Yokneam's new mayor-elect supports approval of new neighborhood near the Mavo-Carmel Industrial Park

This is a project that is expected to add 2,650 housing units. The new neighborhood will be built on the other side of rte. 672 between Moshav Elyakim and the Mavo Carmel hi-tech and logistics industrial park which is owned jointly with the Megido Regional Council and the Druze villages of Isafiya and Daliat-el-Carmel.

For more information you need to read the article in Hebrew at https://magdilim.co.il/120220240934-2/ (use Google translate if you don’t read Hebrew)

Yokneam’s ReWalk Robotics Ltd., operating as Lifeward, has deferred a pricing decision for its personal exoskeleton devices

The CMS decision, which was part of its bi-annual Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding memorandum, will require further information on the pricing of the current exoskeleton model, which includes additional clinically significant functionality compared to its predecessor.

Criticism over Education Ministers decision not to award prestigious prize to Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman

Criticism over Education Ministers decision not to award prestigious prize to Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman

Eyal Waldman is one of Israelis leading high tech figures who also happens to have spoken out against the current government. In order to avoid awarding him the prestigious Israel Award for Excellence, the Minister of Education announced that he was canceling the award this year.

Are The Protests Back? - Israel News Insights - Feb 26, 2024 (Oct. 143 in Israel)

Are The Protests Back? - Israel News Insights - Feb 26, 2024 (Oct. 143 in Israel)

After months of building a narrative that Bibi was not responsible for failing to protect Israelis on Oct 7, Israelis are finding it harder not to respond. Israeli society has managed to remain unified for 143 days despite our political leadership. The existential threat posed by Hamas, Hezbollah and their allies, and the rise of antisemitism around the world have kept us focused and united. But the relentless efforts of Netanyahu, Smotrich and Ben Gvir to undermine national unity are beginning to have an effect.

Antigovernment protests are back in addition to the Bring Them Protests. This is a sad state of affairs because the hostage families are determined to keep their protest apolitical.