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Black Flag Letter: Signers by Israeli University DepartmentLead story
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 18, 2026

Black Flag Letter: Signers by Israeli University Department

Middle Eastern Studies signed the Black Flag Gaza war letter at 82%. Engineering signed at 15%. The full discipline breakdown from Olam's audit of 2,844 Israeli faculty.

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Who Runs Israel's Ports
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 13, 2026
Who Runs Israel's Ports

Israel's commercial port system runs on six entities — Haifa Port Company (Adani-Gadot), SIPG, Ashdod Port Company, TIL/MSC, Eilat Port Company, and t…

Mikhael Mirilashvili: Owner of Watergen
Israeli Real Economy · Jun 13, 2026
Mikhael Mirilashvili: Owner of Watergen

Owner and president of Watergen, the Israeli climate-tech company producing drinking water from air across 100+ countries. Vice President of the World…

Lightricks: The Jerusalem Creative-AI Platform
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 12, 2026
Lightricks: The Jerusalem Creative-AI Platform

Founded 2013 by five Hebrew University PhD students in Jerusalem. $335M raised, $1.8B valuation. Facetune, Videoleap. AI-first enterprise pivot underw…

BioCatch: The Behavioral Biometrics Pioneer
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 10, 2026
BioCatch: The Behavioral Biometrics Pioneer

Founded 2011 in Tel Aviv by Avi Turgeman (ex-Military Intelligence) and Uri Rivner. $432M raised, $1.3B Permira valuation. $100M+ ARR. Behavioral biom…

The Rehovot Economy: The Science City
Israeli Real Economy · Aug 9, 2026
The Rehovot Economy: The Science City

Rehovot is anchored by the Weizmann Institute — a pure-science powerhouse with no undergraduates. The city's economy orbits the campus.