Summary: -Uber taxi-app gets a $18.2 billion valuation and the value of Israeli competitor GetTaxi instantly rises. With GetTaxi revealing better-than-expected revenues, we ask as the Wall Street Journal’s Orr Hirschauge just how big GetTaxi can really be. -Yair Lapid finally adjusts his controversial first-time buyer housing program to include Arabs, Haredim and Jews who didn’t serve in the army. Dr. Avichai Snir of the Netanyahu Academic College and Infinity Group explains why the Haredim lost the opportunity of a lifetime -As foreign tycoons and rich Jews flock to Israel to avoid paying taxes in their home countries, we ask: Is Israel fast becoming an international tax haven? Lior Neuman, head of the tax department at the S. HorowitzLaw Firm, describes Israel's appeal for those with spare cash. -With Gay Pride Week upon us and thousands of tourists landing in Tel Aviv we ask: How big is Israel’s “pink economy”? With us is Guy Tatsa, one of the organizers of the LGBT Tel Aviv Expo -Our start of the week is, in fact, not really a start up: One Hour Translation is a fast-growing translation service that’s been around since 2008, serves Fortune 500 companies and hires 15 thousands translator in over 73 languages. So why did it only complete its Series A funding earlier this year? CEO and co-founder Ofer Shoshan talks to us about the benefits of bootstrapping -Plus: music by Tindersticks, Warren Zevon, Mr. Bungle, 16 Horsepower and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
