Around two years ago, at the height of the protests against the government's attempt to weaken the judiciary, venture capitalist Dovi Frances arrived at a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A few months earlier, he had visited Eynat Guez, the CEO of payroll-tech company Papaya Global; she had joined the protests and threatened to pull money out of Israel.

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