23 בMay 2026
What passes to the heirs when the asset exists only as a digital record, why a succession order is not enough without the keys, and how a sale is taxed.
12 בAugust 2026
The preparation period for the transparency obligations is over.
20 בAugust 2026
Two lawsuits filed this year, one against an AI company and one brought by it, sit on opposite sides of the same question.
8 בSeptember 2026
A token is a ledger entry. In Israel ownership of land passes only on registration, and holding the asset in an entity engages the real estate association, securities and licensing rules.
14 בSeptember 2026
On 31 August 2026 the voluntary disclosure procedure ended with 823 applications. On the same day the Israel Tax Authority extended the crypto tax payment procedure to 31 December 2027.
14 בSeptember 2026
Farms for raising lions for food were never established, and the reason is energy arithmetic: each step up the food chain loses most of the energy passed to it. The same arithmetic is back in the data centres, and conversion efficiency is what decides.
14 בSeptember 2026
Where an Israeli bank refuses to accept the proceeds of a crypto sale, the tax is paid directly into the Tax Authority account at the Bank of Israel. The procedure runs to 31 December 2027.
14 בSeptember 2026
A succession order transfers the legal right in a digital asset and does not create technical access to it. Four preparation steps, what is kept outside the will, and what is documented in advance for the heir's tax computation.
14 בSeptember 2026
When a prompt goes to a model in the cloud, the provider processes personal data, and a processor arrangement under Article 28 GDPR and the transfer rules of Chapter V apply. A model running on the device creates no transfer to a third party. Israel holds an adequacy decision reaffirmed on 15 January 2024, and Amendment 13 came into force on 14 August 2025.
18 בSeptember 2026
In the EU, software and AI systems are now products under strict liability; US courts decide case by case; Israel's 1980 statute does not mention software.
23 בOctober 2026
Amendment 13 requires many Israeli organisations to appoint a privacy protection officer. The officer's role when personal data is fed into artificial intelligence tools, what regulation 15 requires of an engagement with an external provider, and when a conflict of interest arises.
29 בOctober 2026
Amendment 13 requires public bodies, data brokers, and organizations that monitor individuals or process sensitive data on a significant scale to appoint a Privacy Protection Officer. The duty also applies to service providers.
29 בOctober 2026
Israel's Privacy Protection Law distinguishes between the controller, which determines the purposes of processing, and the processor that processes data on its behalf. The classification determines each party's duties and its exposure to offenses and fines.