Town in southern Negev region hopes to capitalize on its economic priority zone status by drawing start-ups in developing field of non-recreational pot

In curfew cities and throughout country, from high schoolers to wedding guests, Israelis seen to be defying government instructions; police chief orders crackdown

Mayor Tal Ohana hopes Israel's first vaccine manufacturing plant will be set up in her town in joint venture with international player

Israel to allocate some $43.2 million over five years to foster startups and entrepreneurs in medical cannabis in Yerucham, as part of push to boost tech in nation's periphery

On a hot sunny day in July, busloads of investors, regulators and entrepreneurs come to hear how Yerucham hopes to become the country's medical cannabis hub

US tech giant's AWS eyeing participation in tender for public cloud platform for government ministries and other bodies, possibly in southern town of Yeruham; declines to comment