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☆ Japanese hotel accused of canceling Israeli guest’s reservation because of ‘war crimes’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A hotel in the Japanese city of Kyoto allegedly canceled an Israeli tourist’s reservation because of “war crimes,” drawing criticism from local officials who said it violated regulations. The traveler who received the Whatsapp messages made an initial complaint to the Israeli embassy in Tokyo. The Israeli embassy says it would appreciate an apology from the hotel but will not pursue any legal action over the allegation. Since then, more than 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli military offensives, according to Gaza health authorities. A United Nations inquiry this month found that both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes amid the war in Gaza.

Persons: ”, Ido Bromberg, Bromberg, “, ” Bromberg, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Rinka Tonsho Organizations: CNN, Embassy, Israeli Defense Forces, Israel’s, El, United Nations Locations: Kyoto, Gaza, Tokyo, Israel, Palestine, “, Japan, Tel Aviv, Israeli

☆ Former Third Point data chief Matt Ober's side hustle is solving one of the data industry's biggest headaches — and growing rapidly
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"There's a lot going on in the space," said Judy Kimball, a senior director of investor marketing at Yipit. Initial Data Offering launched last December, and its user base has grown rapidly, according to Ober. The site is simple — it's a place where data vendors can share new products, and data buyers can get in touch with sellers on items that interest them. Now, his side hustle is growing faster than he could have imagined, and he hopes to expand beyond the typical hedge fund crowd. Because this isn't Ober's day job, the build-out can be less about revenue and more about growing the community.

Persons: Carlyle, aren't, Judy Kimball, It's, Lowenstein Sandler, Matt Ober, Ober, Kimball, Yipit Organizations: Business, IDO Locations: San Diego, Ober

☆ Israel’s economy slumps in the fourth quarter as war takes a toll
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Israel’s output contracted sharply in the final three months of 2023, falling for the first time in nearly two years, as the war with Hamas takes a heavy toll on the economy. The conflict is expected to cost Israel around 255 billion shekels ($70.3 billion) by the end of 2025, equivalent to around 13% of GDP, according to the Bank of Israel. And earlier this month, Moody’s delivered Israel’s first ever credit rating downgrade, citing elevated political risk and deteriorating public finances stemming from the war. “Under a scenario of outright conflict… the negative economic impact would spread to more sectors and be longer-lasting,” Moody’s said. In 2023 as a whole, Israel’s economy grew 2%, according to the statistics office.

Persons: Liam Peach, ” Peach, Moody’s, Israel’s, ”, ” Moody’s, Ido Soen Organizations: London CNN, Hamas, Gross, Israel’s, Bureau, Statistics, Israel, Capital Economics, Bank of Israel Locations: Gaza, Israel, Lebanese

He’s seeing this develop as co-CEO of Amwell, a Boston-based company that provides telemedicine software and technology for health systems and insurers. The company works with more than 55 health plans and health systems representing over 2,000 hospitals. Q: What is some care patients seek in-person now that you expect will become largely virtual in the future? The revolution that’s going on right now is where people are beginning to utilize these technologies to interact with their regular caretakers. If the patient is not doing well, (the technology) will have the smarts to escalate that patient right back in front of (a nurse or doctor).

Persons: Roy Schoenberg, He’s, Schoenberg, We’re, Ido, We’ve Organizations: Associated Press, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Boston, telemedicine

☆ Scientists accidentally discovered a giant ring-shaped cosmic megastructure that challenges our understanding of the Universe
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Scientists have discovered a giant ring-shaped structure in space, dubbed the Big Ring. AdvertisementScientists have discovered a massive ring-shaped structure in space that challenges our understanding of the universe. The cosmic megastructure, dubbed the Big Ring, has a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years and is among the largest structures ever observed. The structure observed more than 9 billion light-years from Earth, is the latest large structure discovered that contradicts the principle. The Big Ring is not observable by the naked eye but appears to be a perfect ring shape.

Persons: —, Alexia Lopez, Lopez, Ido Organizations: Service, University of Central, BBC, American Astronomical Society Locations: University of Central Lancashire, New Orleans

☆ Gazans Call for Truce to Be Extended, Israelis Divided on the Issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

KHAN YOUNIS/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Gazans desperate for an end to their suffering said on Monday they wanted the truce to be extended, while Israelis were divided between those who wanted an extension so all hostages could come home and others worried about giving in to Hamas demands. All of them wanted the truce to continue. WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS IN ISRAELOn the other side of the border, Israelis were focused on the fate of the hostages. Ido Segev, an Intel employee, said he was optimistic the truce would be extended as long as Hamas continued handing over hostages. "They (Hamas) need to be punished, but not all the other people in Gaza need to be punished," she said.

Persons: KHAN YOUNIS, Khan Younis, Najar, what’s, Arava Gerzon Raz, Ido Segev, Adam Sela, Anat Errel, Dedi Hayun, Nathan Frandino, Saleh Salem, Abu, Estelle Shirbon, Nick Macfie Organizations: Reuters, Intel, Hamas Locations: TEL AVIV, Egypt, Qatar, United States, Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Abu Mustafa

☆ Gazans call for truce to be extended, Israelis divided on the issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Palestinians spend time on a beach during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip November 25, 2023. All of them wanted the truce to continue. WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS IN ISRAELOn the other side of the border, Israelis were focused on the fate of the hostages. Ido Segev, an Intel employee, said he was optimistic the truce would be extended as long as Hamas continued handing over hostages. "They (Hamas) need to be punished, but not all the other people in Gaza need to be punished," she said.

Persons: Fadi Shana, KHAN YOUNIS, Khan Younis, Najar, what’s, Arava Gerzon Raz, Ido Segev, Adam Sela, Anat Errel, Dedi Hayun, Nathan Frandino, Saleh Salem, Abu, Estelle Shirbon, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Intel, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israel, Deir al, Gaza, TEL AVIV, Egypt, Qatar, United States, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Abu Mustafa

[1/5] An Israeli soldier operates amid the ongoing ground invasion against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip, November 8, 2023. Hamas' armed wing on Wednesday released a video that appeared to show intense street battles alongside bombed out buildings in Gaza City. Israeli tanks have met heavy resistance from Hamas fighters using underground tunnels to stage ambushes, according to sources with Iran-backed Hamas and the separate Islamic Jihad militant group. ISRAEL BOMBS TUNNELSChief Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday that "Hamas has lost control in the north" of Gaza. The Israeli military has repeatedly told residents to evacuate the north or risk being trapped in the violence.

Persons: Ronen, Israel, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Khalil al, Saleh al, Daniel Hagari, Colonel Ido, Hagari, U.N, Nidal al, Angel, Emily Rose, Maayan, Rami Amichay, Matt Spetalnick, Humeyra Pamuk, Cynthia Osterman, Michael Perry Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, West Bank, Jihad, Palestinian Authority, Israel's, ABC News, New York Times, Israel, Reuters, Wednesday, Journalists, 401st Brigade, Thomson Locations: Israeli, Gaza, Gaza City, West, Gaza WASHINGTON, GAZA, JERUSALEM, United States, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Washington, Tokyo, Palestinian, Aqsa, ISRAEL, Gaza's, Qatar, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Israeli army shows devastation in northern Gaza as invasion grinds on
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ronen Zvulun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Wherever you look in northern Gaza, you see destruction and desolation a month into Israel's military campaign to oust Hamas from the enclave. Israeli forces entered Gaza on Oct. 27 after days of heavy bombardment in response to a surprise Hamas attack through the border fence on Oct. 7, which Israel says killed 1,400 people. Reuters footage shot during the 1-1/2-hour tour on Wednesday was reviewed by the Israeli army as a condition for having a journalist embedded. According to latest figures released on Wednesday, 31 Israeli soldiers have been killed during the Gaza ground offensive, and more than 260 injured. Palestinian officials say 10,569 people have been killed by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, 40% of them children.

Persons: Ido, It's, Israel, Ronen Zvulun, Crispian Balmer, Grant McCool Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, 401st, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, Gaza City, Israel

☆ Photographer's pictures show the moments before Hamas attacked a music festival in Israel up until festival-goers took cover on the ground: 'It changed in a moment'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A photographer captured moments of joy and revelry at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagram"It was like the hugest festival to arrive in our country," Derby said. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagramIn some photos, festival goers are giving personal light shows. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagram"I couldn't realize that my life was in danger," Derby said. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagram"It changed in a moment," Derby told Insider.

Persons: Young, —, Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock, Derby, I'm, gunning, instagram, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Nova Music, Service, Israel —, Derby, Nova, Ido, Washington Post, instagram Derby, Associated Press, AP, Reuters, Israeli Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rishon LeTsiyon, Tel Aviv, Israel's

☆ An Israeli music festival photographer describes fleeing Hamas militants while watching attendees get shot behind him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A 20-year-old photographer told Insider how he escaped Hamas militants at the Nova music festival. Hamas militants opened fire on the festival-goers and took hostages, with those not fleeing playing dead or hiding in trees. He said the realization that Hamas militants were likely nearby caused him to have a panic attack. "I couldn't move, even to get back into the car," Derby explained. They drove again, and he said they passed a white Isuzu vehicle with Hamas militants in it.

Persons: —, Ido Derby, Derby, Tze'elim — Organizations: Nova, Service, Iron Dome, Israel Defense Forces, Derby, Isuzu Locations: Israel, Nova, Rishon LeTsiyon, Gaza, Tze'elim, Rishon

[1/2] Lab-grown chicken from GOOD Meat is grilled by Chef Daniel Lugo at Jose Andres's China Chilcano, in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 11 (Reuters) - Lab-grown meat can be labeled kosher and halal as long as its cells are derived in methods compliant with religious standards, according to two panels of experts commissioned by the nascent industry. "It’s another marker around making cultivated meat a real solution," said Josh Tetrick, CEO of GOOD Meat. More than 12 million people in the United States eat kosher products and 8 million eat halal products, according to the OU and Islamic Services of America, a halal certification agency. Regulators cleared cultivated chicken for U.S. consumption earlier this year and it has since been served at some high-end restaurants.

Persons: Chef Daniel Lugo, Leah Millis, Josh Tetrick, Tetrick, SuperMeat, Ido Savir, Leah Douglas, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, GOOD, Companies, Orthodox Union, OU, Islamic Services of America, Thomson Locations: Jose, China, Washington , U.S, United States, Singapore

☆ West Bank: Several dead after Israeli joint security forces raid in Nablus
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Kareem Khadder | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —At least four Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid in the old city of Nablus in the West Bank in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “The (Israeli) troops responded with live fire toward the armed suspects who were shooting at them,” the statement said. Official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces stormed several neighborhoods in Nablus, “where the sounds of shooting and explosions were heard and columns of smoke and flames were seen emanating from several neighborhoods,” followed by fierce clashes between residents and Israeli military forces. Mourners in the West Bank on October 25, 2022. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty ImagesWafa also reported that the Israeli military then sent reinforcements backed by drones.

☆ Cookies might not be tracking you, but some brands are
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Leticia Miranda | Leticia Miranda Is A Business Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

And for consumers who want to cut down on corporate monitoring, hitting “decline cookies” might not make much of a difference. Ulta Beauty’s Brent Rosso, vice president of the cosmetics seller’s ad business, called retail media networks “the hottest thing in the media world.”The Home Depot app encourages users to allow tracking. Home DepotNew ways to track and targetBefore the rise of retail media networks, retailers regularly sold ad space like sponsored products or banner ads on their own digital properties. But many retail media networks combine first-party data with existing third-party information, such as demographic data, to build more detailed profiles on consumers. About $40 billion will be spent this year across retail media networks alone, the analytics firm projects.

Insider asked 12 top VCs what ad and marketing tech companies excited them the most this year. Check out the 19 most promising adtech startups, and what they do that makes them unique. It hopes to raise a Series A funding round in the coming months. Emperia is currently raising its next funding round. Why it's on the list: Tech companies are being scrutinized for their wasting energy consumption, and the digital advertising industry is no exception.

☆ See the exclusive 11-slide pitch deck a former Israeli spy used to secure $34 million in a month for his security startup
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Dig Security says its proprietary technology can detect and shut down data breaches in real time. Its CEO says he uses his experience in Israel's Unit 8200 to get inside the mind of an attacker. Dig recently raised $34 million led by SignalFire using this pitch deck. Despite spending four years in the Israeli military, Dan Benjamin, the CEO and cofounder of the cloud security startup Dig Security, never saw combat. Benjamin spent his years of compulsory military service in an elite digital spy agency known as Unit 8200.

☆ „Carne pentru vegani”: Un restaurant din Israel servește pui artificial, făcut în laborator
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

„A fost delicios”, a declarat o clientă a restaurantului, care a făcut rezervare cu câteva luni înainte. Prima țară care a aprobat comercializarea cărnii crescute în laborator, realizată din proteine pe bază de plante este Singapore, unde în luna decembrie 2020 a fost servită în premieră carne de pui artificială la un restaurant. Prima friptură „in vitro”, concepută din celule stem de vacă de un om de ştiinţă olandez de la Universitatea Maastricht, Mark Post, a fost prezentată în 2013. Carnea in vitro este o modalitate prin care s-ar putea „creşte securitatea alimentară în întreaga lume, printr-un proces durabil, prietenos cu animalele şi eficient”, a a spus el. Însă puiul in vitro este carne?

Persons: serveşte, Mark Post, Ido, Annabelle Silver, Eliezer Simcha Weisz, Israelului, Tal Organizations: Universitatea Maastricht, FAO, ONU Locations: Tel Aviv, Singapore, Israel

☆ „Carne pentru vegani”: Un restaurant din Israel servește pui artificial „delicios”, făcut în laborator
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: AFP„Carne pentru vegani”: Un restaurant din Israel servește pui artificial „delicios”, făcut în laboratorUn restaurant din apropiere de Tel Aviv serveşte carne de pui obţinută în laborator, prezentată drept un produs ecologic ce poate răspunde cererii tot mai mari de alimente din partea unei populaţii în creştere. Prima țară care a aprobat comercializarea cărnii crescute în laborator, realizată din proteine pe bază de plante este Singapore, unde în luna decembrie 2020 a fost servită în premieră carne de pui artificială la un restaurant. Prima friptură „in vitro”, concepută din celule stem de vacă de un om de ştiinţă olandez de la Universitatea Maastricht, Mark Post, a fost prezentată în 2013. Însă puiul in vitro este carne? Pentru activista vegană Tal Gilboa, carnea cultivată în laborator trebuie să fie mai presus de toate un prim-pas către vegetarianism.

Persons: Mark Post, Ido, Annabelle Silver, Eliezer Simcha Weisz, Israelului, Tal Organizations: Universitatea Maastricht, FAO, ONU Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Singapore

☆ (video) Violențele din Israel continuă. Noi tiruri de rachete au fost lansate de Hamas după raidurile în forță din Fâșia Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Noi tiruri de rachete au fost lansate de Hamas după raidurile în forță din Fâșia GazaNoi tiruri de rachete au fost lansate de Hamas după raidurile în forță din Fâșia Gaza. Potrivit rapoartelor, mai multe locații din sudul Israelului au fost lovite, iar un copil a fost omorât în Sderot. El a fost omorât în timpul unui atac asupra unui bloc. Cel puțin 65 de persoane din Gaza, inclusiv 14 copii, și șapte persoane din Israel au fost ucise de atunci, menționează Digi24. Amintim că metropola israeliană Tel Aviv a fost ţinta, marţi seară, a unui atac masiv cu rachete lansate din Fâşia Gaza, după ce armata israeliană a distrus o clădire cu 13 etaje, turnul Hanadi, considerată un fief al mișcării Hamas.

Persons: Sderot, Ido, Premierul Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Hamas, ONU Locations: Israel, Fâșia Gaza, Israelului, israelian Sderot, Gaza, Republicii Moldova, israeliană Tel Aviv

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