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