Israeli employers struggled to rehire after fall COVID lockdown, figures show
Broad unemployment rate remained high in first-half December. Bank of Israel warns it could stay in double-digits next year
Israeli startups discover a back door to Wall Street
Merging with a SPAC has become an increasingly popular alternative to rigors of doing an IPO, and offers a fast and lucrative route to secure investment
Kuwaiti reports say Saudi Arabia and Qatar on road to reconciliation
Kuwait has long been neutral in the confrontation in the Gulf. Riyadh led a group of states, including the UAE and Egypt to break relations with Qatar.
Israeli auto-tech startup Arbe eyes IPO at valuation of up to $450 million
The company aims to raise $100 million in capital, with sources saying it currently favors listing first on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and later in New York
‘Curtain-Up’ 2020: A triumphant story under COVID-19’s dark cloud
If one expected to see the artists echoing the harsh era, react to prolonged uncertainty of the roller-coaster reality, the opposite happened.
Famed Lebanese musician Elias Rahbani, who wrote for Fairouz, dies at 83
Local media outlets report that the youngest of the Rahbani brothers had contracted COVID-19
U.K. scientists worried vaccines may not work on S.African coronavirus variant, report says
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said earlier on Monday that he was incredibly worried about the new variant
Why my Haredi community can’t, and won’t, deal with sex abusers
Forget the secular justice system: we’re ‘handling’ sexual abuse in-house, with crimes turned into sins and punishment into repentance. No wonder ultra-Orthodox rabbis have become sex abusers’ most devout defenders
Israeli soccer fed fears unknown UAE sheikh is a front man for dubious figures
Doing due diligence, the Israel Football Association raises suspicions about the financial muscle of the new UAE partner in Beitar Jerusalem
Israeli firms thwart ‘$100m cyberattack’ by China-linked hackers
A group of hackers linked to China has shifted gears with the coronavirus crisis, moving from cyberespionage to ransomware and targeting the world’s largest online gaming firms, researchers say