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ISRAELBRIEFS Suspected Oil Spill May Be Israel’s Worst Ever
ISRAEL CLOSED ITS MEDITERRANEAN
beaches to deal with what officials believe may be the
country’s worst oil spill ever, JTA reported.

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority on Feb. 21
called the suspected spill one of the “greatest ecolog-
ical disasters to afflict Israel since the founding of
the state.” It said that 105 out of 118 miles have been
impacted and its consequences will be felt for years.

Thousands of volunteers are cleaning tar off the
beaches and animals. Those include birds and turtles
found covered with tar. The Israeli army has said it
will send soldiers to help with the cleanup.

It hasn’t been determined what ship is respon-
sible for the spill, which is believed to have occurred
around Feb. 11 about 20 miles from shore.

“We are making every effort to find those
responsible for the disaster,” Gila Gamliel, Israel’s
environment minister, said on Twitter.

Portugal, then reloaded onto vehicle vessel carrier the
Gran Mediterraneo.

Israeli customers ordered the cars, most of which
are the Tesla model 3, in advance. Car trading and
leasing companies bought some of the cars under
the assumption there will be demand to lease or buy
them. It’s unclear what logistical arrangements were set
in place so the cars could be prepared for delivery,
Globes reported.

Wix Now Israel’s Most Valuable Publicly
Traded Company, Worth Nearly $20B
Online website building tool provider Wix is now
Israel’s most valuable publicly-traded company, with
a market capitalization of nearly $19.7 billion, The
Jerusalem Post reported.

Wix’s market cap edged previous leader Novocure,
a cancer drug maker, which was worth $18.4 billion.

Last week, Wix reported that its fourth-quarter
revenue grew 38% year over year to $282.5 million,
First Tesla Cars Set to Arrive in Israel
A consignment of 70 Tesla cars is slated to arrive in with the company adding 185,000 new premium
Israel on Feb. 27 at Ashdod Port, with 50 more cars subscribers.

“It is clear that we can now become a dominant
expected in March, Globes reported.

The cars were shipped from the United States to player on the internet, and I expect us to strengthen
this position significantly over the coming decade,”
CEO and co-founder Avishai Abrahami said. “My
goal and belief is that at this rate of growth, in the
next five to seven years, 50% of anything new built on
the internet will be done on Wix.”
Wix went public in 2013. Its top product allows
both companies and individuals to build websites
with no maintenance.

IDF Promotes 105-Year-Old Man to Colonel
The Israeli Air Force promoted one of its founders,
105-year-old Alex Ziloni, to the rank of colonel for his
longtime service, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Ziloni immigrated to Israel from Poland when
he was 5, then served in the Royal Air Force during
World War II. After the war, he helped establish the
Israeli Air Force.

During the War of Independence, Ziloni led
negotiations with British officials to buy 21 single-
engine lightweight Auster planes.

Ziloni remained in the air force through 1960,
serving in the 1956 Suez War, retiring as a lieutenant
colonel and later working as a military attaché in
Washington, D.C. l
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