It must be an April fools joke, mostly due to the fact, that Israel is a very small country. The train couldn't even reach its high speed or if, just for a few minutes before it have to break again.<p>Also, there is a reason the Israeli Railways uses Danish IC3 trainset, because they were build a small country (like Denmark or Israel) in mind. Lower speed but which can be reached faster due and it can break later which leads to a higher average speed.
If this is not April Fools then I worry the challenge will be securing the Hyperloop, not building it. 213 miles is a long distance to keep secure. The Sinai gas pipeline has been attacked at least four times in 2014 (admittedly in Egypt) and mass transit remains the favored target of terrorists.