 10. That was an interpretation.” According to the medieval logic, Jews would not be able to survive if they poisoned every single one of their patients, so they poisoned only a minority. – The Forward 2003 https://forward.com/culture/7926/doctor-writes-epic-saga-of-jews-in-medicine/

The [Jewish] Poisoners: A Thread | http://archive.is/78J7A

Merck Group Inaugurates Jerusalem Innovation Lab | The new lab is located at Merck subsidiary Qlight Nanotech, acquired by the pharmaceutical company in 2015 – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731393,00.html

With 67 startups behind him, Israel’s Gigi Levy-Weiss can spot a winner – Haaretz 2015 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-israeli-startup-guru-can-spot-a-winner-1.5436383 [Gigi Levy-Weiss “held senior positions at several Israeli companies including Amdocs, where he was the president of the European and Latin American division.”]

Billionaire Donates $20m to Israel’s Sheba Hospital for Nuclear Medicine, Research Center | Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan has begun to build a new 2,000-square-meter medical center for nuclear medicine and research after receiving a gift of $20 million from Russian Jewish billionaire Roman Abramovich.

The three-story center will focus on nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and research, using a cyclotron – a particle accelerator that can pinpoint and kill cancer cells by using radioactive ion beams. …

Abramovich has long been a generous supporter of Sheba Medical Center; in past years he has donated $57 million, and partnered with the hospital on pediatric heart and cancer research. He serves as Chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, and is a trustee of the Moscow Jewish Museum, in addition to being a generous supporter of the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement. – JewishPress.com 2018 http://www.jewishpress.com/news/chessed-and-tzedaka/billionaire-donates-20m-to-israels-sheba-hospital-for-nuclear-medicine-research-center/2018/03/03/

Predictive Patient Care Startup Medial EarlySign Raises $30 Million | Predictive patient care startup Medial EarlySign has raised $30 million in Series B funding, the Israel-based company announced Tuesday, bringing its total equity raised to $50 million. The round was led by Israel-based life science fund aMoon Partners, with participation by Li Ka-Shing’s Horizon Ventures.

Established in 2009, Medial EarlySign combines machine-learning technology and decades-worth of electronic health records (EHR) to create an artificial intelligence-based risk predictor. The company’s algorithms can analyze dozens of EHR factors such as demographics, medication and lab results to identify “red flags” that could point to individuals at high risk of developing medical conditions like cancer and diabetes. – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3733533,00.html

How Salesforce is compelling Israeli retailers to go online | “We’re in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, and the world is changing very rapidly,” Short said. “We’re seeing the whole impact of mobile, cloud, artificial intelligence, robots and 4-D printing.” – Jerusalem Post 2018 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/How-Salesforce-is-compelling-Israeli-retailers-to-go-online-540900

Israel on Track to Become a Crypto-Powerhouse, Says Attorney – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731099,00.html

Israeli tech firm undercuts facial recognition to bolster privacy | It has also signed preliminary agreements with a number of leading government organisations – Perry would not disclose which ones, nor how much the product will sell for. – Reuters 2018 https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-technology-privacy/israeli-tech-firm-undercuts-facial-recognition-to-bolster-privacy-idUKKCN1FY1Z8

Without Proper Security, No Connected Car Should Be Allowed on the Road- Argus CEO Explains | Founded in 2013, Argus has decades of experience in both cyber security and the automotive industry. Today, the Argus team consists of over fifty people, the vast majority of whom are ex-8200 military intelligence officers who collectively bring tens of decades of experience in cyber technology to the company. Argus also has hired automotive industry veterans. With the knowledge base of the team, Argus solutions and services are built for the automotive industry by automotive and cyber experts.

With headquarters and R&D located in Tel Aviv, Israel and offices next to major automotive centers in Detroit, Silicon Valley, Stuttgart and Tokyo, Argus is well positioned to play a central role in the industry for years to come. – vpnMentor Blog https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/interview-with-argus-ceo-ofer-ben-noon/

Despite Low Profile, Israel’s Online Games Firms Earn Big for Startup Nation | But the games industry may be just as big, as seen by the $500 million acquisition of Plarium by Australias Aristocrat Leisure, one of the worlds largest makers of slot machines. Plariums portfolio of online games includes Vikings: War of Clans, which has been among the top-10-grossing strategy games since its release two years ago. – Haaretz 2017 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/israel-s-online-games-firms-earn-big-for-startup-nation-1.5442550

Israeli Start-ups Are Leading the Growth of Gaming | What is special about Israeli expertise? What is the competitive advantage?

The Israeli gaming industry benefits from the great local startup ecosystem. Israeli engineers are at the forefront of innovation for sensors (to detect movements, emotions, wellness, etc.), Big Data (for online marketing, leverage user databases, etc.), computer vision and video analysis (VR, AR, etc.), Artificial Intelligence, IOT, and many more. In addition, since the end of the ‘90s and the rise of the Internet, some Israeli companies became world leaders in the online casino and poker industry and developed exceptional know-how around online user acquisition, retention, marketing, and monetization. – Start-Up Nation Central Blog 2017 http://blog.startupnationcentral.org/gaming/how-israeli-startups-are-leading-the-growth-of-gaming/

Start-Up Nation Central Ltd. (CC) connects companies and countries to the people and technologies in Israel that can solve their most pressing challenges. We are the authoritative source on, and the GPS to, the Israeli innovation community. We are an independent, non-profit organization committed to accelerating your growth. http://blog.startupnationcentral.org/

10 Israeli Startups Founded by Ultra-Orthodox Jews Seeking New York Investors | “When we founded KamaTech and began working to accelerate ultra-orthodox startups, people thought it was a joke,” KamaTech Founder and CEO Moshe Friedman told Calcalist. “The process has been amazing. We started five years ago with five startups and by now over 1000 startups have applied to our program.” – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3732537,00.html

First Israeli research nanosatellite launches from India | Foot-long, 11-pound BGUSAT orbiter successfully reaches space, will study weather, desertification, airglow and other phenomena

Israel successfully launched into space Wednesday a new nanosatellite, the first for Israeli academia, that will conduct scientific missions for Ben Gurion University of the Negev. – Times of Israel 2017 https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-israeli-research-nanosatellite-launches-from-india/

SpaceX signs a deal with Israel to launch two of its communication satellites into orbit | Israel’s Space Communications has signed a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch two communication satellites into orbit, after a prior attempt ended in disaster. http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/spacex-signs-a-deal-with-israel-to-launch-two-of-its-communication-satellites-into-orbit-4157337.html

9900 supplies real time information to all levels of the establishment: The political leadership, top military decision makers, battalion commanders and even smaller units. Since 9900 can monitor distant countries most of the demand for its information comes from the defense establishment. The unit’s commander explains: “Information is sent out immediately after the request is received. We instantly aim a satellite camera at the requested zone. Since Israel has 10 satellites, each one orbiting the earth every hour and a half or so, we effectively have worldwide coverage. An Elbit system, for example, synchronizes surveillance activities in a certain order, and that’s how we receive real time information.” – iHLS 2013 https://i-hls.com/archives/22809

The latest hot start-ups to emerge from Israel’s cybersecurity war machine – CNBC 2017 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/28/the-latest-hot-start-ups-to-emerge-from-israels-cybersecurity-war-machine.html

[Creepy video] Technology Allows Us to Unleash Deep-Seated Needs and Desires, Says Google Executive | As innovation unlocks new technologies, people still feel the need to connect it to their everyday lives, says Head of Strategic Planning at Google Abigail Posner – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3734357,00.html

Ex-Mossad Chief Recruits Over 30 Elite Israeli Hackers For Cybersecurity Firm http://nocamels.com/2018/03/ex-mossad-chief-recruits-israeli-hackers/

20 top tech inventions born of conflict | Many of Israel’s most amazing contributions to the world – from the DiskOnKey to the PillCam –result from its existential need for innovation in the military. https://www.israel21c.org/20-top-technology-inventions-born-of-conflict/

Cybersecurity Pioneer Gil Shwed to Receive First Israel Prize in Technology | Founder and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies has been awarded the first Israel Prize in the newly formed technology category

Check Point, founded 25 years ago, is among Israel’s largest technology companies and a major world cybersecurity company. The company invented the world’s first firewall, based on a patent held by Shwed.

Prior to founding the company, Shwed was part of the Israeli army’s elite Unit 8200, where he worked on military computer projects. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/cybersecurity-pioneer-gil-shwed-to-receive-first-israel-prize-in-tech-1.5870317

Check Point billionaire seeks to make Israel global leader in healthcare | Set up 10 months ago, the 8400 Health Network run by Nacht and co-founder Yair Schindel aims to gather the brightest brains at the intersection of health and technology to help Israel become a life science powerhouse. https://www.timesofisrael.com/check-point-billionaire-seeks-to-make-israel-global-leader-in-healthcare/

The Heart of Israeli Cyber, a Check Point Brotherhood [Mafia] | Alumni of the veteran Israeli computer-security company are behind an outsize number of successful startups in the same area. Last spring they all got together when Check Point acquired the startups Hyperwise and Lacoon. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-a-brotherhood-at-israeli-cyber-s-heart-1.5392265

New Israeli VC fund recruits industry veterans to nurture cybersecurity startups | Cyberstarts is looking to invest in early-stage companies, leveraging the experts’ experience

The general partner of Sequoia Capital’s Israeli arm, Gili Raanan, is setting up a new fund to invest in early stage cybersecurity companies and has recruited industry heavyweights to back the initiative.

Among the investors in the new fund are Shlomo Kramer and Marius Nacht, two of the co-founders of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.; Amichai Shulman, co-founder of Imperva; Mickey Boodaei and Rakesh Loonkar, two of the founders of Trusteer, acquired by IBM; Nir Zuk, the founder of Palo Alto Networks; and Assaf Rappaport, one of the founders of Adallom, acquired by Microsoft Corp. Sequoia Capital is also an investor in the fund. https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-israeli-vc-fund-recruits-industry-veterans-to-nurture-cybersecurity-startups/

[Jon Swinn] Yissum is the technology transfer company that sells the patents of technology developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which includes the Technion. Mobileye got their initial tachnology through Yissum.

“Yissum is the Technology Transfer company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Our mission is to benefit society by converting extraordinary innovations and transformational technologies into commercial solutions that address our most urgent global challenges. We are leaders in innovation and experts in technology and evaluation acquisition strategies. Together with Hebrew University’s top researchers, Yissum is bridging breakthrough academic research with scientific and commercial applications.” http://www.yissum.co.il/

Cisco Backs Israeli Marketing Conversation Analytics Startup Gong | Gong’s online service gives sales representatives insights into their interactions with customers by analyzing recorded phone calls and tracking keywords and topics of conversation https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3736198,00.html

ISRAEL'S GLOBAL ALLIANCES


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Israeli technology could be key to stronger ties with Muslim world | Analysis: Israeli ambassador to Kazakhstan says high-tech cooperation is ‘number one priority’; ‘Kazakhstan has a rising domestic high-tech scene, there is a growing and friendly cooperation,’ says entrepreneur.

Israel’s relations with Muslim countries spiked in recent weeks with reports of budding ties with Oman, Chad, Sudan, and Bahrain with Israel’s technology and security know-how serving as a major catalyst.

From drones to cyber security software to traditional hi-tech startups, Israel is an attractive and powerful prospective partner in an increasingly unstable region.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman reportedly met recently to encourage Arab states to establish economic relations with Israel.

Enter Kazakhstan, a largely secular Muslim Central Asian country with an estimated population of over 18 million and the 9th largest in area in the world with enormous amounts of natural resources which include oil production and minerals. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5425250,00.html

Watch the film the Israel lobby didn’t want you to see https://electronicintifada.net/content/watch-film-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-see/25876

In 1962-1963 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigated the Jewish Agency and the American Zionist Council. Their funding flows from Israel as well as lobbying and public relations campaigns in the United States were explored during sworn testimony on May 23 and August 1, 1963. The Senate record including transcripts and subpoenaed documents are included in the following PDF files scanned from bound records held at the National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.israellobby.org/Senate/default.asp

NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans’ data with Israel | Secret deal places no legal limits on use of data by Israelis – The Guardian 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data-israel-documents

DID YOU KNOW?: Two Secretive Israeli Companies Reportedly Bugged The US Telecommunications Grid For The NSA | [T]he NSA hired two secretive Israeli companies to wiretap the U.S. telecommunications network. – Business Insider 2013 http://www.businessinsider.com/israelis-bugged-the-us-for-the-nsa-2013-6

Why Only Israel Can Customize America’s F-35 (At Least for Now) | “These rules, designed to protect deeply intertwined systems and maintain the security of sensitive technology, are non-negotiable. Unless you are Israel.” https://www.wired.com/2016/05/israel-can-customize-americas-f-35-least-now/

The Israel National Brain Gain Program, a cross ministry initiative of the Government of Israel, is looking for a few good Israeli men and women living in the United States with academic backgrounds in the security technology field.  ”Brain Gain” travels around the world organizing seminars for ambitious Israeli ex-patriates, shedding light on opportunities for achievement and career development in technology and science in Israel.

Objectives:

    Assisting the Israeli industry in deepening the activity in existing markets, and penetrating new markets.
    Accompanying and supporting the individual exporter in the marketing activity abroad.
    Initiating and applying international trade agreements and maintaining existing agreements.
    Raising investments and strategic cooperation.
    Improving the image of the Israeli industry and economy.
    Preventing unfair competition – dumping

https://itrade.gov.il/us/

Israel Aerospace to Partner With Boeing on Potential Aviation Contracts http://www.5tjt.com/state-owned-israel-aerospace-to-partner-with-boeing-on-potential-aviation-contracts/

Jared Kushner is in business with George Soros, Peter Thiel and Goldman Sachs and has personally guaranteed vast borrowing from European banks – but never declared his financial secrets

    The Wall Street Journal found that Jared Kushner didn’t report on government filings that he was still a partial owner in the real estate start-up Cadre

    Cadre connects investors with real estate projects and early on the company reached out to Peter Thiel and George Soros, a prominent Democratic donor

    Kushner’s lawyer said that the White House aide did list the umbrella company that his Cadre ownership is under and is in the process of revising his disclosures

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4467542/Kushner-business-Soros-Peter-Thiel-Goldman.html

US accuses Israel of ‘alarming, even terrifying’ levels of spying | Israel has been trying to steal secrets from the US, its principal protector and benefactor, but also occasional rival, ever since the inception of the Jewish state in 1948, and even before. But according to the latest issue of Newsweek, quoting Obama administration officials, these activities have “crossed red lines” rarely encountered in the past.

In the words of one Congressional aide, with access to classified briefings in January on the subject, Israel’s behaviour was “very sobering… alarming… even terrifying”. Israel, it would appear, is after everything it can lay its hands on: not just diplomatic and policy documents, but industrial and military technology. The means include Israeli trade missions to the US, joint ventures between Israeli and American companies and, presumably, spying by Israeli intelligence agencies.

“Everyone does it,” is a common reaction to such claims of ungentlemanly conduct. But by these accounts, in the case of America no one does it like Israel – not even allies with intelligence services as skilled as those of France, Germany, even the UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-accuses-israel-of-alarming-even-terrifying-levels-of-spying-9341264.html

The foundation of the Talpiot program can be found in a recent Congressional bill, ‘S.2497 – United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018‘

Medigus [Israel] wins NASA contract | Medigus will supply its miniature video cameras and video processing equipment for NASA’s Robotic Refueling Mission. https://www.globes.co.il/en/article.aspx?did=1000785406&from=iglobes

Israeli experts use AI to solve U.S. background checks backlog | Whether it be in reference to gun control or how the US government maintains a year-long backlog of more than 700,000 people it needs to review, the term has become something of a buzzword.

Coming to help with this American backlog is a group of Israeli and US former intelligence agents from Intelligo Group, an Israel-based risk-management start-up.

“The efficiency of the American government will be solved by an Israeli technology,” said Intelligo CEO and co-founder Shlomo Mirvis. …

“At Intelligo, you’re combining the strength of the private sector, strength of Israeli intelligence and American intelligence,” said Mirvis. “Our advisory board includes powerhouses of the Intelligence community including the former head of intelligence unit 8200, Pinhas Buchris, and the ex-head of the US National Security Agency, Michael McConnell.” …

Intelligo proposes to upend the model, relying on AI and machine-learning to automate and provide a comprehensive check that looks at thousands of web sources. The reports not only include low-level aggregate and proprietary data but also scans blacklists, watch lists, politically-exposed persons, legal and corporate records, as well as social media. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-experts-use-AI-to-solve-US-background-checks-backlog-547306

Will the UN adopt more Israeli-developed technologies? | “Israeli companies offer top-tier technologies, services, and solutions that are in great demand by the UN,” Danon stated. https://worldisraelnews.com/will-un-adopt-israeli-developed-technologies/

PwC launches global Cybersecurity Centre in Israel | PwC has launched a global Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence for critical infrastructure protection and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) & Operations Technology (OT) security in Israel – dedicated to helping governments and multi-national industrial companies around the world manage this critical and complex part of the cybersecurity landscape. https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/pwc-launches-global-cybersecurity-centre-israel/

The Israel-Massachusetts Cybersecurity Ecosystem Is Thriving https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2018/04/12/the-israel-massachusetts-cybersecurity-ecosystem-is-thriving/#10774a223e36

Global Israeli Initiative |GII is a platform for collaboration and integration that provides professional services to connect Israeli and other countries to create a strong and effective collaboration with the long-run objective to make a profit for all parties.

GII is aimed to build a strong and innovative international eco-system that will support and contribute successful and productive relationships and cooperations between Israeli and worldwide business projects, investors, government, innovation companies and education structures. And the result of this projects and initiatives is great collaboration between Israel and all other countries with new insights and proper profit for both sides.

Our mission is to help unique and prospective innovative companies and projects in creating opportunities for sharing their experience and collaborate and to provide multi-purpose networking and business opportunities https://gii.global/

Israel Covertly Contacted American Cyber Companies to Purchase Hacking Tools, Letter Reveals | The unusual letter, allegedly penned by the Israeli Defense Ministry in 2015 and published by Motherbaord, shows that Israel tried to get U.S. companies to sell advanced technologies it wanted

The letter, which according to Motherboard was sent in 2015 on behalf of the Israeli Defense Ministry to five companies in the United States, seeks to purchase information and hacking tools to for the use of Israeli government organization. Such tools, dubbed “zero-days,” operate in a manner that enables them to find and utilize holes in the defense systems operated by softwares. Zero-day flaws are unknown to security experts, and the systems they hack are not safe until the infilitration is finally detected. – Haaretz 2018 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-revealed-israel-contacted-u-s-cyber-companies-to-buy-hacking-tools-1.5868368

Talpiot Talk #2: The Foundation Of The Talpiot Program Is In This Congressional Bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6nKBKAzFs

S.2497 – United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018

TITLE II—ENHANCED UNITED STATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION

SEC. 201. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL SPACE COOPERATION. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2497/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Repeal+second+amendment%22%5D%7D

Israel Free Trade Agreement | The United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement was the first FTA entered into by the United States. It continues to serve as the foundation for expanding trade https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/israel-fta

Cambridge Analytica CEO says they subcontract Israelis in intelligence gathering at 17:04 mark. >> Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks | An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers. – Channel 4 News https://youtu.be/mpbeOCKZFfQ?t=17m4s [The creator of Cambridge Analytica is Robert Mercer, who is Jewish.]

Mossad Infiltrated French Presidential Computer Systems | What specifically did Unit 8200 want to learn about French policy from such an intrusion? According to my own Israeli source, there was no specific mission. Spying was indiscriminate and opportunistic. He would not speaking directly to this particular incident because he did not want to expose a specific operation if there was one. But he would say this:

“Unit 8200 and Mossad hack everyone they technically can. You can never know what interesting intelligence will come from a phone call/email of any foreign leader or official – so they spy on anyone possible.”

In other words, Israeli intelligence has no restraints, unlike (we hope) spy agencies of other western nations. Where the NSA got into trouble (after Snowden’s revelations were published) was that it was operating as if it were Unit 8200, rather than an American agency restrained by American laws and constitutional practice. At least until recently, the NSA and Israeli cyber-intelligence could’ve been twins.

That is why the recently revealed agreement between the NSA and Unit 8200 to share intelligence (even about U.S. citizens) was no surprise at all. – Richard Silverstein 2013 https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2013/10/26/mossad-infiltrated-french-presidential-computer-systems/

NYPD Opens Branch in Israel | The New York Police Department opened its Israeli branch in the Sharon District Police headquarters in Kfar Saba. Charlie Ben-Naim, a former Israeli and veteran NYPD detective, was sent on this mission. – Al-Monitor 2012 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/01/09/nypd-kfar-saba-branch-new-york-p.html

U.S.-Israel Strategic Cooperation: Joint Police & Law Enforcement Training – Jewish Virtual Library 2017 http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joint-us-israel-police-and-law-enforcement-training

Execs from Facebook, Google, and Microsoft explain why they use Israel for their R&D | Google developer partner advocate Don Dodge said: “My job at Google is to travel all over the world and talk to developers and startups and investors.I’ve been to every corner of the earth. China, Japan, Australia, all of Europe, the Nordics, everywhere. There is no other country on earth that thinks the same way that we [Google] do like Israel does. …

Dodge said cheaper engineers in places like Russia, India, and China were often not as good: “It’s about innovation, creativity, taking tremendous risks, understanding how to get to market. That’s what Israel does. It’s not about the cost.”

“There’s a magic and it’s not easy to explain what it is, but Israel’s a playground where it feels like home for the multinational.” [Adi Soffer Teeni, CEO of Facebook Israel] – Business Insider 2016 http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-microsoft-israel-rd-2016-10

Google Chooses Tel Aviv, Israel For Its First Overseas Startup Accelerator | Israel-based new Google accelerators is working with a local startup, BrainQ Technologies.

Google is taking another bid in order to support the tech startups working on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science. The search giant has chosen Tel Aviv, Israel as the new location for its startup accelerator. The accelerator has already started working since March first week to support the startups in the country. https://www.mobileappdaily.com/2018/04/2/google-startup-accelerator

Meet Google Israel’s Yossi Matias, The Genius Behind Many Of Google’s Most Stunning Achievements | What you may not know is ‘Live Results’ (autocomplete in search), Google Trends, and a number of other features on Google were developed in Israel under the supervision of global Google VP of Search Yossi Matias. Tasked with establishing one of Google’s first research and development centers outside of the United States in 2006, Matias has been responsible for directing the Israeli R&D center towards stunning achievements and technological breakthroughs in the realms of search, and big data, as well as initiating impressive cultural entrepreneurship programs that too have “gone global”. In an exclusive interview with NoCamels, Matias paints a picture of just how important a member Google Israel has become in the company’s global family, and offers up his assessments on where the future of Israeli entrepreneurship is heading. http://nocamels.com/2015/03/google-vp-of-search-yossi-matias-future-of-search/

Yossi Matias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Matias

Why The World’s Largest Tech Companies All Want A Piece Of The Israeli Pie | They all want a piece of the Israeli pie: Microsoft, Google, Apple – dozens of large, multinational companies have chosen to establish offices and R&D centers in the Startup Nation. Why did they all pick Israel and what exactly are they doing here?

It’s a little known fact that two thirds of all R&D employees in Israel are employed by foreign companies such as HP and Microsoft, according Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Currently, there are 250 R&D centers of foreign high-tech companies in Israel, according to IVC Research Center. The heavy presence of multinationals in Silicon Wadi clearly affects the local economy; consider this: Intel Israel is responsible for almost a tenth of Israel’s overall exports!

Some of the most active companies locally include international technology giants such as Intel and IBM, which set up shop in Israel in the early 70’s and have grown exponentially to employ thousands of local employees. Some of these companies’ latest technologies are being developed in Israel, for example: several components of IBM’s highly praised Watson (its artificially intelligent computer), or Intel’s super-fast Core 6 processors. – NoCamels.com 2015 http://nocamels.com/2015/09/multinational-high-tech-companies-presence-israel/

Israeli’s R&D the Key to Startup Success | The sector is going so well that some of the biggest names in the world have acquired Israeli startups: IBM, AT&T, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook – and dozens of others. – Times of Israel 2018 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israelis-rd-the-key-to-startup-success/

JVP selects 10 Israeli startups for mentorship with Tesco, PepsiCo, Barclays | Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a Jerusalem-based venture capital firm, said it has matched 10 early stage Israeli startups with leading multinationals, including Tesco, PepsiCo and Barclays, as part of a program to match new developments with real market needs. https://www.timesofisrael.com/jvp-selects-10-israeli-startups-for-mentorship-with-tesco-pepsico-barclays/

DENSO Israel satellite R&D team to focus on automated driving and cybersecurity | DENSO Corporation’s newest innovative satellite R&D team in Israel will concentrate on advanced technologies such as automated driving, cybersecurity, and AI. Starting in April, DENSO’s R&D satellite will begin collaborating with local startups to pioneer new technologies.

The Israel team is the newest satellite in DENSO’s global R&D network located in key regions. DENSO distributes advanced R&D functions around the world and works with local universities, research institutions, startups, and various other partners to develop competitive products and technologies tailored to customers and regional characteristics. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2018/03/20180329-denso.html

The Israeli Who Links Silicon Valley Up With Silicon Wadi | Yasmin Lukatz, Sheldon Adelson’s stepdaughter, cut her teeth at the casino magnates newspaper but prefers to help Israelis network- Haaretz 2017 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/the-israeli-who-links-silicon-valley-up-with-silicon-wadi-1.5455690

Adelson School of Entrepreneurship – IDC Herzliya | IDC Herzliya is a dream realized; an academic institution that changed the face of higher education in Israel and became a successful, pioneering model and a source of inspiration. https://www.idc.ac.il/en

Supreme Court rules against exposing Israel’s role in Bosnian genocide | Citing potential damage to Israel’s foreign relations, the Supreme Court rejects a petition calling to reveal details of the government’s arms exports to the Serbian army during the Bosnian genocide. https://972mag.com/israels-involvement-in-bosnian-genocide-to-remain-under-wraps/123503/

EPA Signs Contract With Israeli Company Pushed By Sheldon Adelson | Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson got an Israeli company a meeting with the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency. Now the EPA has a contract with the company to study its technology, POLITICO reported. https://forward.com/fast-forward/397729/epa-signs-contract-with-israeli-company-pushed-by-sheldon-adelson/

In nod to Startup Nation, ivory towers foster entrepreneurs | As Israel boasts the greatest number of startups per capita globally, academic institutions open their doors to offer hands-on help

IDC’s recently inaugurated Adelson School of Entrepreneurship (ASE) has become a hub for all of the private college’s entrepreneurial activities, both academic and extracurricular.

The school offers a variety of activities including courses, minor programs, different majors and special programs for outstanding students at the undergraduate and graduates’ levels. IDC’s flagship offering for undergraduates, the Zell entrepreneurship program, is one of the world’s most renowned venture creation programs within academia. In its 15 years of activity, 298 students have graduated and generated 85 ventures, according to Zell’s website. IDC also launched this year another honors entrepreneurship program, IDC Beyond, targeting graduates from Israel and abroad. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-nod-to-startup-nation-ivory-towers-foster-entrepreneurs/

https://twitter.com/namaste08/status/979142839471886341

Jacob Cohen:French author reveals Sayanims (undercover agents) working for Mossad – Press TV https://youtu.be/Upyon6ZqYsM

Booming of China-France Economic Relations and Israel’s Key Role | As China seeks to further develop and deploy its multibillion dollar ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative, aimed at driving Chinese investments across the globe, Israel has become a highly attractive destination for Beijing government officials and business leaders. According to HSBC president and CEO China David Liao, leading Chinese technology companies have founded in recent years a number of research and development centers in the country, and invested in Israeli start-ups in order to tap-in to its research talent. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/booming-of-china-france-economic-relations-and-israels-key-role/

Team8, Airbus share spotlight at Paris Cybersecurity Forum | The 12th annual France-Israel Cybersecurity Forum in Paris brought together some 13 companies from Israel with more than 60 French groups looking for cyber technology. – Globes 2018 https://www.globes.co.il/en/article.aspx?did=1001228119&from=iglobes

Israel signs tenders agreement with NATO | Israeli companies can now bid for defense tenders worth an estimated $4.5 billion.

Ambassador of Israel to the European Union (EU) and NATO Aharon Leshno-Yaar this week signed a logistics agreement with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The agreement is a breakthrough for Israeli companies in the cyber, optics, defense, and software sectors; it enables Israeli companies to compete in NATO tenders and be part of NATO’s database of authorized exporters, thereby opening many doors to Israeli companies choosing to operate in this channel. – Globes 2018 http://services.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-signs-tenders-agreement-with-nato-1001223528

Switzerland and Israel Collaborate on Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Regulation | The Swiss Minister for Finance Ueli Maurer recently visited Israel along with State Secretary for International Financial Matters Joerg Gasser, citing their goal as gaining bank access to Israeli markets to allow Swiss banks to trade there.

Reuters reports that the two nations have now agreed to collaborate on financial technology, cryptocurrency, and blockchain regulation following their discussion with the Israeli government.

Gasser also stated that Gasser said he was preparing a report blockchain regulation methods and factors and would be submitting recommendations by the end of the year with the aim that parliament could approve in 2019 and the new regulations could be implemented the following year. …

After the government launched an investigation into the possible use case of an “e-franc” state cryptocurrency, the central bank shot the idea down, stating that crypto technology was not good enough. However, a new Zug-based startup named Alprockz is now working on a stablecoin based on the Swiss franc, highlighting to an extent that crypto-technology is progressing with or without the support of the banks.

While one could be forgiven for assuming that Swiss regulators are bringing more to the table in their information exchange, Israel is also a major tech hub. It’s the source of most Intel processor chips, and Bitcoin mining rig giant Bitmain has announced that it’s tripling its development center in western Israel to increase ASIC manufacturing. Last year the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even suggested that the era of traditional banks and banking was coming to a close altogether and that cryptocurrency may be the turning point saying:

“Is the fate of banks that they will eventually disappear? Yes. The answer is Yes. Does it need to happen tomorrow? And do we need to do it through Bitcoin? That’s a question mark.”

https://www.ccn.com/switzerland-and-israel-collaborate-on-cryptocurrency-blockchain-regulation/

Israel and the unexpected new world order | Geographically, Israel is just off-center. Why then is it treated with such respect, especially by the likes of Russia and China?

Most importantly, Israel is positioned to guard the world’s Internet. Everything today is traded, controlled and administered online. And Israel is emerging as the world’s number one guardian of the worldwide web. That means, regardless of being a few miles offtrack from China’s Land and Maritime Roads, it is positioned to be the center of both belts.

Economists worry that China’s ambition could trigger a global economic collapse; a currency collapse, specifically. Maybe BRICS and One Belt One Road don’t care. A global currency collapse might be seen as a way to wipe the slate clean of nation-based currencies, especially the US dollar, and establish an international one: like Bitcoin, perhaps.

If Bitcoin is the model for a new Internet-based global currency, Israel is likely to be its guardian too, protecting that currency from hackers around the world.

As chief of security for the world’s information and currency, and with energy independence, Israel stands to gain substantial wealth. – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israel-and-the-unexpected-new-world-order-499310

What The World’s Top 10 Tech Firms Have In Common | The world’s top ten tech companies –Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Alibaba, Intel, Oracle, Samsung and Baidu–increasingly have something in common: they’re doing mission-critical work in Israel that’s core to their businesses back at HQ. Let’s take a look at how this trend is playing out.

Earlier this year, Microsoft hired a 34-year-old cyber-security prodigy —a hacker essentially–as its new head of R&D in Israel. The young man, a veteran of the country’s elite Unit 8200 (Israel’s version of the NSA), will be responsible for future-proofing Microsoft’s defense of its crown jewels in the cloud. Microsoft is a cloud-first company now, everything is there: Azure, Cortana, Office, even Minecraft. In other words, Microsoft’s cloud has to be an absolutely critical part of the company’s core business going forward, and the Redmond-based company is entrusting its security to a 34-year-old Israeli. – Forbes 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2018/02/20/what-the-worlds-top-10-tech-firms-have-in-common/#1e815ce72b3a

Intel earmarks massive $5 billion for new investment in southern Israel plant | Investment plan comes on heels of $6 billion upgrade of the same facility announced by Intel in 2014 for production of Intel’s next generation computer chips – Times of Israel 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/intel-earmarks-massive-5-billion-for-new-investment-in-southern-israel-plant/

Intel [Jewish] CEO: We think of ourselves as an Israeli company as much as a US company | “I just want to say that it will be centered here in Jerusalem.” – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Intel-CEO-We-think-of-ourselves-as-an-Israeli-company-as-much-as-a-US-company-484209

[Former] Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer [Jewish] – “Our company is almost as Israeli as it is American” https://www.haaretz.com/1.4983087

Meet HP’s new Jewish chief | Computer giant’s new CEO Léo Apotheker studied in Jerusalem, loves hummus, speaks fluent Hebrew – Ynet 2010 https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3965498,00.html

Yandex Partners With Tel Aviv University to Launch AI Study Program, Scholarships | The Russian technology company will launch the Yandex Machine Learning Initiative, offering courses in artificial intelligence and financial support to students and faculty – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3730256,00.html

The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group [Chabad] That Connects Trump and Putin | Where Trump’s real estate world meets a top religious ally of the Kremlin.

Starting in 1999, Putin enlisted two of his closest confidants, the oligarchs Lev Leviev and Roman Abramovich, who would go on to become Chabad’s biggest patrons worldwide, to create the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia under the leadership of Chabad rabbi Berel Lazar, who would come to be known as “Putin’s rabbi.”

A few years later, Trump would seek out Russian projects and capital by joining forces with a partnership called Bayrock-Sapir, led by Soviet emigres Tevfik Arif, Felix Sater and Tamir Sapir—who maintain close ties to Chabad. The company’s ventures would lead to multiple lawsuits alleging fraud and a criminal investigation of a condo project in Manhattan. – Politico 2017 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go-lucky-jewish-group-that-connects-trump-and-putin-215007

Felix Sater: Donald Trump’s Chabad Bayrock Group Connection https://youtu.be/c0EgihMjqzE

Joseph Lieberman even openly ‘joked’ about Chabad being a more extensive intelligence network than the CIA [7:45] http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/2376576/jewish/Jewish-Pride-in-the-Limelight.htm

[Book] The Life of an American Jew in Racist Marxist Israel by Jack Bernstein | New York/Moscow/Tel Aviv Triangle

Soviets supplied military equipment to the Arabs—Israel’s enemies; and at the same time, the Soviet Union’s enemy, the United States, was arming Israel.

To understand the treachery which Zionist/Bolshevik Jews are capable and to understand the treachery which took place before and during the 1973 War, I must explain the New York/Moscow/Tel Aviv Triangle. To do so, it is necessary to go back a few years in history.

A heavy migration of Jews from Russia to America started in 1831. Most of these were communist Jews. So many of these communist/Bolshevik Jews settled in New York City that New York has been referred to as ‘Moscow on the Hudson’.

It has been pointed out, and with good reason, that decisions regarding communist policies come not from Moscow, but from New York City. Whether this is a fact or not is immaterial. What is important is the fact that there is a close tie between the Zionist/Bolshevik Jews in New York City and the Zionist/Bolshevik Jews in Moscow, and extending to include the Zionist/Bolshevik Jews who dominate Israel’s government.

The Zionist power over the US Government in Washington, DC stems from the Zionist/Bolsheviks centered in New York City. It is from New York that orders go out to the vast Zionist network all over the US—a network that influences the economic and political affairs of not only our federal government, but nearly all, if not all, state governments, and to a great extent the governments of the larger and even medium sized cities. This power of the Zionist/Bolshevik Jews over the US makes the New York leg of the New York/Moscow/Tel Aviv Triangle a tremendous influence over communist policies. …

SOVIET UNION’S PART OF THE PACT WAS:

The Soviets would institute a pro-Arab policy solely as a camouflage for its true intention, which was to furnish aid to the Arabs, but never enough to enable the Arabs to destroy Israel.

The Soviets would open the gates of Soviet satellite countries to Jewish immigration to Israel. Should this be insufficient, Soviet Russia then would open its own gates to immigration.

The Soviets would absolutely guarantee the security of Israel.

**Both the Soviet Union and Israel would share intelligence reports.

… The latest scientific developments that the US provides Israel are channeled on to the Soviet Union. The main center through which this scientific information passes is Israel’s Weizman Institute in the town of Rehoovot about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. https://archive.org/details/TheLifeOfAnAmericanJewInRacistMarxistIsrael

In Beijing, Netanyahu looks to ‘marry Israel’s technology with China’s capacity’ | On second day of state visit, prime minister, Chinese leaders agree on upgrading economic, tech cooperation – Times of Israel 2017 https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-beijing-netanyahu-looks-to-marry-israels-technology-with-chinas-capacity/

Israel and China’s Silk Road | China-Israel bilateral trade currently hovers around $12 billion, and bilateral cooperation spans a wide gamut of fields, leveraging heavily on China’s markets, financial capital and manufacturing capacity on the one hand, and Israel’s technological edge in areas including water treatment, agriculture, cyberspace technologies and medical equipment on the other. While extensive and promising, bilateral cooperation, already in the making for years, did not require BRI as a necessary precondition. With BRI now at play, three implications and opportunities arise that transcend bilateral economic cooperation: infrastructural and trade interconnectivity, a closely-related “information Silk Road”, and Israel’s potential as mediator between the world’s two leading powers. …

Closely connected to Israel’s geographical land bridge is its position as key node along any future information Silk Road. In March 2015, Premier Li Keqiang announced the ten-year “Internet Plus” initiative integrating cyberspace with industry, commerce and banking networks.19 However farfetched the notion sounds, if China were to extend this to undergird the emerging steel-and-asphalt Silk Road, Israel could play a significant role. At present, submarine fiber optics and several communications satellites connect Israel to Europe and the US. From there, Israelis can place calls to virtually any other country, including Iran, via satellite link. Communications connectivity does not technically require a geographically contiguous IT infrastructure linking, say, Jordan and Egypt via Israel. However, were China to decide on paving an information Silk Road linking the physical, hardware layer of national IT infrastructures in the Middle East with standardized protocols, this could improve the quality of communications among these countries, as much in the technical sense as in the political.20 Israel’s leading edge in cyber technology, backed by keen interest and investments from some of China’s largest hi-tech companies, might in this manner transcend bilateral cooperation to BRI’s broader benefit. – SIGNAL, Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership 2017 http://en.sino-israel.org/publications/signal-perspectives/israel-and-chinas-silk-road/

One Belt, One Road | Israel’s role in China’s flagship policy.

[T]his policy is based on the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an initiative that has not been well received in the US, to the extent that Japan refrained from joining so as not to upset Washington. Israel, however, did join the AIIB, and must be careful not to conduct its business with China at the expense of the US or its relationship with Washington. – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/One-Belt-One-Road-504129

China to overtake US as biggest investor in Israel | Driving this are Chinese companies eager to invest in high-technology and Internet startups, of which Israel is one of the world centers. Historically, it has been American and European capital that invested in them and took them public. In Europe, 101 Israeli firms have launched IPOs and, in the United States, 272.

Last September, Sisram Medical did an IPO in Hong Kong, becoming the first Israeli hi-tech firm to go public on a Chinese stock exchange. Fosun Pharmaceutical owns a controlling stake in the firm; Fosun is owned by mainland tycoon Guo Guangchang.

More Israeli firms will follow the example of Sisram Medical and list in China. An estimated 120 hi-tech Israeli firms have Chinese investment. …

A milestone in Sino-Israel high-technology cooperation came last December 19, with the official inauguration in Shantou of the Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a joint venture between Shantou University and Technion. Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing attended the event.

Technion Institute of Technology is the MIT of Israel. It is the oldest university in Israel, set up in 1912, 36 years before the Jewish was re-established. The Guangdong site is only its second branch outside Israel.

In 2013, Li donated US$130 million to Technion. A large part of the money came from the profits he made from the IPO of Waze, a GPS-based map software company, in which he held a 11 percent stake. His was the largest donation ever made to Technion and one of the biggest to any Israeli academic institution. Li has been the pioneer of Chinese investment in Israel. – EJ Insight 2018 http://www.ejinsight.com/20180201-china-to-overtake-us-as-biggest-investor-in-israel/

China And Israel: A Perfect Match, Growing Steady | “In Kuang-Chi’s case, we believe that China represents a natural market for Israeli technology in the areas of smart cities, computer vision, connected homes, artificial intelligence, and robotics. We see great potential in Israeli start-ups. – Forbes 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2018/02/26/china-and-israel-a-perfect-match-growing-steady/#7b590dce5ec9

It’s A Love Affair For Now Between China And Israeli Venture Deal Makers | Capital is pouring into Israeli venture funds from China while their portfolio companies are raising strategic finance from Chinese multinationals and expanding into the Mainland for accelerated growth. It’s a source of capital and growth that is very hard to turn down. More and more Israelis are making those trips to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and elsewhere not to be left behind.

This connection is set to grow as more and more deals are blocked between the U.S. and China — from both sides, said the panelists. This blockage will lead the Chinese to look for other places besides Silicon Valley to park money, and importantly, to gain an edge in technology innovation, which is, of course. one of their main missions. – Forbes 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccafannin/2018/01/31/its-a-love-affair-for-now-between-china-and-israeli-venture-deal-makers/#44ec941d4410

China cultural center opens in Israel to boost exchange, mutual understanding | The first China Cultural Center in West Asia opened in Israel’s central city of Tel Aviv on Sunday, aiming to spread the Chinese culture and facilitate exchange and cooperation between the two countries.

The center, also the 35th of its kind worldwide, sits in Tel Aviv’s business district and covers a total area of about 1,000 square meters, with facilities such as a multi-purpose hall, training rooms, a library and an audio-visual area. – Xinhua 2017 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/27/c_136782814.htm

10 Israel startups chosen for Beijing accelerator | The new Israel-China accelerator program in Beijing is led by Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry in cooperation with China’s Shengjing Group and DayDayUp. – Globes 2017 http://www.globes.co.il/en/article.aspx?did=1001213615&from=iglobes

Leumi, Bank of China sign deal to grant credit to Israeli firms | Bank Leumi, Israel’s second-largest bank, said it signed a deal with Bank of China to make it easier for Israeli companies to receive financing for their operations in China. – Reuters 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/bank-leumi-bank-of-china-credit/leumi-bank-of-china-sign-deal-to-grant-credit-to-israeli-firms-idUSL8N1O44L5

Chinese millionaire to set up artificial intelligence lab in Haifa | Zong Qinghou, the CEO of one of China’s largest companies, will provide the AI center with at least $10 million over five years. – Jerusalem Post 2017 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Chinese-millionaire-to-set-up-artificial-intelligence-lab-in-Haifa-505742

Alibaba is buying Israeli startup Visualead’s tech to establish a Tel Aviv R&D center – TechCrunch 2017 https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/01/alibaba-visualead-tel-aviv-rd-center/

Alibaba to Buy Israel-based QR Startup Visualead | In October, the company announced it plans to open a lab in Tel Aviv, as part of a $15 billion global research and development push – Calcalist 2017 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3726283,00.html

Israel and Japan Sign Historic Industrial R&D Agreement| Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry arrived in Israel on Sunday to sign an Industrial R&D (Research and Development) Collaboration Agreement with Israel, making the Jewish state the first country Japan has signed such an agreement with.

Toshimitsu Motegi, the Japanese minister, met with Economics Minister Naftali Bennett while accompanied by a delegation of Japanese industrialists, as well senior representatives of Japan’s Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, the body responsible for Japanese industry, industrial R&D and cyber technology. – Israel National News 2014 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182606

Israel & Japan Unite to Expand their Bilateral R&D Relationship http://www.matimop.org.il/blog_Japan.html

Japanese auto-parts co Denso opens Israel R&D center | The world’s largest car parts manufacturer says it will build on Israel’s innovative technologies in cybersecurity, telecommunications, AI, sensing, and software. http://iglob.es/?en1229704

Taiwan invests in Israeli hi-tech, rides the startup wave | Taiwan firms have invested about US$200-300 million in Israel. Two companies have set up research and development centers there. They are Hiwin, based in Taichong, one of the island’s biggest makers of robots; and Winbond Electronics, which produces semiconductors and several types of integrated circuits, including personal computer ICs. …

In September 2017, Kuomintang legislator Hsu Yu-jen launched the Taiwan Israel Innovation Platform, aiming to boost high-tech exchanges between the two sides.

“The platform can help promote exchanges between the two nations’ private, public and academic sectors on several fronts, including information security, water-related infrastructure, agricultural technologies, augmented and virtual reality applications, self-driving cars and artificial intelligence. It can also help Israeli companies find Taiwanese firms for merger or acquisition (M&A) opportunities,” Hsu said. – EJ Insight 2018 http://www.ejinsight.com/20180222-taiwan-invests-in-israeli-hi-tech-rides-the-startup-wave/

Israel’s online security czars: an inside view | CyberGym, a sophisticated and cutting-edge operation in Israel, hopes to make inroads into India soon

Hason claimed CyberGym had “trained 3,000 people already from across the world”. Over the last five years, Hason has expanded CyberGym’s reach, with units in Portugal, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Australia. He plans to expand in the near future to North America and Asia. “We hope we will make inroads in India sometime in 2019,” he added.

Other than CyberGym, Israel is well known for having spawned a number of cybersecurity firms over the years. Notable among these is the Nasdaq-listed Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Its co-founder , Gil Shwed, is considered the inventor of the modern firewall.

Team8, another Israeli company, was founded by veterans from Unit 8200. Nadav Zafrir, the co-founder and CEO of Team 8, was, in fact, the commander of Unit 8200, as well as the founder of the IDF cyber command. Udi Mokady, the founder, chairman and CEO of CyberArk, too, was a member of Unit 8200. – Livemint 2018 http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/YWqU7FvzV5xu6vFFHUyeAO/Israels-online-security-czars-an-inside-view.html

WATCH: CyberGym is coming to Ireland – training organisations against cyber attacks through real-life warfare | An Israeli startup that trains organisations in how to deal with cyber attacks through real-life warfare experiences plans to open a unit in Ireland. – Independent.ie 2018 https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/watch-cybergym-is-coming-to-ireland-training-organisations-against-cyber-attacks-through-reallife-warfare-36541359.html

Indian Americans launch tech triangle connecting India, Israel and US | Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur Desh Deshpande, is working with the MassChallenge incubator to fund several Indian startups to receive in-house guidance from MassChallenge mentors in Israel.

Pennsylvania-based Dennis Mehta has announced the launch of a trilateral investment fund worth USD 50 million to bring innovative Israeli technologies to the Indian market. – Times of India 2018 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/indian-americans-launch-tech-triangle-connecting-india-israel-and-us/articleshow/62986844.cms

First Israeli research nanosatellite launches from India | Foot-long, 11-pound BGUSAT orbiter successfully reaches space, will study weather, desertification, airglow and other phenomena

Israel successfully launched into space Wednesday a new nanosatellite, the first for Israeli academia, that will conduct scientific missions for Ben Gurion University of the Negev. – Times of Israel 2017 https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-israeli-research-nanosatellite-launches-from-india/

Intel Aims to Democratise AI, Set Up Stage for 5G in India | Intel is best known as a chip maker for PCs, but its work in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and with telcos towards setting the stage for 5G rollout in India is less known. https://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/features/5g-india-intel-artificial-intelligence-prakash-mallya-1829099

North England health services seek ventures with Israeli health tech firms | Partnership is ‘latest sign of the deepening innovation links between our two countries,’ says UK Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey after signing accord https://www.timesofisrael.com/north-england-health-services-seek-ventures-with-israeli-health-tech-firms/

British banks target Israeli security technology | Israeli cyber security companies are providing security expertise to at least three of the top four UK banks, according to the report by the British Israel Communications and Research Centre (Bicom), which conducts research into Israel and the Middle East.

The introduction of European Union (EU) regulations requiring authentication of digital financial transactions – known as the European Revised Payment Service Directive – has led to closer cooperation between companies in the UK and Israeli firms that specialise in biometric and other forms of authentication, Bicom claims.

HSBC opened a cyber hub in Tel Aviv last year. Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland have also set up research and development (R&D) centres in the country to tap into Israeli technology, including cyber security, biometric authentication, data analytics and payment technology.

Last year, Aviva Insurance, BT, Goldman Sachs, RBS, Visa and others hosted Israeli cyber security startups for a series of events in London. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252440000/British-banks-target-Israeli-security-technology

Lord Mayor of London visits Israel to boost bilateral ties | Business leaders, regulators and trade representatives based in London are increasingly working with peers in Israel, developing links in financial and professional services industries such as banking, law and finance-technology.

Bowman, who is the 690th Lord Mayor, discussed the scope a potential free trade deal between the UK and Israel with senior Israeli politicians, including the Minister of Economy and Industry, Eli Cohen.

He also visited an accelerator, which give a leg-up to small businesses, before meeting the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Karnit Flug, to discuss how financial and professional links between the UK and Israel can be strengthened. …

He said: “For the British there are many excellent opportunities for companies to do business in Israel, not least in capital markets, infrastructure finance, cyber and fin-tech. Following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, it is more important than ever that we build our links with vibrant and growing markets across the world, and I know the UK’s relationship with Israel will go from strength-to-strength. – Times of Israel Jewish News 2018 http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/lord-mayor-london-visits-israel-to-boost-bilateral-ties/

U.K., IBM, Launch Israel-Based Healthcare Technology Accelerator | Dubbed U.K. Israel Dangoor Health Initiative, the program aims to encourage digital health startups to plug their technologies into the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) – Calcalist 2018 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731887,00.html

British energy giant scouring Israeli energy tech with £100 million fund | In a bid to stay competitive, executives from the energy giant toured the country last week, meeting with and looking at investments in several Israeli start-ups. http://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Environment/British-energy-giant-scouring-Israeli-energy-tech-with-100-million-fund-547084

Mossad spy ring ‘unearthed because of Christchurch earthquake’ | The Israeli secret service Mossad has been accused of conducting an intelligence-gathering operation in New Zealand which was unearthed because of February’s Christchurch earthquake.

The operation was interrupted when a van used by a spy cell was crushed by masonry falling from a damaged building, killing one man, it is claimed.

Benyamin Mizrahi, 23, the Israeli man who died in the damaged van, was found to have five passports on his person, the Southland Times newspaper reported. …

The Southland Times also said the police national computer was being audited because of concerns it had been hacked into.

There were fears that other Israeli operatives, in the city after the February 22 quake which killed 181 people, could have embedded malicious software to access intelligence information. – The Telegraph 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8649223/Mossad-spy-ring-unearthed-because-of-Christchurch-earthquake.html

18 soldiers commissioned in Korea’s ‘Talpiot’ program | Eighteen South Korean soldiers were commissioned Friday as second lieutenants under the local military’s program modeled after Israel’s Talpiot training program, the defense ministry said.

They will serve at the Agency for Defense Development, the country’s state agency for research and development in defense technology, for three years. They are 14 army officers, two naval and two air force ones. – Korea Herald 2017 http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170526000624

Samsung invests $4.6m in Israeli AI startup Audioburst | The Audioburst audio search platform will be incorporated into millions of Samsung products around the world, beginning with Smart TVs, Globes reported. https://en.trend.az/world/israel/2878640.html

Polish electric company looks to Israel as ‘partner in fighting cyber-crime’ | Despite strained ties over Holocaust bill, 2 countries sign agreement; visiting Polish delegation to tour 10 cybersecurity firms and the National Cyber Institute – Times of Israel 2018 https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-electric-company-looks-to-israel-as-partner-in-fighting-cyber-crime/

Israel joins USAID’s Power Africa energy development program | Netanyahu praises ‘growing partnership’ with continent as Jerusalem enters initiative to connect 60 million African households to electricity grid – Times of Israel 201 https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-joins-usaids-power-africa-energy-development-program/

The untold story of Israeli military exports to South Sudan | Since South Sudan’s independence, Israel has continuously sold it weapons, military training, homeland security and surveillance technology. The only problem? They are being used to commit war crimes and potential crimes against humanity https://972mag.com/the-untold-story-of-israeli-military-exports-to-south-sudan/107137/

The story behind Israel’s shady military exports | Why doesn’t the Foreign Ministry care whether Israeli weapons end up in the hands of serial human rights violators such as South Sudan? https://972mag.com/who-will-stop-the-flow-of-israeli-arms-to-dictatorships/114080/

Israel assess cooperation ties with Cameroon | The Israeli Ambassador to Cameroon H.E Ron Gidar also underscored the importance of Cameroon as a strategic partner in Africa reason why his country has undertaken several actions to strengthen bilateral relations.

One of such actions was geared in the technological sector where Israel as a leading country in the domain is trying to boost Cameroon’s development through technology.

Technology, Cameroon benefitted from Israel in 2017 through a wide range of programs and activities ranging from Hi-Tech entrepreneurship seminars to promotion of entrepreneurship incubators as well as improve on computer-based knowledge in schools and higher institutions of learning in Cameroon.

A highlight of Israel’s flagship program is the the Hi-Tech centre at the Polytechnic in Yaounde which trains students from all over Africa on industrial electricity systems, robotics and mechanics and mechatronomics. The centre is set to be transformed into the first 3-D training centre in Africa, an official of the embassy, Harry Acha said. – Journal du Cameroun 2018 https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/israel-assess-cooperation-ties-cameroon/

Israeli firm to deliver broadband Internet in Latin America | Gilat Satellite Networks wins a contract with an unnamed Latin American country to connect rural regions by satellite. – ISRAEL21c 2017 https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-firm-to-deliver-broadband-internet-in-latin-america/

Israeli Spyware Firm Embroiled in Mexico Mobile Hacking Scandal. Flynn Was Its Adviser | According to the NYTimes, NSO Group sold its highly-advanced Pegasus software to infiltrate mobile devices held by human rights lawyers, journalists and activists fighting government corruption – Haaretz 2017 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-spyware-firm-embroiled-in-mexico-mobile-hacking-scandal-flynn-was-its-adviser-1.5486198

Investigation Into Mexican Government Surveillance With Israeli SoftwareHits Roadblock | An investigation into the use of software manufactured and sold to the Mexican government by the Israeli company NSO Group, has stalled following alleged interference by corrupt officials and a refusal to cooperate by the US. – MintPress News 2018 https://www.mintpressnews.com/investigation-into-mexicos-surveillance-with-israeli-software-stalls/238883/

Mexican billionaire Slim: We want to invest more in Israel | Slim said that he was touched to receive such an invitation and will be happy to visit Israel. He added, “Technology is the engine of the present era and the Slim Group will be happy to take part in additional investments in Israel. We like to have our finger on the pulse of everything regarding new technologies and I know that in this Israel is a world leader, so we are interested in Israeli developments. I’m glad that through our connection and friendship the opportunity was created for this unique visit here by the Israeli delegation to Grupo Carso.”

Earlier this month Slim’s América Móvil SAB de CV made a strategic investment in mobile social networks photo and video-sharing platform Mobli Ltd. as part of the Israeli start-up’s $60 million financing round. – Jerusalem Post 2013 http://www.jpost.com/Business/Business-News/Mexican-billionaire-Slim-We-want-to-invest-more-in-Israel-333340

Mexican billionaire: Israel challenges US leadership in high tech | Israel poses a challenge to the United States in the leadership of the global high technology industry, according to Carlos Slim, a Mexican telecommunications magnate.

“You are the leaders in technology, but there are other countries moving there – China, Israel – and everyone wants to improve,” Slim, 76, said in a TV interview with Bloomberg on Thursday.

Also in 2013, Slim invested $60 million in the Israeli startup Mobli as part of a partnership with the biggest cellular company in Latin America, American Mobile, which he owned. – Times of Israel 2013 https://www.timesofisrael.com/mexican-billionaire-israel-challenges-us-leadership-in-high-tech-2/

Romania’s Banca Transilvania works with Israeli startup on AI-based services | Banca Transilvania, the second-biggest lender in Romania, has signed a partnership with an Israeli software company to integrate Artificial Intelligence solutions in services provided to customers via digital channels.

Personetics, an Israeli startup founded in 2010, offers AI-powered cognitive banking solutions that enable financial institutions to deliver personalized customer experiences across all digital channels. – RomaniaInsider.com 2018 https://www.romania-insider.com/banca-transilvania-ai-based-services/

Bulgaria, Israel mull cybersecurity cooperation | Rumen Radev becomes first foreign head of state to visit Israel’s computer emergency response team in Beersheba https://www.timesofisrael.com/bulgaria-israel-mull-cybersecurity-cooperation/

NSW Government [Government of New South Wales] offering $250k innovation grants to businesses under Israel partnership | NSW businesses can now apply for matched grants of up to $250,000 under the NSW-Israel Research and Development (R&D) Tech Innovation Program.

The program which is jointly run by the NSW Government and State of Israel was established to support innovation and strengthen ties between NSW and Israel. http://www.dynamicbusiness.com.au/news/nsw-government-offering-250k-innovation-grants-to-businesses-under-israel-partnership.html

Joint Georgia-Israel IT Ventures to Be Established | “We offered the Israel companies to establish the ventures in Georgia and benefit from the advantages that the signed Free Trade Agreements provided for the companies producing in our country,” – Dimitry Kumsishvili. https://www.finchannel.com/world/georgia/72468-joint-georgia-israel-it-ventures-to-be-established

Israel Launches Tech Internship Program for Eastern European Students and Entrepreneurs | The program, set to launch in 2018, will see students and tech entrepreneurs from Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland intern in Israeli tech companies and startups https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3734957,00.html

Croatia to purchase upgraded Israeli fighter jets | Squadron of 12 used jets set to replace old Russian-made MiG-21 fighters as Zagreb seeks to bolster defenses against Kremlin-backed Serbia. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5205284,00.html

Ghana-Israel toast to greater cooperation and benefits | Ghana and Israel have reaffirmed their commitments to boost relations, with Israel facilitating Ghana’s socio-economic development with its expertise in agriculture, communication, cyber security, health and other key areas in a win win situation. http://www.gbcghana.com/1.12050340

Israeli and Czech aerospace giants cooperate on new attack aircraft https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Czech-Aero-Vodochody-Israel-Aerospace-cooperate-on-light-attack-aircraft-552603

Turkey: When Ataturk Recited Shema Yisrael | “It’s My Secret Prayer, Too,” He Confessed https://www.scribd.com/document/73090487/When-Ataturk-Recited-Shema-Yisrael-It-s-My-Secret-Prayer-Too-He-Confessed

List of multinational companies with research and development centres in Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multinational_companies_with_research_and_development_centres_in_Israel

US-ISRAEL LEGISLATION


“This is a list of resources available that define the public laws that have been legislated by the District of Columbia that are detrimental to the interests of the American People and in fact are a threat to the National Security of the Nation of the United States of America.” – Diane C.

Thank you, Diane.

Legislation summaries and links to legislated public law

42 U.S. Code § 17337 – United States-Israel energy cooperation https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/17337

S.2497 – United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2497/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Repeal+second+amendment%22%5D%7D excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 114–328—DEC. 23, 2016 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ328/PLAW-114publ328.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 114–322—DEC. 16, 2016 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NATION ACT https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ322/PLAW-114publ322.pdf excerpts

United States-Israel  Advanced  Research Partnership Act of 2016 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5877excerpts

Public Law 113–296 113th Congress https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ304/PLAW-114publ304.pdf excerpts

BILLS TO WATCH, CURRENTLY NOT LAW

    UNITED  STATES-ISRAEL  ADVANCED  RESEARCH  PARTNERSHIP  ACT  OF  2016 
    Mr. MCCAUL, from the Committee on Homeland Security,  submitted  the  following R  E  P  O  R  T  [To accompany H.R. 5877]  H.R. 5877 became Public Law 114-304

PUBLIC LAW 110–49—JULY 26, 2007 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-121/pdf/STATUTE-121-Pg246.pdf excerpts

130 STAT. 117 PUBLIC LAW 114–123—FEB. 18, 2016 https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ123/PLAW-114publ123.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 114–113—DEC. 18, 2015 | CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ113/PLAW-114publ113.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 108–11—APR. 16, 2003 117 STAT. 559 | 108th Congress https://www.congress.gov/108/plaws/publ11/PLAW-108publ11.pdf excerpts

H. R. 6157 [Report No. 115–769] | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr6157/BILLS-115hr6157rh.pdf excerpts

H. R. 5515 | One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of theUnited States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr5515enr/pdf/BILLS-115hr5515enr.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 114–125—FEB. 24, 2016 | TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2015 https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ125/PLAW-114publ125.pdf excerpt

H.R.1625 | One Hundred Fifteenth Congressof the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1625/BILLS-115hr1625enr.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 115–91—DEC. 12, 2017 https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ91/PLAW-115publ91.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 115–31—MAY 5, 2017 https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ31/PLAW-115publ31.pdf excerpts

PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005 | ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-109publ58/pdf/PLAW-109publ58.pdf excerpts

JEWISH SUPREMACY


Racist messianic lunatics believe Israel’s wars are God’s wars and killing innocent children is permitted https://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/influential-soldiers-genocide/

The Soul of a Jew and the Soul of a Non-Jew An Inconvenient Truth and the Search for an Alternative | The Soul of a Jew is Superior to that of a Non-Jew – Hanan Balk http://www.hakirah.org/Vol%2016%20Balk.pdf

The Virtue of Hate by Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2003/02/the-virtue-of-hate

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on 10 November 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), “determine[d] that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_3379

[Book] The Life of an American Jew in Racist, Marxist Israel by Jack Bernstein | Unlike most American Jews, whose support for Israel is limited to words and money, Jack Bernstein actually “returned” to the “Jewish homeland” not as a tourist, or for a summer visit but to live and die in Israel as a committed builder of the Jewish nation. As he explains here in this punchy and persuasive booklet, his idealism soon turned to disillusionment. He takes the reader on a guided tour of Israel’s history, institutions and values. He exposes Israel’s sham and hypocrisy, revealing its oppressive, racist, militaristic, and parasitic character.

Bernstein speaks above all to the deceived and misguided American people, whose money, toil and blood sustain the Zionist state. As long as the US continues to support Israel, he prophetically warns, there will be no end to war in the Middle East, strife between Jews and non-Jews, and the brutal oppression of Palestinians. https://archive.org/details/TheLifeOfAnAmericanJewInRacistMarxistIsrael

CHABAD-LUBAVITCH


Joseph Lieberman even openly ‘joked’ about Chabad being a more extensive intelligence network than the CIA [7:45] http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/2376576/jewish/Jewish-Pride-in-the-Limelight.htm

Jewish World Weekly Blogger Profile | Shmarya Rosenberg, FailedMessiah

In 2004 he began blogging at Failed Messiah, after he published a personal account personal account of how he tried and failed to get the late leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to support his efforts to rescue Ethiopian Jewry. The blog was widely read and resulted in his summary excommunication from his small orthodox community. He credits the events surrounding his excommunication with a degree of clarity. “Convicted” without a trial, fair-weather friends were exposed by his rabbi’s actions. – Haaretz 2008 https://www.haaretz.com/1.4993630

The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin | Where Trump’s real estate world meets a top religious ally of the Kremlin.  – POLITICO 2017 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go-lucky-jewish-group-that-connects-trump-and-putin-215007

Putin’s Chosen People | What’s behind the Russian president’s close relationship with an Orthodox Jewish sect? http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/11/vladimir_putin_chabad_what_s_behind_the_russian_president_s_close_relationship.html

The half-Jewish Nazi Who Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe | Thanks to the late Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Chabad Lubavitch is a well-known and powerful Hasidic movement. But few people know that the rebbe’s predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, owes his life to a half-Jewish Nazi officer acting under the direct order of the head of the Third Reich’s military intelligence agency. https://www.haaretz.com/1.5006235

ISRAELI BLACK OPS


Levon Affair

The Lavon Affair: When Israel Firebombed U.S. Installations | In their 1979 book, The Untold History of Israel, Israeli journalists Jacques Derogy and Hesi Carmel relate that in 1954 Israel’s army intelligence section conceived a plan to attack British personnel seconded to King Hussein’s government in Jordan. The purpose was to sour relations between Britain and Jordan as well as between both Jordan and Britain on the one hand and Egypt, which would be blamed for such attacks. …

Within days 11 persons were in custody. They included all members of both the Cairo and Alexandria sabotage networks and an additional Israeli spy who was not a part of either network. Only the Israeli spymaster who had set the plan in motion escaped, leading members of competing Israeli intelligence services to question for years afterward why the plan’s instigator had been able to slip out of Egypt, but another Israeli agent, whose identity was known to the instigator, was caught. – Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 1992 https://www.wrmea.org/1992-july/the-lavon-affair-when-israel-firebombed-u.s.-installations.html

1967 USS Liberty attack

Articles about the USS Liberty – If Americans Knew http://ifamericaknew.org/us_ints/ussliberty.html

Remembering the U.S.S. Liberty | The 50 year cover-up of a mass murder of U.S. servicemen orchestrated by Israel and its friends http://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/remembering-the-u-s-s-liberty-2/

1986 Libya bombing

The Israeli Deception That Led to the Bombing of Pan American Flight 103 Over Lockerbie, Scotland | Whether the Israeli killing of such a large number of Libyan and Egyptian civilians was or was not accidental, the next documented Israeli intervention was a deliberate and successful attempt to instigate hostilities between Libya and the United States in February 1986. It led directly to the April 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya’s two major cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, in which there were some 40 Libyan casualties, including the death of Qaddafi’s infant adopted daughter. (She had been orphaned when her father, a former Syrian air attaché in Libya, was killed in aerial combat with Israel.) If, indeed, the two accused Libyans were responsible for the Lockerbie bombing, it clearly was direct retaliation for the U.S. attack.

The manner in which Israel’s Mossad tricked the U.S. into attacking Libya was described in detail by former Mossad case worker Victor Ostrovsky in The Other Side of Deception, the second of two revealing books he wrote after he left Israel’s foreign intelligence service. The story began in February 1986, when Israel sent a team of navy commandos in miniature submarines into Tripoli to land and install a “Trojan,” a six-foot-long communications device, in the top floor of a five-story apartment building. The device, only seven inches in diameter, was capable of receiving messages broadcast by Mossad’s LAP (LohAma Psicologit—psychological warfare or disinformation section) on one frequency and automatically relaying the broadcasts on a different frequency used by the Libyan government.

The commandos activated the Trojan and left it in the care of a lone Mossad agent in Tripoli who had leased the apartment and who had met them at the beach in a rented van.“By the end of March, the Americans were already intercepting messages broadcast by the Trojan,” Ostrovsky writes. – Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 1999 https://www.wrmea.org/1999-october-november/the-israeli-deception-that-led-to-the-bombing-of-pan-american-flight-103-over-lockerbie-scotland.html

German TV exposes CIA, Mossad links to 1986 Berlin disco bombing | A documentary broadcast August 25 by German public television presents compelling evidence that some of the main suspects in the 1986 Berlin disco bombing, the event that provided the pretext for a US air assault on Libya, worked for American and Israeli intelligence. – World Socialist Web Site 1998 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1998/08/bomb-a27.html

September 11, 2001 USA attacks

Here are the best resources we’ve found regarding what really happened on September 11, 2001. This will eventually be fleshed out into an article citing many of these resources. securingourinterests.org/911

Ex-wife of secret societal and U.S. Marine Corps Colonel discusses Israel | Brendon O’Connell edited down seven hours of Kay Griggs’ 1997 interview series into just these parts regarding Israel. Kay is the ex-wife of secret societal and U.S. Marine Corps Colonel George Raymond Griggs.

https://youtu.be/FEcOT_bVh04

2013 Ghouta, Syria chemical weapons false flag

Jim Mattis refutes the « Fake News » from Israël and NATO | At the beginning of the war, the Syrian Arab Republic asked the UNO to come and investigate the use of chemical weapons by the jihadists. The inspectors found nothing convincing. But in August 2013, the states who were supporting the project by the Muslim Brotherhood reversed the accusation and claimed, on the sole basis of information from Mossad Unit 8200, that the Syrian army had just massacred approximately 1,500 civilians in the Ghouta with a mixture of gases, including sarin. – Voltaire Network http://www.voltairenet.org/article199753.html

Additional Israel Black Ops and False Flags
http://www.whale.to/b/mossad_black_ops.html

Former Israeli MK Exposes Top-Secret IDF Unit Engaged in Foreign Assassinations | Israeli Likud former MK Carmel Shama HaCohen has inadvertently exposed the existence of a top-secret military intelligence unit.  It’s so hush-hush it’s never been named before either inside Israel or in the foreign media.  Until this report, no one knew what it did.

Shama Ha-Cohen reveals in his Knesset website what he worked in Aman, the IDF military intelligence department.  He served there in a group that was called the “special unit for counter-espionage and special investigations” (היחידה המיוחדת לסיכול ריגול וחקירות מיוחדות).  As is usual for Israeli spookery, this is spy lingo that euphemizes the real nature of what the group did.  “Special investigations” means it engaged in, among other things, foreign assassinations. – Richard Silverstein 2013 https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2013/03/27/israeli-mk-exposes-top-secret-idf-unit-engaged-in-foreign-assassinations/

Rafi Eitan – a thoroughly nasty Israeli with very odd Cuban connections http://postmanpatel.blogspot.com/2006/09/rafi-eitan-thoroughly-nasty-israeli.html
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