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Apple’s Cook in Israel Reminds Startup Nation of Education Gap
Feb 26, 2015 | Bloomberg
By David Wainer

The U.S. and Israel share a similar concern: while the two countries produce some of the world’s most innovative technologies, both have underachieving school systems and growing inequality. That is why when Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday to mark the opening...
Apple’s Focus in Israel: Chip Design
Feb 26, 2015 | The Wall Street Journal - Digits
By Orr Hirschauge

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was in Israel Thursday to visit the company’s new R&D offices north of Tel Aviv. The offices in Herzlyia, and Apple AAPL -2.62%’s R&D center in Haifa, in the country’s north, make Israel Apple’s second largest research and development hub outside of the US.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin In Jerusalem
Feb 26, 2015 | Inquisitr

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday as part of his visit to Israel along with an Apple Inc. delegation. Having thanked President Rivlin for hosting him, he said, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the U.S., but as a place to do business.” President Rivlin responded as follows.

Israeli Press - English

President Rivlin meets with Apple CEO Tim Cook in Jerusalem
Feb 25, 2015 | Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

President Reuven Rivlin this afternoon, Wednesday, hosted a delegation from Apple, led by CEO Tim Cook, currently on a visit to Israel. The President warmly welcomed Mr. Cook and his team. He said, “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.” He continued, “Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented.
Apple CEO meets President Rivlin in Jerusalem
Feb 25, 2015 | Globes
By Tzahi Hoffman

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook final did arrive in Israel today (after previous false reports that he was already here) to open the company's new Israel headquarters and R&D center in Herzliya. He met with President Reuven Rivlin at his residence in Jerusalem.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Makes Surprise Israel Visit
Feb 25, 2015 | The Times of Israel
By David Shamah

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Israel Wednesday to open a new research and development center. He also met with President Reuven Rivlin, who praised Cook’s “unprecedented contribution to humanity,” and with former president Shimon Peres.
Apple CEO: We Have Enormous Admiration for Israel
Feb 26, 2015 | Israel Hayom
By Ilan Gattegno and Yori Yalon

President Reuven Rivlin welcomed Apple CEO Tim Cook to the President's Residence on Wednesday. Cook is visiting Israel as head of an Apple delegation ahead of the inauguration of the company's new local office in Herzliya. At the start of the meeting, Rivlin shook Cook's hand and said, "It is a great privilege to host you and your team...
Rivlin Welcomes Apple CEO Tim Cook to Israel
Feb 25, 2015 | Arutz Sheva 7

President Reuven Rivlin hosted Wednesday afternoon a delegation from Apple, led by the company's CEO Tim Cook, who is currently on a visit to Israel. Rivlin welcome Cook and his team, adding that "it is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.”
Apple CEO Tim Cook We Have an Enormous Admiration for Israel
Feb 26, 2015 | Israel 21C
By Viva Sarah Press

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Israel to officially inaugurate the opening of the new Apple center in Herzliya. President Reuven Rivlin hosted Cook and his delegation from Apple, saying, “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.”

Jewish Media

Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells President Rivlin: ‘We Have Enormous Admiration for Israel’ (VIDEO)
Feb 25, 2015 | The Algemeiner
By Shiryn Ghermezian

Apple CEO Tim Cook told Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday that his company greatly respects the Jewish state. “We have enormous admiration for Israel not only as a huge ally to the US, but as a place to do business,” Cook said during a meeting with Rivlin at the presidential compound in Jerusalem. He highlighted the fact that Apple...
Israeli President Praises Apple’s Tim Cook for ‘Unprecedented’ Contribution to Humanity – Is Moses Listening?
Feb 25, 2015 | Jewish Business News
By Vered Weiss

While so much hullabaloo is being made over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed speech before Congress and the tension mounting in relations between the U.S. and Israel, politics should take a page from the book of business, which especially if it is a tech business like Apple, simply moves on.
An Apple for the president
Feb 26, 2015 | J-Wire

The President warmly welcomed Mr. Cook and his team saying: “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel. Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.”
Apple's CEO Visits with Reuven Rivlin
Feb 25, 2015 | The Jewish Press

Apple CEO Tim Cook poked holes in the libel that Israel is racist, and he praised the country for integrating minorities in the hi-tech sector. Apple’s vice president of Hardware Technologies is an Arab from Haifa and a graduate from Technion, Johny Srouji. Cook’s testimony during his visit to Israel to inaugurate...
Rivlin’s day: Apple computers, Bedouin visitors
Feb 25, 2015 | San Diego Jewish World

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin received two delegations on Wednesday, Feb. 25– one from the makers of Apple Computers from the United States, the other representing Bedouin peoples of Israel. The Apple delegation was led by CEO Tim Cook, currently on a visit to Israel. Rivlin warmly welcomed Cook...
Apple CEO Tim Cook at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Feb 25, 2015 | JSpace News
By Erica Morris

Apple CEO Tim Cook certainly has a busy schedule, but that didn’t stop him from making a very special trip during his visit to Israel. The leading businessman spent time at Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial, Yad Vashem, early Wednesday, touring the site and led by top officials at the museum.

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Tim Cook Talks Apple Watch Water Resistance and European Apple Pay Expansion
Feb 25, 2015 | MacRumors
By Mitchel Broussard

While on a trip in Germany to visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and meet with a few German-based Apple staff members, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Apple Store employees in Berlin that he wears his Apple Watch constantly, "even in the shower", according to iGen.fr [Google Translate].
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Israel, meets with President Reuven Rivlin
Feb 25, 2015 | Apple Insider
By Katie Marsal

There was much speculation for weeks about an impending visit from Cook to Israel, and that was confirmed on Wednesday when the Apple CEO sat down with Israel's president. Photos of a discussion between Cook and Rivlin were shared by Inbal Orpaz.
Watch Tim Cook and the president of Israel share the love
Feb 25, 2015 | Cult of Mac
By Alex Heath

Tim Cook is currently visiting Israel in conjunction with Apple opening a new office in Herzliya. As part of the trip, he met with the president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin. The two leaders showed great respect for each other during a chat at the president’s residence. Along with recognizing an Israeli Apple VP in attendance with Cook...
Tim Cook Visits Israel, Meets With President
Feb 25, 2015 | iClarified

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Israel to meet with officials and visit Apple's new offices in Herzliya, reports Calcalist. Cook is traveling with VP of Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji, who earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science from Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology.
Apple’s Growing Presence in Israel Geared to Chip Design, Suggests WSJ
| 9 to 5 Mac
By Ben Lovejoy

The WSJ is suggesting that Apple’s growing presence in Israel is focused on expanding the company’s chip design capabilities, reporting that it has hired most of the local employees of a chip design company shut down by Texas Instruments and is advertising new positions in silicon and semiconductor design.
While Apple's CEO is in Israel to Open New Offices we learn that a Secret Project may be in the Works
Feb 25, 2015 | Patently Apple

Last week we reported that Israel's Calcalist news website reported that Apple's CEO Tim Cook was expected to arrive this week for the inauguration of the new company offices in Herzliya. While in Israel, Cook was to meet with other senior high-tech industry executives as well as Israeli government officials.
Cook, Srugi arrive in Israel after meetings in Germany
Feb 25, 2015 | MacNN

Fresh from his trip to Germany, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple VP of Hardware Technology Johny Srugi -- the latter a graduate of Israel's Technion Institute of Technology -- have made their way to Israel for meetings and to attend the opening of a new set of Apple R&D offices in Herzliya. Along with the announcement of a nearly $2 billion...

Foreign Language Media

Tim Cook und Apple VP Johny Srugi zu Gast in Israel
Feb 26, 2015 | Mac Erkopf (Germany)

Tim Cook und der Apple Technology Vizepräsident Johny Srugi sind am Mittwoch im Rahmen einer Rundreise durch verschiedene Staaten – darunter auch Deutschland – zu einem Besuch in Israel eingetroffen, wie The Marker berichtet. Tim Cook, der zunächst den israelischen Staatspräsidenten Reuven Rivlin in dessen Privathaus besuchte...
Cooks Reise geht weiter: Empfang in Israel
Feb 26, 2015 | MacTechNews (Germany)

Tim Cook ist derzeit auf Rundreise und nahm unter anderem in Deutschland mehrere Termine war. Die nächste Etappe ist jetzt Israel, gestern traf er sich mit Staatspräsident Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Als Begleiter in Israel tritt übriges Johny Srugi auf, bei Apple als "Vice President of Hardware Technologies" und Absolvent des Technion...
Cook besucht Israel – Fokus auf Chip-Entwicklung
Feb 26, 2015 | Mac & i

Tim Cook hat am Donnerstag ein Forschungszentrum des Konzerns in der Nähe von Tel Aviv besucht – in Begleitung von Hardware-Technik-Chef Johny Srouji, der auch die Chip-Entwicklung des iPhone-Herstellers leitet. Von Deutschland aus ist Apple-Chef Tim Cook weiter nach Israel gefolgen – neben einem Gespräch mit dem...
Apple aumenta la presenza in Israele per produrre chip?
Feb 26, 2015 | Everyeye (Italy)
By Alessio Marino

Secondo una nuova indiscrezione lanciata dal Wall Street Journal, Apple starebbe mostrando interesse nei confronti dell'Israele al fine di espandere la propria capacità di progettazione nel paese, tanto che di recente avrebbe assunto la maggior parte dei dipendenti di una società locale che si occupava proprio di chip per mobile.
Tim Cook incontra il Presidente Reuven Rivlin durante una visita in Israele
Feb 25, 2015 | iPhone Italia (Italy)

Durante una visita in Israele, paese in cui Apple aprirà nuovi uffici, il CEO di Apple Tim Cook si è incontrato con il Presidente Reuven Rivlin. Già da tempo si discuteva della possibilità che Cook si recasse in Israele e la conferma è finalmente arrivata, come testimoniano le immagini dell’incontro tra i due.
Tim Cook (PDG d’Apple): « une énorme admiration pour Israël! »
Feb 25, 2015 | JSS News (France)
By Dan Birenbaum

Le Président israélien Reuven Rivlin a accueilli mercredi 25 février une délégation d’Apple, dirigée par son PDG Tim Cook, actuellement en visite dans l’Etat Juif. Le président a chaleureusement accueilli M. Cook et son équipe. Il a dit, « C’est un grand privilège de vous accueillir ici en Israël. »
Tim Cook en visite en Israël
Feb 25, 2015 | Mac G (France)
By Stéphane Moussie

Après son déplacement en Allemagne, où il s’est laissé aller à une confidence intime, Tim Cook a pris la direction d’Israël. Il a rencontré le président Reuven Rivlin à sa résidence de Jérusalem, rapporte The Marker. Une entrevue avec l’ancien président Shimon Peres est également au programme, d’après le média local.
El CEO de Apple hizo una visita sorpresa a Israel
Feb 25, 2015 | Itan Gadol News (Argentina)

Tim Cook llegó hoy al país para abrir un nuevo centro de investigación y desarrollo en Herzliya. Además, se reunió con el presidente israelí para conversar sobre el papel de la educación en el progreso de las poblaciones más pobres. La relación entre Apple e Israel existe desde 2012. El CEO de Apple, Tim Cook, llegó hoy a Israel para abrir...

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Global Media

Apple’s Cook in Israel Reminds Startup Nation of Education Gap

Feb 26, 2015 | Bloomberg

By David Wainer

The U.S. and Israel share a similar concern: while the two countries produce some of the world’s most innovative technologies, both have underachieving school systems and growing inequality.
That is why when Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday to mark the opening of a new research center, they found common ground in talking not about new gadgets, but about struggling schools and equal opportunity.
“True innovation can only result from full access to education for all,” Rivlin told Cook in Jerusalem, as he noted that one of Apple’s senior employees, Johny Srouji, hails from an Israeli-Arab community, where schools normally underperform the rest of the country. “Imagine what the world would be like with another five Johny Sroujis.”
Rivlin’s remarks are a reminder that while Israel and the U.S. outpace the world in terms of startups and patents per capita, inequality and dysfunctional schools are a growing challenge to the sustainability of the countries’ high-tech industries. In both nations, debate has intensified in recent years about how to reduce income disparity and education gaps.
“We are huge believers in education, and always felt that education is the great equalizer,” Cook told Rivlin. “We are working hard to bring schools that have underserved children to a much higher level.” R&D Centers
Israel, an embattled country with a dearth of natural resources, has always put a high premium on intellectual property that can be sold outside the region. The country’s brightest minds often gain technical experience in elite army units and go on to study at its prestigious universities such as the Technion, the Israeli equivalent of MIT. Many then go on to found startups or work in R&D centers such as Apple’s new facility in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.
Apple has made at least two key acquisitions of Israeli startups in the past five years, gaining capabilities to fold into its products. In 2012, the Cupertino, California-based company paid about $390 million for Anobit Technologies Ltd., a maker of a flash-memory drive part for the iPhone. A year later it bought PrimeSense Ltd., a motion-tracking chip technology maker, for $350 million.
While Israel is known as “Startup Nation,” as it was dubbed in a popular 2009 book, leaders from Central Bank Governor Karnit Flug to former Education Minister Shai Piron worry that a growing chunk of the country’s children aren’t being given the skills to join the global economy. Human Capital
Almost half of Israel’s elementary-school pupils study in ultra-Orthodox schools that often don’t equip students with academic skills needed to enter the workforce, or in underfunded schools serving the country’s 20 percent Arab minority, according to the Taub Center for Social Studies.
“Israel’s future depends solely on its ability to develop human capital,” said Don Futterman, director of the Israel Center for Educational Innovation, based in Kfar Saba, which works to improve education in underachieving elementary schools. “It’s crucial to close the gap in achievement.”
Fifteen-year-old Israeli math students ranked 41 of 64 in international tests in 2012, and performed below the mean score in reading and science. The U.S. ranked just five places ahead of Israel.
President Barack Obama has made improving access to education a key part of his efforts to boost economic growth and narrow income inequality in the U.S. In January, he proposed making two years of community college education free for students who maintain academic standards.
Cook has supported helping schools in disadvantaged communities and Apple has pledged to help 120 schools across the U.S., he said.
For story:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-26/apple-s-cook-in-israel-reminds-startup-nation-of-education-gap

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Apple’s Focus in Israel: Chip Design

Feb 26, 2015 | The Wall Street Journal - Digits

By Orr Hirschauge

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was in Israel Thursday to visit the company’s new R&D offices north of Tel Aviv.
The offices in Herzlyia, and Apple AAPL -2.62%’s R&D center in Haifa, in the country’s north, make Israel Apple’s second largest research and development hub outside of the US.
Apple is not the only global tech giant setting up shop in Israel.
Google GOOGL +1.59%, Facebook FB +1.40%, IBM IBM -1.24%, HP, and over 250 other international companies have all established R&D centers in the country, many times following local acquisitions.
What is Apple looking for in Israel? A possible answer lies in the companies it’s already bought: Anobit Technologies Ltd. and PrimeSense Ltd., two microprocessor chip design firms.
Apple has also hired most of the Israeli employees of a chip-design division that Texas Instruments TXN +0.24% decided to shut down in 2013 in Ra’anana, some 10 miles north of Tel-Aviv.
In the past three years, Apple has hired staff for its chip design center in Haifa.
And on its current jobs posting site for Israel, Apple is advertising for a range of hardware and software positions, including silicon and semiconductor design and testing engineers who will be required to work in labs.
“Apple’s Israeli acquisitions and its expanding local workforce show that the company is becoming more and more independent on the chip level, where it once had to rely on external suppliers,” said Shlomo Gradman, chairman of the Israeli Semiconductor Club.
Apple declined to comment.
In 2012 Apple presented the A6 chip, the main processor and graphic processor of iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c models. Unlike prior generations of the series, Apple developed it on its own, without collaborating with Samsung 005930.SE -0.29%. By developing chips internally Apple is shouldering significant development costs. Potentially, if the number of units used is high enough, it is benefiting from a lower cost per unit, not having to pay to an external supplier. It can also benefit from a better fit to the specific product, and prolong the time it would take competitors to get to the market with similar technologies.
Heading Apple’s efforts on chip capabilities is Johny Srouji, vice president of hardware technologies at the company.
Mr. Srouji, an Israeli Arab who grew up in Haifa, joined Apple in 2008. He is accompanying Mr. Cook on his current visit. He is also regarded as the person who led Apple’s expansion in Israel.
“We’ve hired our first individual in Israel in 2011 and we now have over 700 people working in Israel directly for us,” Mr. Cook said in the meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday.
“Israel and Apple have gotten much closer together over the last three years than ever before, and we see that as just the beginning,” he added.
Cook arrived in Israel after visiting Germany where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
On Monday, Apple announced it would spend nearly $2 billion to build its first two data centers in Europe.
For story:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/26/apples-focus-in-israel-chip-design/

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin In Jerusalem

Feb 26, 2015 | Inquisitr

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday as part of his visit to Israel along with an Apple Inc. delegation.
Having thanked President Rivlin for hosting him, he said, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the U.S., but as a place to do business.” President Rivlin responded as follows.
“It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel. Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.”
The relationship between Apple and Israel is clearly very warm, and Rivlin spoke about the new Apple center in Herzliya, Israel, which is slated to be a great source of employment for Israeli’s working in high tech, as well as other Apple offices and retail outlets in the Jewish state.
Rivlin continued, “True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex. We would like to learn from your experience in the U.S., in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities.”
The meeting was full of compliments, and Tim Cook offered his admiration to the President of Israel. “I personally admire your work in human rights; you are an inspiration for us to work even better,” he said.
Cook concluded the meeting by speaking about the future of high tech in the Middle East, once again giving great appreciation to President Rivlin, “The will to leave a better world for our children and grandchildren is perhaps the greatest motivator, and listening to you, Mr. President, speak about your beliefs, is incredibly inspiring, and it has to be making a difference across the region.”
For story:
http://www.inquisitr.com/1874678/apple-ceo-tim-cook-meets-israeli-president-reuven-rivlin-in-jerusalem/

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Israeli Press - English

President Rivlin meets with Apple CEO Tim Cook in Jerusalem

Feb 25, 2015 | Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

President Reuven Rivlin this afternoon, Wednesday, hosted a delegation from Apple, led by CEO Tim Cook, currently on a visit to Israel. The President warmly welcomed Mr. Cook and his team. He said, “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.” He continued, “Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.” Mr. Cook thanked the President for his warm welcome and said, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business.” The President congratulated Mr. Cook on the opening of the new Apple center in Herzliya, and expressed his hope it would be a source of employment for the full spectrum of Israel’s population. He said, “True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex. We would like to learn from your experience in the US, in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities.” The President also noted his pride at the inclusion in the delegation of Johny Srouji, Vice President for Hardware Technology at Apple, a member of the Israeli Arab community, born in Haifa. The President said, “Imagine what the world would be like with another five ‘Johny Srouji’s, we are proud of him, and all he has achieved.” Mr Cook told the President, "Diversity for us is part of how Apple achieves what it achieves. Employing people for who they are and not because of their ethnicity or background. When we work like this, we celebrate diversity, and benefit on all sides." Mr. Cook said to the President, “I personally admire your work in human rights, You are an inspiration for us to work even better.” The President and Mr. Cook spoke at length about the role of education in the advancement of different populations, and about the wide range of Apple’s educational activities in underprivileged areas, and about possible future cooperation to promote equal access to education in areas where it was needed in Israel. “We must learn from you how to help our students also in difficult places, as you have done in many schools in the US.” Mr. Cook told the President about their educational activities in different areas to aid access in education to technology. “We are huge believers in education, and always felt that education is the great equalizer. We are working hard to bring schools that have under-served children, to a much higher level. We chose 120 schools from across the US, and we are working hard in the classroom, to help the children and their access to education.” Mr. Cook concluded by saying, “The will to leave a better world for our children and grandchildren is perhaps the greatest motivator, and listening to you, Mr. President, speak about your beliefs, is incredibly inspiring, and it has to be making a difference across the region.”
For story:
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2015/Pages/President-Rivlin-meets-with-Apple-CEO-Cook-25-February-2015.aspx

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Apple CEO meets President Rivlin in Jerusalem

Feb 25, 2015 | Globes

By Tzahi Hoffman

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook final did arrive in Israel today (after previous false reports that he was already here) to open the company's new Israel headquarters and R&D center in Herzliya. He met with President Reuven Rivlin at his residence in Jerusalem.
Rivlin said, "It is my great privilege to host you. The contribution of your company to humanity is unprecedented. Even as a person who is used to writing with a pen, it is clear to me that you have created a great miracle."
Cook said, "We have great admiration for Israel not only as a US ally but in the business arena."
Later Cook dined with former President Shimon Peres at a hotel in Herzliya. Peres welcomed Apple's decision to open an Israeli development center and said, "There is no doubt that your's company's leading-edge and creative technology and the Israeli spirit are well matched."
Cook responded that Israel's technological mindset was of major value to Apple.
For story:
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-apple-ceo-meets-president-rivlin-in-jerusalem-1001013734

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Makes Surprise Israel Visit

Feb 25, 2015 | The Times of Israel

By David Shamah

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Israel Wednesday to open a new research and development center. He also met with President Reuven Rivlin, who praised Cook’s “unprecedented contribution to humanity,” and with former president Shimon Peres.
“It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel,” Rivlin told Cook. “Even for me, as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear what a great miracle you have created when I look at my staff, and my grandchildren.”
Cook thanked Rivlin for his kind words, saying that he and his staff “have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business.”
The visit came after a week of speculation following rumors that Cook could be Israel-bound.
Apple’s R&D relationship with Israel goes back to 2012, when the US tech giant bought out Haifa-based Anobit, a maker of the flash memory controllers used in many Apple products.
With the Anobit acquisition, the company’s 200 employees – three quarters of whom are engineers – became Apple employees, and since then the Apple R&D center – Anobit’s new incarnation – has hired dozens more.
Apple’s new R&D center is in Herzliya, where dozens more engineers have been hired in recent months to fill positions there, according to Israeli media reports.
According to sources in Apple’s Israeli operation, the tech behemoth has hired dozens of engineers who are “bringing with them knowledge that Apple does not currently possess, and they will get a finished product almost specifically made for them. It’s part of Apple’s new strategy of developing the technology it needs in-house, instead of relying on outside companies and contractors.”
Among the topics discussed by Rivlin and Cook was the role of education in the advancement of poorer populations, and how Apple could help ensure that peripheral groups, like ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs, could become more integrated in Israel’s high-tech economy.
“We must learn from you how to help our students also in difficult places, as you have done in many schools in the US,” said Rivlin.
Cook said Apple had a great deal of experience in helping disadvantaged communities increase their tech skills.
“We are huge believers in education, and always felt that education is the great equalizer,” said Cook. “We are working hard to bring schools that have under-served children, to a much higher level. We chose 120 schools from across the US, and we are working hard in the classroom, to help the children and their access to education.”
Rivlin also praised Cook for Apple’s policies on diversity.
“True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex. We would like to learn from your experience in the US, in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities. I personally admire your work in human rights,” Rivlin told Cook, who recently announced that he was gay. “You are an inspiration for us to do even more.”
For story:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/apple-ceo-tim-cook-makes-surprise-israel-visit/
In French:
http://fr.timesofisrael.com/tim-cook-pdg-dapple-en-visite-surprise-en-israel/

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Apple CEO: We Have Enormous Admiration for Israel

Feb 26, 2015 | Israel Hayom

By Ilan Gattegno and Yori Yalon

President Reuven Rivlin welcomed Apple CEO Tim Cook to the President's Residence on Wednesday. Cook is visiting Israel as head of an Apple delegation ahead of the inauguration of the company's new local office in Herzliya.
At the start of the meeting, Rivlin shook Cook's hand and said, "It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel."
"Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created."
Cook thanked the president and said, "We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business."
Rivlin congratulated Cook on Apple's new operations center in Herzliya, expressing his hope that it would employ people from a broad spectrum of Israeli society.
"True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex. We would like to learn from your experience in the US, in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities." Rivlin said.
Cook was accompanied by Apple's vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, an Israeli Arab from Haifa.
Rivlin stressed how proud he was that Srouji was part of the delegation, saying, "Imagine what the world would be like with another five 'Johny Sroujis.' We are proud of him, and all he has achieved."
Cook backed up the president's words, saying that the diversity of Apple's workforce was one of the reasons the company had achieved so much.
Cook also met on Wednesday with former President Shimon Peres. Cook requested the meeting to discuss cooperation and ways that Apple as a global company could foster connections between people from different regions while promoting peace and tolerance through technology.
At the start of the meeting, Peres told Cook: "I'm happy that you decided to open an Apple headquarters in Israel. There is no doubt that your company's leading technology and creativity fit in with the Israeli spirit."
Cook told Peres that Israel and the creative Israeli mind were of enormous value to Apple, and that he was very proud to be opening the Herzliya offices.
For story:
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=23771

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Rivlin Welcomes Apple CEO Tim Cook to Israel

Feb 25, 2015 | Arutz Sheva 7

President Reuven Rivlin hosted Wednesday afternoon a delegation from Apple, led by the company's CEO Tim Cook, who is currently on a visit to Israel.
Rivlin welcome Cook and his team, adding that "it is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.”
“Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.”
Cook thanked the President for his warm welcome and said, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business.”
For story:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/318907#.VO8dNuG-XaU

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Apple CEO Tim Cook We Have an Enormous Admiration for Israel

Feb 26, 2015 | Israel 21C

By Viva Sarah Press

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Israel to officially inaugurate the opening of the new Apple center in Herzliya. President Reuven Rivlin hosted Cook and his delegation from Apple, saying, “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.”
After reports and rumors last week that Cook was in town, the much-talked about opening of the new Israeli center took place on February 25.
“We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business,” Cook told Rivlin.
The President spoke of his pride at the inclusion in the delegation of Johny Srouji, Vice President for Hardware Technology at Apple, a member of the Israeli Arab community, born in Haifa. “Imagine what the world would be like with another five ‘Johny Srouji’s, we are proud of him, and all he has achieved,” said Rivlin.
“Diversity for us is part of how Apple achieves what it achieves. Employing people for who they are and not because of their ethnicity or background. When we work like this, we celebrate diversity, and benefit on all sides,” said Cook.
The two also spoke at length about the role of education in the advancement of different populations, and about possible future cooperation to promote equal access to education in areas where it was needed in Israel.
For story:
http://www.israel21c.org/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-we-have-an-enormous-admiration-for-israel/

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells President Rivlin: ‘We Have Enormous Admiration for Israel’ (VIDEO)

Feb 25, 2015 | The Algemeiner

By Shiryn Ghermezian

Apple CEO Tim Cook told Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday that his company greatly respects the Jewish state.
“We have enormous admiration for Israel not only as a huge ally to the US, but as a place to do business,” Cook said during a meeting with Rivlin at the presidential compound in Jerusalem. He highlighted the fact that Apple has over 700 employees in Israel and that there are over 6,000 people in the Jewish state developing applications for the company’s iOS platform.
Cook also expressed admiration for Rivlin’s efforts in advancing human rights, telling the president, “You inspire us to do good work.”
Rivlin told Cook he was honored to host the Apple CEO “knowing what you are doing for all humanity.”
“Everyone in Israel appreciates your company,” he said. “You are doing miracles for the whole world.”
Rivlin also joked about his lack of familiarity with Apple products and how it affects his role as a grandfather.
“My grandchildren… they say ‘if we, your grandchildren, [are] without an iPad, it means you are not a grandfather,’” Rivlin said. “I cannot use [it]. I only know how to write down with a pencil or a pen. But nevertheless, when my assistants are helping me, especially my grandchildren, I have nine grandchildren, everyone is a great expert in knowing how to find his way.”
Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook’s meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the video below:
For story:
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/02/25/apple-ceo-tim-cook-tells-president-rivlin-we-have-enormous-admiration-for-israel-video/

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Israeli President Praises Apple’s Tim Cook for ‘Unprecedented’ Contribution to Humanity – Is Moses Listening?

Feb 25, 2015 | Jewish Business News

By Vered Weiss

While so much hullabaloo is being made over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed speech before Congress and the tension mounting in relations between the U.S. and Israel, politics should take a page from the book of business, which especially if it is a tech business like Apple, simply moves on.
Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Israel on Tuesday, met with President Reuven Rivlin and visited the company’s research and development center in Herzilya Pituah.
Cook met with President Rivlin, who said at the meeting, “Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me, as one who prefers to write on pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.”
Cook, who took the helm at Apple since the passing of the iconic Steve Jobs, is planing an expansion of already existing facilities in Israel. The company bought Israeli startup Anobit in January 2012 from $390 million, an acquisition that was thought to have been crucial for innovations in the iPhone and iPad. In November 2013, Apple bought Israeli startup PrimeSense for $350 million. Together, Apple employs a few hundred Israeli workers focusing on hardware and semiconductors. There is enough office space in Herilya Pituah for 1,2000 and Cook plans to expand the R&D center even further. Apple has also purchased an R&D Center in Matam Park Haifa.
Cook replied, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the U.S. but as a place to do business.”
For story:
http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/02/25/israeli-president-praises-apples-tim-cook-for-unprecedented-contribution-to-humanity-is-moses-listening/

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An Apple for the president

Feb 26, 2015 | J-Wire

The President warmly welcomed Mr. Cook and his team saying: “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel. Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.”
Mr. Cook thanked the President for his warm welcome and said, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business.”
The President congratulated Mr. Cook on the opening of the new Apple center in Herzliya, and expressed his hope it would be a source of employment for the full spectrum of Israel’s population. He said, “True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex. We would like to learn from your experience in the US, in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities.”
The President also noted his pride at the inclusion in the delegation of Johny Srouji, Vice President for Hardware Technology at Apple, a member of the Israeli Arab community, born in Haifa. The President said, “Imagine what the world would be like with another five ‘Johny Srouji’s, we are proud of him, and all he has achieved.”
Mr Cook told the President, “Diversity for us is part of how Apple achieves what it achieves. Employing people for who they are and not because of their ethnicity or background. When we work like this, we celebrate diversity, and benefit on all sides.” Mr. Cook said to the President, “I personally admire your work in human rights, You are an inspiration for us to work even better.”
The President and Mr. Cook spoke at length about the role of education in the advancement of different populations, and about the wide range of Apple’s educational activities in underprivileged areas, and about possible future cooperation to promote equal access to education in areas where it was needed in Israel. “We must learn from you how to help our students also in difficult places, as you have done in many schools in the US.”
Mr. Cook told the President about their educational activities in different areas to aid access in education to technology. “We are huge believers in education, and always felt that education is the great equalizer. We are working hard to bring schools that have under-served children, to a much higher level. We chose 120 schools from across the US, and we are working hard in the classroom, to help the children and their access to education.” Mr. Cook concluded by saying, “The will to leave a better world for our children and grandchildren is perhaps the greatest motivator, and listening to you, Mr. President, speak about your beliefs, is incredibly inspiring, and it has to be making a difference across the region.”

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Apple's CEO Visits with Reuven Rivlin

Feb 25, 2015 | The Jewish Press

Apple CEO Tim Cook poked holes in the libel that Israel is racist, and he praised the country for integrating minorities in the hi-tech sector.
Apple’s vice president of Hardware Technologies is an Arab from Haifa and a graduate from Technion, Johny Srouji
Cook’s testimony during his visit to Israel to inaugurate Apple’s new R & D center in Herzliya, next to Tel Aviv, contradicted the annual Israel Apartheid Week hate fest on American campuses.
“True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex,” he said. “We would like to learn from your experience in the US, in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities.”
Cook told President Reuven Rivlin that Apple has “an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business.”
For story:
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/218241/2015/02/26/

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Rivlin’s day: Apple computers, Bedouin visitors

Feb 25, 2015 | San Diego Jewish World

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin received two delegations on Wednesday, Feb. 25– one from the makers of Apple Computers from the United States, the other representing Bedouin peoples of Israel.
The Apple delegation was led by CEO Tim Cook, currently on a visit to Israel. Rivlin warmly welcomed Cook and his team. He said, “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel. Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear to me, when I see through my staff, and my grandchildren, what a great miracle you have created.”
Cook thanked the President for his warm welcome and said, “We have an enormous admiration for Israel, not just as an important ally for the US, but as a place to do business.”
The President congratulated Cook on the opening of the new Apple center in Herzliya, and expressed his hope it would be a source of employment for the full spectrum of Israel’s population. He said, “True innovation can only result from full access to education for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex. We would like to learn from your experience in the US, in bringing education and technology to periphery groups and communities.”
The President also noted his pride at the inclusion in the delegation of Johny Srouji, Vice President for Hardware Technology at Apple, a member of the Israeli Arab community, born in Haifa. The President said, “Imagine what the world would be like with another five ‘Johny Srouji’s, we are proud of him, and all he has achieved.”
Cook said to the President, “I personally admire your work in human rights, You are an inspiration for us to work even better.”
The President and Cook spoke at length about the role of education in the advancement of different populations, and about the wide range of Apple’s educational activities in underprivileged areas, and about possible future cooperation to promote equal access to education in areas where it was needed in Israel. “We must learn from you how to help our students also in difficult places, as you have done in many schools in the US.”
Cook told the President about their educational activities in different areas to aid access in education to technology. “We are huge believers in education, and always felt that education is the great equalizer. We are working hard to bring schools that have under-served children, to a much higher level. We chose 120 schools from across the US, and we are working hard in the classroom, to help the children and their access to education.”
Cook concluded by saying, “The will to leave a better world for our children and grandchildren is perhaps the greatest motivator, and listening to you, Mr. President, speak about your beliefs, is incredibly inspiring, and it has to be making a difference across the region.”
At the meeting with a delegation of community and academic leaders from the Israeli Bedouin community, Rivlin discussed with them ways to strengthen the relationship between the Bedouin and Jewish communities, and best address the needs of the population with regard to social and education issues. Participating in the meeting was among others, Community Activity Coordinator Mansur Abu-Tahah; Prof. Araf Abu-Raviya from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Ben Gurion University; Sheikh Ibrahim Alamor; and Sheikh Iyad Abu Rashed, and former MK and minister, Haim Oron.
The President began by speaking about his visit to the Bedouin communities in Rahat and Hura last week. He said, “I went to pay condolences and to show my solidarity with Rahat as a city, and as part of Israel. I also visited and paid my condolences in Hura, to the bereaved families of that terrible road accident. I also visited an agricultural farm in Hura, which I have no doubt will be transformed into one of the global leaders in its field, and truly is in my opinion revolutionary.”
The President spoke about possible solutions to the problems facing the community. He said, “We are committed to arriving at an understanding, as we have in the past, in a way which will enable us to live side by side, together. In every civilized society, understanding is not born out of coercion, but from mutual goodwill. We will take every step in order to reduce the gaps. Government officers are designed to help the citizen, not to make things difficult, and we are at your service to deal with every obstacle that stands in your way. My house is open to you, but we must understand that as a family we may not always agree on everything.”
During the discussion, Head of Middle Eastern Studies at Ben Gurion University Prof. Araf Abu-Raviya addressed the President, and spoke about the problems of employment and integration into government offices, of members of the Bedouin community. He asked of the President, “Spread the cloak of your presidency, over all of us, because we are all your children.”
Sheikh Ibrahim Alamor, deputy head of the Kuseife local council, added, “The Bedouin community has contributed and will continue to contribute to the state in every way possible, and we ask, as citizens of the state, for our rights from all the institutions that govern it.”
Dr. Ibrahim Sayeed, a resident of Hura, and neurologist, said “In the last years, we have seen a great improvement in field of healthcare in the Bedouin community, with a significant increase in the percentage of Bedouin doctors. Healthcare is the basis for coexistence, it does not discriminate between race or blood.”
Resident of Kibbutz Lahav, and former member of Knesset and minister, and a longtime activist for the sake of the Bedouin community, Haim Oron spoke of the need for Israel to find a solution to the problems faced by the Bedouin community. He said, “Throughout the years, we saw finding solutions to the problems of the Bedouin community as a most noble cause, and we worked together, the President and I, for the sake of the community, and its members. I have no doubt the President will be the address, and will reach out, for a solution to the problems which have been raised here today.”
For story:
http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2015/02/25/rivlins-day-apple-computers-bedouin-visitors/

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Apple CEO Tim Cook at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

Feb 25, 2015 | JSpace News

By Erica Morris

Apple CEO Tim Cook certainly has a busy schedule, but that didn’t stop him from making a very special trip during his visit to Israel.
The leading businessman spent time at Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial, Yad Vashem, early Wednesday, touring the site and led by top officials at the museum.
Cook even took a moment to sign Yad Vashem’s guestbook, a customary tradition at the museum. He left the following message in the guestbook at the conclusion of his visit:
“I will remember forever the people who tragically perished because of who they were and what they believed. In their names, I share in the enduring hope that their memory will give light to humanity’s potential to work for a greater good; to be ever watchful for those who would threaten human rights and equality, and to strive for a better future.”
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http://www.jspacenews.com/apple-ceo-tim-cook-israels-yad-vashem-holocaust-memorial/

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Apple Blogs

Tim Cook Talks Apple Watch Water Resistance and European Apple Pay Expansion

Feb 25, 2015 | MacRumors

By Mitchel Broussard

While on a trip in Germany to visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and meet with a few German-based Apple staff members, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Apple Store employees in Berlin that he wears his Apple Watch constantly, "even in the shower", according to iGen.fr [Google Translate].

The new piece of information from the Apple CEO could mean the company's been working on adding more water resistant features to the upcoming wearable, since at its early-September reveal event the company warned off wearing the device in the shower.

Cook went on to say that he charges his Apple Watch every night, which seems to fall in line with what he's said previously on the topic. But, as Apple Insider points out, some of his comments regarding the new information on the Apple Watch could have been lost in translation.

He also told a few of the Apple Store workers, specifically in fielding a question asked by a visually impaired employee, that apps and accessibility features focused on aiding the disabled would be coming to the watch over time. Cook even commented on a few recent bits of bad press the company has faced in regards to the working conditions at its Chinese facilities.
He said that Chinese workers want to work hard and their employers want them to always work more. Apple is trying to ensure that there is no abuse, and the number hours worked per week decreases with time. He said that wages in China are increasing much faster than anywhere in the world. While recalling that the cost of living is much lower there, compared for example to Germany or the United States. Concerning the overseas launch of Apple Pay, which has been gaining steam in rumors lately, Cook stated that a European launch for the contactless payment service will come "before the end of the year." Cook's trip continues this week (via The Marker) [Google Translate], with the CEO moving on to Israel to visit the newly-built Apple offices in Herzliya and a planned meeting with former President Shimon Peres.
For story:
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/25/apple-watch-water-resistance/

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Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Israel, meets with President Reuven Rivlin

Feb 25, 2015 | Apple Insider

By Katie Marsal

There was much speculation for weeks about an impending visit from Cook to Israel, and that was confirmed on Wednesday when the Apple CEO sat down with Israel's president. Photos of a discussion between Cook and Rivlin were shared by Inbal Orpaz.

Cook's appearance coincides with the opening of a new research and development office in Herzliya Pituach, about 20 minutes north of Tel Aviv. The building will house 800 employees who worked for flash memory maker Anobit and motion sensing company PrimeSense, both of which were acquired by Apple.

It's expected that Cook will commemorate the opening of the new offices as part of his visit to the region. The 12,500-square-meter facility will house some 800 workers.

Apple has a significant corporate presence in Israel, with additional research and development sites in Ra'anana and Hafia.

Cook's stop in Israel comes a day after the Apple CEO was in Germany, where he visited the offices of tabloid publication Bild, and also met with some of his company's retail workers. While in Germany, Cook is alleged to have let slip that the upcoming Apple Watch could have greater water resistance than expected, and may be wearable while in the shower.
For story:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/02/25/apple-ceo-tim-cook-visits-israel-meets-with-president-reuven-rivlin

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Watch Tim Cook and the president of Israel share the love

Feb 25, 2015 | Cult of Mac

By Alex Heath

Tim Cook is currently visiting Israel in conjunction with Apple opening a new office in Herzliya. As part of the trip, he met with the president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin.
The two leaders showed great respect for each other during a chat at the president’s residence. Along with recognizing an Israeli Apple VP in attendance with Cook, Rivlin thanked the Apple CEO repeatedly for “what you are doing for all humanity.” Cook talked about Apple’s love for Israel as an “ally for the U.S.” and a “place to do business.” Cook also praised Rivlin’s work to “bridge the gap” between nationalities and religions in the Middle East.
The Israeli Apple executive singled out during the chat is Johny Srugi, vice president of hardware technologies, who graduated from Technion — Israel’s Institute of Technology in Haifa.
Apple is opening an 80,000 square-foot office space this week in Herzliya that will house hundreds of employees. The company already has R&D centers in Ra’anana and Hafia.
A clip of Cook meeting Rivlin is available below, including a joke about how Rivlin’s grandkids are addicted to the iPad.
For story:
http://www.cultofmac.com/313498/watch-tim-cook-president-israel-share-love/

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Tim Cook Visits Israel, Meets With President

Feb 25, 2015 | iClarified

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Israel to meet with officials and visit Apple's new offices in Herzliya, reports Calcalist. Cook is traveling with VP of Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji, who earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science from Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology.

The two executives met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and are expected to meet with former President Shimon Peres.

Cook thanked Rivlin for the reception and said, "We have tremendous respect for Israel not only as an ally of the United States but also in the business arena." He continued, "The diversity of our employees is one of the reasons why we achieved them we arrived - the employment of people everywhere regardless of their background or origin. When working from a place like that we celebrate the diversity, enjoying every face."

Rivlin noted how proud he was that Srouji was part of the Apple delegation, saying, "Imagine how the world would look if it will be another five, Johny Srouji. We are proud of him and his accomplishments as much if not more."

The two also discussed the role of education in promoting various populations. Cook said: "We are great believers in education and we work hard to allow children born to areas more difficult learning environment that will promote them. We chose 120 schools across the country where we are working hard in classrooms to promote children and improve access to education ".

Cook concluded, "the desire to leave a better world for our children and grandchildren is the most powerful motive to create a better humanity and listening to you, Mr. President, talking about your beliefs, inspiring, I hope it will reverberate throughout the region."

The Apple delegation is expected to visit the company's new offices in Herzliya. Apple signed a contract to lease a large amount of office space in Bayside Land Corporation’s O2 development in Herzliya Pituach’s industrial zone. Eventually, about 600-1200 employees are could work there.

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Apple’s Growing Presence in Israel Geared to Chip Design, Suggests WSJ

| 9 to 5 Mac

By Ben Lovejoy

The WSJ is suggesting that Apple’s growing presence in Israel is focused on expanding the company’s chip design capabilities, reporting that it has hired most of the local employees of a chip design company shut down by Texas Instruments and is advertising new positions in silicon and semiconductor design.
“Apple’s Israeli acquisitions and its expanding local workforce show that the company is becoming more and more independent on the chip level, where it once had to rely on external suppliers,” said Shlomo Gradman, chairman of the Israeli Semiconductor Club.
While the report contains more speculation than hard fact, we noted yesterday that Tim Cook–who is currently visiting the country–is accompanied by Johny Srouji, whose bio on the Apple website says that he “leads all custom silicon architecture and development” …

It’s no secret that Apple’s activities in Israel to date have focused on chip design and related R&D. Its new offices in Herzliya are located close to Anobit, the NAND flash chip specialist Apple acquired back in 2011. The new offices are expected to accommodate between 600 and 1200 employees. Apple also has several hundred employees–many of them chip development specialists–at its R&D centre in Haifa.
Cook met with President Reuven Rivlin, and is also expected to meet with former President Shimon Peres during his stay in the country.
For story:
http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/26/aapl-israel/

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While Apple's CEO is in Israel to Open New Offices we learn that a Secret Project may be in the Works

Feb 25, 2015 | Patently Apple

Last week we reported that Israel's Calcalist news website reported that Apple's CEO Tim Cook was expected to arrive this week for the inauguration of the new company offices in Herzliya. While in Israel, Cook was to meet with other senior high-tech industry executives as well as Israeli government officials.
Right on cue, Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Israel today to open their new research and development center. He also met with President Reuven Rivlin, who praised Cook's "unprecedented contribution to humanity," and with former president Shimon Peres, reports the Times of Israel.
Rivlin told Cook that "It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel. Even for me, as one who prefers to write with a pen and paper, it is clear what a great miracle you have created when I look at my staff, and my grandchildren."
According to sources in Apple's Israeli operation, the tech behemoth has hired dozens of engineers who are "bringing with them knowledge that Apple does not currently possess, and they will get a finished product almost specifically made for them. It's part of Apple's new strategy of developing the technology it needs in-house, instead of relying on outside companies and contractors." For more on Cook's visit, see the full Times of Israel's report here.
For story:
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2015/02/while-apples-ceo-is-in-israel-to-open-new-offices-we-learn-that-a-secret-project-may-be-in-the-works.html

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Cook, Srugi arrive in Israel after meetings in Germany

Feb 25, 2015 | MacNN

Fresh from his trip to Germany, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple VP of Hardware Technology Johny Srugi -- the latter a graduate of Israel's Technion Institute of Technology -- have made their way to Israel for meetings and to attend the opening of a new set of Apple R&D offices in Herzliya. Along with the announcement of a nearly $2 billion investment in two new data centers to be located in Europe, Cook and Srugi met with various Israeli officials, including President Rueven Rivlin and former president Shimon Peres.
In addition to a visit to newspaper Bild in Berlin, chatting with some German Apple retail workers, and a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss privacy and security issues, Cook also visited a glass factory in Augsburg where the large curved glass panels for Apple's Campus 2 are being made. Cook revealed in a tweet that the last of the 2,400 such panels needed for the exterior of the building was completed during his visit.
The new 12,500-square-foot research center in Israel, located about 20 minutes north of Tel Aviv, is not the first of Apple's real estate holdings in Israel: there are also R&D centers in Hafia, and Ra'anana. The new offices will become a home for many employees Apple acquired through buyouts of Israeli technology firms. It will employ some 800 to 1,000 workers, including many former members of Anobit, the flash memory firm Apple bought in late 2010, along with employees formerly of motion-sensing firm Primesense, which Apple acquired in late 2013.
While in Israel, Cook and Srugi met with current Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and also former President Shimon Peres. Israel is a leading country for the development of technology: the USB thumb drive, Windows XP and NT, the modern commercial firewall, early messaging program ICQ, the Centrino and Sandy Bridge processors for Intel, the earliest modern-style cell phones for Motorola, the Kindle Java platform for Amazon, were all invented or primarily developed there.
For story:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/02/25/visits.with.german.chancellor.israeli.president.for.former.president/

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Foreign Language Media

Tim Cook und Apple VP Johny Srugi zu Gast in Israel

Feb 26, 2015 | Mac Erkopf (Germany)

Tim Cook und der Apple Technology Vizepräsident Johny Srugi sind am Mittwoch im Rahmen einer Rundreise durch verschiedene Staaten – darunter auch Deutschland – zu einem Besuch in Israel eingetroffen, wie The Marker berichtet.
Tim Cook, der zunächst den israelischen Staatspräsidenten Reuven Rivlin in dessen Privathaus besuchte, soll ebenfalls noch mit Rivlins Amtsvorgänger Schimon Peres zusammentreffen. Begleitet wird der Apple-Chef von Johny Srugi, einer der führenden Köpfe in der Hardwareentwicklung Apples.
Srugi ist in Israel kein Fremder. Er hatte früher ein Studium am israelischen Technion-Institut absolviert.
Ebenfalls auf dem Programm stand eine Besichtigung der Holocaust-Gedenkstätte Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Zu dem geplanten Israel-Besuch Tim Cooks kamen in der Vergangenheit bereits Gerüchte auf. Demnach sollte Cook einen neuen Bürokomplex in Herzliya besuchen. Dort plant der Konzern, bis zu 1.200 Mitarbeiter zu beschäftigen, darunter frühere Angestellte der Firmen Anobit und PrimeSense, die Apple aufgekauft hatte.
Vor dem Flug nach Israel war Cook auch in Deutschland, unter anderem bei der Bild zu Gast sowie bei der Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, mit der er sich über Fragen zum Umgang mit personenbezogenen Daten und anderen Sicherheitsfragen auseinander gesetzt haben soll.
For story:
http://www.macerkopf.de/2015/02/26/tim-cook-und-apple-vp-johny-srugi-zu-gast-in-israel/

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Cooks Reise geht weiter: Empfang in Israel

Feb 26, 2015 | MacTechNews (Germany)

Tim Cook ist derzeit auf Rundreise und nahm unter anderem in Deutschland mehrere Termine war. Die nächste Etappe ist jetzt Israel, gestern traf er sich mit Staatspräsident Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Als Begleiter in Israel tritt übriges Johny Srugi auf, bei Apple als "Vice President of Hardware Technologies" und Absolvent des Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Berichten zufolge hat Cooks Israel-Besuch auch den Anlass, eine großes neues Entwicklungszentrum zu eröffnen. Zwischen 600 und 1200 Personen sollen auf 17.000 Quadratmetern Fläche in Apples neuer Außenstelle nahe Herzliya tätig sein.
For story:
http://www.mactechnews.de/news/article/Cooks-Reise-geht-weiter-Empfang-in-Israel-160822.html

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Cook besucht Israel – Fokus auf Chip-Entwicklung

Feb 26, 2015 | Mac & i

Tim Cook hat am Donnerstag ein Forschungszentrum des Konzerns in der Nähe von Tel Aviv besucht – in Begleitung von Hardware-Technik-Chef Johny Srouji, der auch die Chip-Entwicklung des iPhone-Herstellers leitet.
Von Deutschland aus ist Apple-Chef Tim Cook weiter nach Israel gefolgen – neben einem Gespräch mit dem Präsidenten Reuven Rivlin stand am Donnerstag auch ein Besuch eines Forschungszentrums des Konzerns nördlich von Tel Aviv auf dem Programm, wie das Wall Street Journal berichtet. Cook wird begleitet von Apples Hardware-Technik-Chef Johny Srouji, einem arabischen Israeli, der in Haifa aufgewachsen ist – er treibe Forschungsprogramm des Konzerns in dem Land voran, schreibt die Wirtschaftszeitung.
Vor gut drei Jahren hatte Apple mit Anobit einen israelischen Spezialisten für Flash-Speicher gekauft. In einem weiteren R&D-Zentrum in Haifa arbeiten ebenfalls Chip-Experten für Apple, zudem hat der Konzern israelische Mitarbeiter einer Chip-Sparte von Texas Instruments angeheuert. Srouji ist für leitet die Chip-Entwicklung bei Apple – das Unternehmen setzt verstärkt auf Designanpassungen bei der A-Prozessorreihe sowie dem Grafikchip für iPhone und iPad. Berichten zufolge prüft das Unternehmen auch die Verwendung von ARM-Chips in Macs. Der iPhone-Hersteller beschäftige inzwischen gut 700 Mitarbeiter in Israel, erklärte Cook – dies sei aber erst der Anfang, Apple und Israel seien sich in den letzten drei Jahren viel näher gekommen als jemals zuvor.
For story:
http://www.heise.de/mac-and-i/meldung/Cook-besucht-Israel-Fokus-auf-Chip-Entwicklung-2560287.html

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Apple aumenta la presenza in Israele per produrre chip?

Feb 26, 2015 | Everyeye (Italy)

By Alessio Marino

Secondo una nuova indiscrezione lanciata dal Wall Street Journal, Apple starebbe mostrando interesse nei confronti dell'Israele al fine di espandere la propria capacità di progettazione nel paese, tanto che di recente avrebbe assunto la maggior parte dei dipendenti di una società locale che si occupava proprio di chip per mobile. Nell'articolo si legge che “le acquisizioni israeliane di Apple e la sua espansione nella manodopera locale lasciano intendere che la società ha intenzione di diventare sempre più indipendente sul piano della produzione e progettazione di chip, un settore in cui è costretta ad affidarsi a fornitori esterni”.

Attualmente l'amministratore delegato della compagnia, Tim Cook, è in visita nel paese accompagnato da Johnny Srouji, che a giudicare dalla sua biografia presente sul sito web Apple sarebbe specializzato nell'architettura e sviluppo di chip in silicio.

La maggior parte degli investimenti effettuati da Apple in Israele si sono focalizzati sulla progettazione di chip e dipartimenti di ricerca e sviluppo. I nuovi ufficili della Mela si trovano a Herzliya, vicino ad Anobit, una società che i californiani hanno acquistato nel 2011. I nuovi stabilimenti dovrebbero ospitare tra i 600 ed i 1200 dipendenti. Cook ha anche incontrato il presidente Reuven Rivlin, mentre è in agenda un meeting con l'ex presidente Shimon Peres.
Fonte: 9to5Mac
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http://www.everyeye.it/tech/notizia/apple-aumenta-la-presenza-in-israele-per-produrre-chip-_219127

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Tim Cook incontra il Presidente Reuven Rivlin durante una visita in Israele

Feb 25, 2015 | iPhone Italia (Italy)

Durante una visita in Israele, paese in cui Apple aprirà nuovi uffici, il CEO di Apple Tim Cook si è incontrato con il Presidente Reuven Rivlin. Già da tempo si discuteva della possibilità che Cook si recasse in Israele e la conferma è finalmente arrivata, come testimoniano le immagini dell’incontro tra i due.
La visita di Cook coincide con l’apertura di un nuovo ufficio di ricerca e sviluppo in Herzliya Pituach, circa 20 minuti a nord di Tel Aviv. La struttura ospiterà 800 dipendenti che hanno lavorato in passato per il produttore di memorie flash Anobit e PrimeSense, entrambe compagnie acquisite da Apple. Oltre a questa location, la compagnia californiana possiede altre sedi in Israele, come ad esempio altri centri di ricerca e sviluppo localizzati a Ra’anana e Hafia.
Il CEO di Apple è andata in Israele dopo una breve visita in Germania, dove ha colto l’occasione per recarsi pressi la redazione del quotidiano BILD, incontrando inoltre alcuni dipendenti del settore retail dell’azienda. Durante la visita in Germania sembra che Cook abbia lasciato intendere che l’Apple Watch si caratterizzerà per una maggiore resistenza all’acqua e che potrebbe essere indossato anche durante la doccia.
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http://www.iphoneitalia.com/tim-cook-incontra-il-presidente-reuven-rivlin-durante-una-visita-in-israele-567944.html

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Tim Cook (PDG d’Apple): « une énorme admiration pour Israël! »

Feb 25, 2015 | JSS News (France)

By Dan Birenbaum

Le Président israélien Reuven Rivlin a accueilli mercredi 25 février une délégation d’Apple, dirigée par son PDG Tim Cook, actuellement en visite dans l’Etat Juif. Le président a chaleureusement accueilli M. Cook et son équipe. Il a dit, « C’est un grand privilège de vous accueillir ici en Israël. »
Il a poursuivi: « Votre contribution à l’humanité est sans précédent. Même pour moi qui préfère écrire avec un stylo et du papier, il est clair pour moi, quand je vois mon personnel et mes petits-enfants, quel miracle que vous avez créé. »
Tim Cook a remercié le président pour son accueil chaleureux et a dit, « Nous avons une énorme admiration pour Israël, non pas seulement en tant qu’allié important pour les États-Unis, mais pour être un endroit idéal pour faire des affaires. »
Le Président a félicité Cook pour l’ouverture du nouveau centre de Recherche et Développement d’Apple à Herzliya, et a exprimé son espoir que ce serait une source d’emploi pour l’ensemble du spectre de la population d’Israël. Il a dit, « La véritable innovation ne peut résulter que d’un accès complet à l’éducation pour tous, sans distinction de race, de religion ou de sexe. Nous aimerions apprendre de votre expérience aux États-Unis, pour amener de l’éducation et de la technologie à des groupes et des communautés périphériques. «
« La diversité pour nous fait partie de la manière dont Apple réalise ce qu’elle réalise. En employant les gens pour ce qu’ils sont et non en raison de leur origine ethnique, nous réalisons ce que vous connaissez. Nous travaillons comme ça, nous célébrons la diversité, et cela bénéficie à tout le monde. Personnellement Monsieur le Président, j’admire votre travail pour les droits de l’homme. Vous êtes une source d’inspiration pour nous afin que nous ne travaillions mieux » a déclaré le PDG d’Apple.
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http://jssnews.com/2015/02/25/tim-cook-pdg-dapple-une-enorme-admiration-pour-israel/

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Tim Cook en visite en Israël

Feb 25, 2015 | Mac G (France)

By Stéphane Moussie

Après son déplacement en Allemagne, où il s’est laissé aller à une confidence intime, Tim Cook a pris la direction d’Israël. Il a rencontré le président Reuven Rivlin à sa résidence de Jérusalem, rapporte The Marker. Une entrevue avec l’ancien président Shimon Peres est également au programme, d’après le média local.
Tim Cook est accompagné de Johny Srouji, vice-président d’Apple en charge des technologies matérielles. Natif d’Israël, Srouji supervise la conception de technologies de pointe, comme les processeurs et les contrôleurs de stockage. Un domaine pour lequel Israël regorge de brillants ingénieurs, ce qui n’a pas échappé à Apple (et aux autres géants technologiques) qui s’établit dans le pays.
La principale raison de la venue de Tim Cook en Israël serait d’ailleurs l’inauguration du « campus Maskit » à Herzliya, au nord de Tel-Aviv. Ce campus, abritant notamment un centre de R&D, est amené à devenir la principale « base » d’Apple dans le pays, mais ce ne sera certainement pas la seule, comme nous le détaillons dans notre analyse « Israël, l’autre terre promise d’Apple ».
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http://www.macg.co/aapl/2015/02/tim-cook-en-visite-en-israel-87488

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El CEO de Apple hizo una visita sorpresa a Israel

Feb 25, 2015 | Itan Gadol News (Argentina)

Tim Cook llegó hoy al país para abrir un nuevo centro de investigación y desarrollo en Herzliya. Además, se reunió con el presidente israelí para conversar sobre el papel de la educación en el progreso de las poblaciones más pobres. La relación entre Apple e Israel existe desde 2012.

El CEO de Apple, Tim Cook, llegó hoy a Israel para abrir un nuevo centro de investigación y desarrollo en el país, por lo que se reunió con el presidente israelí, Reuven Rivlin, que elogió a Cook por su "contribución sin precedentes a la humanidad".

Cook agradeció a Rivlin sus amables palabras y aseguró que él y su equipo tienen “una enorme admiración por Israel, no sólo como aliado importante de Estados Unidos, sino como lugar para hacer negocios".

La relación entre Apple e Israel se remonta a 2012, cuando el gigante de la tecnología de Estados Unidos compró Anobit, con sede en Haifa, el fabricante de los controladores de memoria flash utilizados en muchos productos de la compañía.

Con la adquisición de Anobit, unos 200 empleados de la compañía – de los cuales tres cuartas partes son ingenieros - se convirtieron en empleados de Apple, y desde entonces contrataron a muchos más.

El nuevo centro de Apple en Israel se encuentra en Herzliya, donde decenas de ingenieros fueron contratados en los últimos meses para cubrir puestos allí, según informaron los medios israelíes.

Uno de los temas tratados por Rivlin y Cook fue el papel de la educación en el progreso de las poblaciones más pobres, y cómo Apple podría ayudar a asegurar que los grupos marginados, como los judíos ultra-ortodoxos y los árabes, podrían estar más integrados en la economía de alta tecnología de Israel.

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