CTech's Tuesday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Former general seeks Israeli officials' aid against illegal arms trade allegations. In December, the U.S. imposed financial sanctions against retired Israeli Maj. Gen. Israel Ziv claiming he supplied weapons and ammunition to both sides in the civil war in South Sudan. Read more

 

Israel's approach to energy is suicidal, says former head of U.N. framework on climate change. Christiana Figueres, who led the negotiations of the Paris Agreement, believes Israel should strive more to produce renewable energy and rely less on the import of fossil fuels. Read more

French digital insights company Contentsquare buys customer analytics startup Clicktale. Clicktale’s research and development resources and team will be integrated into Contentsquare’s and the joint R&D team will be expanded in both Paris and Tel Aviv. Read more

Cybersecurity company TrapX raises $18 million. Existing investor Intel Capital participated in the round. Read more

Cancer patients social network developer Belong.Life raises $14 million. Belong.Life operates a social media network for cancer patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers with over 200,000 users. Read more

Liquidity Capital backs e-lending startup Ezbob. London-headquartered EZbob offers automatically processed online loans to small businesses. Read more

Israeli private hospital chain goes digital. Assuta, which treats approximately 1.25 million patients annually across eight medical centers, will spend millions to transition to Salesforce cloud computing platform. Read more

Former executive banker appointed chairman of boutique hotel chain Brown. Until March this year, Danny Cohen headed the Bank Leumi’s retail banking division. He left the bank after nearly 30 years. Read more