Despite war and crisis, Israel ranks among world’s top 3 economies in 2025

The Economist has placed Israel in the global top tier—citing explosive stock market gains, a resilient labor market, and world-leading innovation in deep-tech fields like AI, semiconductors, and biotech.

🇮🇱 Bank Leumi stock surged 70%
🇮🇱 Over $28B invested in deep-tech since 2019
🇮🇱 1,500+ cutting-edge tech firms active in 2025

All this, just two years after a devastating war.

But challenges remain:

⚠️ R&D employment is declining
⚠️ Startup formation is slowing
⚠️ Productivity growth has stalled

👉 Read how Israel turned crisis into comeback—and why the next chapter depends on bold investment in people and innovation.

Shin Bet Spokesperson: 💎

Shin Bet thwarted a terror cell operating in Samaria, run by elements in Lebanon. The cell was instructed to film a settlement in Samaria and conducted shooting drills in preparation for carrying out an attack.

Last October, Muhammad Sidqa, a resident of the village of Anza in Samaria, was arrested for investigation by Shin Bet after being suspected of intending to carry out an attack. During his interrogation, it was revealed that Sidqa traveled to Lebanon, where he was recruited by Musa Abu Saif, known as "Jibril," an operative in a terror cell, for the purpose of carrying out activities in the West Bank and recruiting military squads in the area.

After returning from Lebanon to the West Bank via Jordan, Sidqa recruited additional operatives to carry out attacks, including Muhammad Khalil, a resident of Ramallah, and Muhammad Barahma, a resident of Anza, who were also arrested for Shin Bet investigation.

It also emerged during his interrogation that until his arrest, Sidqa maintained contact with the cell in Lebanon through communications on social networks and a gaming app.

Simultaneously, another squad operated by the same Lebanese cell was uncovered, and two residents of the village of Tal in Samaria, in their 20s, Dia al-Din Hamad and Nizar Atida, were arrested for Shin Bet investigation.

Their investigation revealed the recruitment process by a Lebanese terror operative named Mujahid, who was assisted by several other Lebanese individuals calling themselves "Abu Ahmad" and "Abu Wahid," who managed the communication, including correspondence on social networks. As part of their recruitment, the two underwent shooting training to prepare for an attack, were instructed to film a settlement in Samaria, and agreed to transfer funds for purchasing weapons.

Intelligence and investigations revealed that at the head of the cell recruiting the two squads to promote terror activities against the State of Israel stands Mujahid Dahsha, a Lebanese resident with connections to Hamas and Hezbollah operatives.

Indictments have been filed against the five operatives residing in the West Bank.

The General Security Service will continue to act to thwart any attempt to promote terror activities against the State of Israel, its residents, and citizens.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington a short time ago. It will be his seventh visit to the United States since US President Donald Trump began his second term.

The trip will focus on Gaza, regional developments, and, above all, US-Iran negotiations.

Netanyahu told reporters before boarding with Wing of Zion:

“I will present to the president our perspectives on the key principles in the negotiations—principles that, in my view, are important not only for Israel but for anyone in the world who seeks peace and security in the Middle East.”

A short while ago, dozens of Arab infiltrators entered the country's territory in the Atarot area.
In exclusive footage obtained by Channel 14 News, the Arab infiltrators are seen making obscene gestures towards a concerned Israeli citizen who filmed them and said: "There is neither army nor police here - imagine if they were armed."

Hillel Biton Rozen

Alertness and sharpness prevented a massacre
Last night, an infiltration attempt at Ein Lezion farm, a terrorist with a knife was caught trying to infiltrate the farm.
In his field interrogation, he admitted that he came to carry out an attack.

Arrival yesterday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. Today at 18:00 he will have a meeting with US President Donald regarding Iran and Gaza. Ambassadors Mike Huckabee stated yesterday that there is no difference of opinion in the security issues with both. Disarmement of Hamas and dealing with the nuclear, ballistic and proxies threat from Iran

Education Minister Kish invited President Trump to participate in the Israel Prize ceremony on Independence Day.

(Amit Segal)

Trump will be awarded a unique statuette specially designed in his honor by Ben Dror, a young 24-year-old designer who has served about 600 days of reserve duty since the outbreak of the war: the base is made of Western Wall stones, and the upper part is a golden and shiny Star of David breaking out of the stones, symbolizing revival, the future, and success.

🚨 BREAKING:

🇻🇪🇮🇱 Venezuela sends oil to Israel for the first time in years.

It marks the first shipment of its kind since mid-2020, when Israel took about 470,000 barrels.

Source: Bloomberg