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Earlier this month, the former head of Israel s armed forces, who is now chairman of the board of directors of the Synaptech Capital fund that invests in defence equipment, visited Abidjan and
The fund, which aims to raise $100M as its first move, will invest in Israeli and Emirati start-ups developing cybersecurity, smart city, insure-tech, fintech and public safety technologies.
Illustrative: A creek and corniche in Ras al Khaimah, illuminated at night (iStock)
A report last week accusing a private Israeli intelligence firm of impersonating journalists in order to elicit information from opponents of an Emirati royal family shines a spotlight on Israeli cyber intelligence firms that reportedly do business in authoritarian regimes.
A Times of Israel investigation has revealed that the owner of the firm in question, Bluehawk CI, has a history of prior fraud prosecutions in Israel. The Defense Ministry chose not to respond to a Times of Israel’s inquiry as to why it had not regulated the firm’s activities abroad.