Author: David Rutman

Israel Votes 2021 – The Day After As of now there is no clear winner. Israel Knesset (Unsplash) It has been more than twelve hours since the polls close in Israel and as of now only one thing is certain: no one knows what is going to happen. The polls were wrong. Binyamin Netanyahu does […]

Israeli Election 2021 The polls are now closed. The Israeli election has just ended, the polls have closed. At the moment all three of the Israeli television networks’ news programs have given a slight edge to Binyamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party. The three channels predict, based to the exit polls, 31 seats for the […]

Orca Security Latest Israeli Unicorn with $1.2 Billion Valuation The status comes after a $210 round of funding. Orca Security founders Avi Shua and Gil Geron (PR Pic) Israeli startup Orca Security is now a unicorn. The cybersecurity company reached this milestone when it completed a $210 million Series C round of funding led by […]

Leon Black Quits Apollo Global Management Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties He did so four moths early. Leon Black will not be waiting until July 31 to retire as CEO of Apollo Global Management after all. He resigned abruptly Monday Instead of stepping down on his 70th birthday as was previously announced. He will be replaced […]

Israel Votes 2021 Israelis vote for the fourth time in two years. Here we go again! Israel votes today for the fourth time in less than two years. And this time its during the Covid-19 pandemic. There were three elections held in the eleven months between April 2019 and March 2020. But no one party […]

Israel is Voting: The “Every Vote Counts” Cliché Turned to Reality in Israel Fourth Election Over the past days, in the lead up to the election in Israel, we are increasingly seeing more and more strategic campaigning. I call this time the “mathematicians’ time”. These are the days when many discussions revolve around how to […]

Fyber N.V Ad Tech Co Bought Out for $$600 Million by Digital Turbine Fyber helps app developers make money. Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS), is set to acquire the German-Israeli company Fyber N.V. for $600 million: $150 million in cash, $400 million in shares and $50 million in shares depending on future revenue. Fyber offers […]

Israel’s Axis Security Provides Cybersecurity Services for the Cloud The company just raised another $50 million. Axis Security Founders CEO Dor Knafo and CTO Gil Azrielant Israel Cybersecurity startup Axis Security Inc. promises to protect your business as it does business in the cloud. Its solution is Application Access Cloud which the company says has […]

Israeli Industrial Cybersecurity Company SCADAfence Protects Companies On Line The company just raised $12 million. SCADAfence Team (Company pic) SCADAfence is an Israeli startup in the field of cybersecurity for Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments. The company just raised $12 million in funding led by existing investor JVP. The new funding […]

A Stain on Jewish Values: Israel’s Misguided Obeisance to Donald Trump Adolf Behrman/Talmudysci Prof. Louis René Beres “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary…. Rabbi Hillel, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a Introduction: Trump and Talmud Israel’s largely enthusiastic support for Donald J. Trump represented […]