Netanyahu hits Silicon Valley, meets Apple, WhatsApp bigwigs

Itongadol.- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a series of meetings in Silicon Valley Wednesdy in order to promote investments in the Israeli technology industry.

Netanyahu met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and other corporate leaders, and was briefed on Apple\’s activities in Israel, which have significantly expanded since their inception approximately two-and-a-half years ago. The Prime Minister invited Cook to visit Israel and proposed that Apple begin activity at the national cyber park in Beersheba.

Prime Minister Netanyahu also met with WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton and discussed cyber protection technologies that have been developed in Israel.