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With 'goliaths' like JP Morgan also 'winning', analysts say Jittery customers are flocking to major banks in the wake of the SVB collapse One analyst said 'Goliath is winning' as some speed up their onboarding process to cope with the new demand It comes as SVB's spectacular fall from grace continues to wreak havoc on Wall Street Bank of America has reportedly raked in $15 million in new deposits as customers flee small lenders for 'too big to fail' firms in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. So-called 'goliath' banks such as JP Morgan and Wells Fargo are...

Head of the archeological dig on Tel Tzafit Prof. Aren Maeir says the find indicates that the two peoples thought of as bitter enemies may have been closer than we think. A stone altar from the 9th century BCE was found in an archeological dig on Tel Tzafit, a site identified with the biblical Philistine city of Gat. The altar is reminiscent of Jewish altars from the same period and sheds light on the cultural links between the two peoples, who fought each other for centuries. The altar is approximately one meter tall, half a meter wide and half a...

An ongoing archaeological excavation in Tel Tzafit continues to unearth the ruins of what was once the city of Gat – described in the Bible as the hometown of Goliath. Professor Aren Maeir, who is directing the dig, spoke to Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service to discuss the latest finds. Recent finds from the Tel Tzafit excavation are “fascinating,” Maeir said. The site, inhabited at times by Canaanites and at other times by Philistines, has remnants from many periods of history. “We are focusing on the Canaanite period, the Philistine period, and the Israelite period, and for now we're primarily...