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Tim Cook reportedly headed to Israel for opening of new Apple offices

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Tim Cook is scheduled to attend the opening of Apple’s latest offices in Israel early next week, according to a report from Israeli daily business newspaper Calcalist.

The report says the new offices will be located in Herzliya, Israel, and hold around 800 employees in approximately 180,000 square feet.

There is no info on what exactly the company has planned for the new facility, but Apple has run satellite offices in Israel for a few years following its acquisition of NAND flash technology provider Anobit for a reported $390 million back in 2011 and PrimeSense shortly after. Anobit’s offices are also located in Herzliya.

In addition to visiting the new offices, Cook is reportedly scheduled to meet with government officials including former President Shimon Peres as well as high-profile tech executives in the country. Last year Cook met with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Cupertino.

The company has another research center in Haifa, Israel that it first started hiring chip experts for in 2012. Calcalist noted today that facility holds several hundred employees in addition to the new offices opening next week in Herzliya.

(Thanks Tom)

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Comments

  1. Zac Hall - 9 years ago

    No wonder he does 80% of his work from his iPad

  2. bunim1 - 9 years ago

    I knew it. I just had a friend of mine from Brooklyn who made Aliya start a job for Apple in the last month

  3. Ruben Lopez - 9 years ago

    Not to sound hasty or homophobic, Tim needs to be careful in a country that’s against homosexuals. Homosexuals are known to be executed in Israel…just saying.

    • I’m not too sure where you get your facts from, but I’ve just done a quick internet search and Israel apparantly have some of the best LGBT rights in the Middle East.

    • Daniel Pavlotsky - 9 years ago

      IDK where you get your facts… but Tel Aviv Israel is considered the most Gay safe city in the world… http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088319/Tel-Aviv-trumps-New-York-named-worlds-best-gay-city.html… its other arab countries that are against gays

    • varera (@real_varera) - 9 years ago

      Ruben, you have obviously never been to Israel.

    • jebstr - 9 years ago

      Ruben, fortunately what you’ve said is very far from truth. First of all – the execution in Israel is prohibited, no criminal ever gets punished by being executed, never had. btw, No one but Adolf Eichmann (commander of Auschwitz camp).

      As for the treatment for gays people, and I say this as a gay young men who lives in tel aviv – this is a heaven for homosexuals. more than half of the government and the congress (Knesset) parties are pro-gays, even some of the rightish. Of course its not perfect and there are some people with primitive believes here like in every place in this world, but Israel and Tel Aviv city in particular is one of the best places to live as a gay woman, man or transsexuals.

      So if you’re gay you’re invited to tel aviv this supper. a lot of kind, intelligent, liberal, left-wing people and there’s no need to say gay-friendly because almost everyone here is. It is an insult to be homophobic as it is an insult to be racist here. And – a lot of hot guys too. tons of gay tourists from USA, Europe come here every year for the huge pride parade that finishes at the beach.
      just google it and you’ll see videos pics and articles.

      Good luck with your life
      and be careful what you read, and from who rights it.

    • Shayna Hodkin - 9 years ago

      Young queer woman who moved from NY to Tlv here.
      I’ve never felt safer with a partner than in Tel Aviv. Not to sound nasty, but Israel is the safest country in the Middle East for le gays. No one is going to execute me…just saying.

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