U.S. dollar pushed past 3.69 shekels ■ Elad Canada completes bond sale ■ Mazor Robotics shares sink ■ Tel Aviv shares end lower

Embattled Electra CEO resigns ■ Tel Aviv markets close flat ■ Competitors mixed over Super-Sol’s deal to end exclusivity

Organized by a consortium of Israeli civil society organization, the event was held to protest the controversial nation-state law, passed this month, that downgrades Arabic as one of the country’s official languages.

Business in Brief | RedHill shares soar, then sink on clinical trial results of Crohn’s treatment ■ Baran signs three preliminary African development contracts worth $482 million ■ Tel Aviv shares gain, despite declines for tech stocks

Business in Brief | Judge warns of dangerous growth in unregulated investments ■ Protalix shares soar on pact with Chiesi for U.S. rights to PRX-102 ■ Ituran buying Latin American connected-car company Road Track

Hundreds of employers allowed employees to strike without penalty amid anger over law on surrogacy rights that excludes gay men

Chiunque sia stato in Israele, atterrando a Ben Gurion non ha mai pensato di arrivare in un luogo diverso dal paese degli ebrei. La Menorah e la stella di Davide come simbolo dello...

Business in Brief | Housing & Construction officials questioned ■ Zim to partner with Maersk, MSC on routes ■ Wall Street undercuts Tel Aviv shares

Ora la legge parla chiaro: Israele è solo per gli ebrei, i suoi arabi sono cittadini di seconda classe e i suoi abitanti palestinesi non hanno statuto. Leggi

Big Mac index finds shekel is overvalued versus the dollar by 15.1% | Deutsche Bank declines to roll over loan to Housing & Construction | Tel Aviv shares end mixed, weighed by tech indices

Delivering babies is highly profitable, spurring hospitals, such as Tel Aviv's Ichilov, to compete for business

Business in Brief | Starboard sells down Mellanox stake after reaching deal with management ■ Altshuler Shaham forms blockchain unit ■ Tel Aviv Stock Exchange lifted by strong gains for biomedical shares

The Tel Aviv based company is pioneering the commercial insurance data industry, providing an Artificial Intelligence driven data platform.

Business in Brief | Ahead of IPO, Zap expects to post $11.8m net on $78.8m revenues ■ Internet Gold to sell Bezeq stake by auction under compromise reached with banks ■ Castro-Hoodies merger will undermine market power of mall operators

The Tel Aviv based company has developed advanced technology for booking hotel rooms for business trips.

Amid controversy over plan to hold event in Israel's capital, Finance Ministry official says Tel Aviv hosts the only site meeting requirements

Business in Brief | Frutarom CEO to get $20 million bonus ahead of IFF takeover ■ Ormat Technologies revised 12 months of earnings ■ Arno Capital plans IPO of NIS 100 million to finance property projects

Business in Brief | Discount pares down controlling stake in Super-Sol to 33.6% in sale to institutions ■ Mellanox reaches agreement with Starboard on slate of directors ■ Teva gives boost to Tel Aviv shares in day of light trading

Business in Brief | Bank Leumi agrees to delay selling its stake in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange ■ Together shares jump 8% after it inks $300 million cannabis sale in Canada ■ TASE shares edge up

Good news for two of its partner drug makers boost Teva shares ■ Israel Discount Bank shareholders turn down central bank candidate ■ Tel Aviv Stock Exchange finishes little changed in subdued trading