Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Today's guests are founding ToI editor David Horovitz and Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben-David with Jessica Steinberg hosting.

Horovitz discusses the recent ceremony he attended honoring WWII Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, attended by his son Nobuki Sugihara, and their conversation about the father's bravery during his posting in Hungary, when he saved lives and future lives by churning out transit visas.

Ben-David follows with a look at why Israel’s tech sector is breaking capital-funding records in 2021, pointing to the more mature Silicon Wadi, second- and third-time entrepreneurs who have also spent time at tech giants, forging their own connections and contacts and technologies that require larger capital.

Horovitz also talks about the recent ransomware attack on Hillel Yaffe hospital in Hadera, an institution that was following cybersecurity protocol and is now dealing with the ramifications of the attack.

Ben-David discusses her interview with an Israeli expert regarding Facebook and the recent whistleblower testimony that will presumably change the trajectory of the social media company. She also offers a birds'-eye view of a drone-food delivery to reporters on the Tel Aviv beach.

Discussed articles include:

81 years later, Chiune Sugihara’s humanity continues to enable new lives

Israeli tech firms raised staggering $17.8b this year, almost double 2020 total

Israel on heightened alert after hospital hit with ransomware attack

Israeli hospital hit with ransomware attack

Regulation takes time but it’s coming for Facebook, says Israeli law expert

Drones deliver sushi, beer in Tel Aviv as Israel tests commercial UAVs

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IMAGE: The third out of eight phases of the National Drone Initiative's pilot project to create a national drone network, where amongst others the drones would be able to deliver food and medicine through an application, in Tel Aviv, on October 11, 2021 (Photo by FLASH90)

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