UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[  ] Form 3 Holdings Reported

[  ] Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Gleberman,           Joseph                  H.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

    c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    85 Broad Street
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                                    (Street)

    New York,                         New York                          10004
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   (City)                           (State)                           (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

    BackWeb Technologies Ltd.
    (BWEB)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)

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4. Statement for Month/Year

    FYE December 31, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


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7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
   (Check applicable line)

   [ X ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
   [   ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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                          Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                        |
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                                 |                 |            |                               |             |         |          |
                                 |                 |            |                               |5.           |6.       |          |
                                 |                 |            |4.                             |Amount of    |Owner-   |          |
                                 |                 |            |Securities Acquired (A) or     |Securities   |ship     |          |
                                 |                 |            |Disposed of (D)                |Beneficially |Form:    |7.        |
                                 |                 |            |(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            |Owned at end |Direct   |Nature of |
                                 |2.               | 3.         |-------------------------------|of Issuer's  |(D) or   |Indirect  |
1.                               |Transaction      |Transaction |              | (A)  |         |Fiscal Year  |Indirect |Beneficial|
Title of Security                |Date             |Code        |    Amount    | or   | Price   |(Instr. 3    |(I)      |Ownership |
(Instr. 3)                       |(Month/Day/Year) |(Instr. 8)  |              | (D)  |         |and 4)       |(Instr.4)|(Instr. 4)|
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                                 |                 |            |              |      |         |             |         |          |
Ordinary Shares                  |                 |            |              |      |         |  3,272,676  |    I    |   01,02  |
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Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is  filed  by more  than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
  4(b)(v).

FORM 5 (continued)


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                           Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially owned                          |
                                    (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)                                 |
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              |       |          |      |               |                     |                    |       |         |      |      |
              |       |          |      |               |                     |                    |       |9.       |10.   |      |
              |       |          |      |               |                     |                    |       |Number   |Owner-|      |
              |       |          |      |               |                     |                    |       |of       |ship  |      |
              |2.     |          |      |               |                     |                    |       |Deriv-   |of    |      |
              |Conver-|          |      |5.             |                     |7.                  |       |ative    |Deriv-|11.   |
              |sion   |          |      |Number of      |                     |Title and Amount    |       |Secur-   |ative |Nature|
              |or     |          |      |Derivative     |6.                   |of Underlying       |8.     |ities    |Secur-|of    |
              |Exer-  |          |      |Securities     |Date                 |Securities          |Price  |Bene-    |ity:  |In-   |
              |cise   |3.        |      |Acquired (A)   |Exercisable and      |(Instr. 3 and 4)    |of     |ficially |Direct|direct|
              |Price  |Trans-    |4.    |or Disposed    |Expiration Date      |--------------------|Deriv- |Owned    |(D) or|Bene- |
1.            |of     |action    |Trans-|of (D)         |(Month/Day/Year)     |            |Amount |ative  |at End   |In-   |ficial|
Title of      |Deriv- |Date      |action|(Instr. 3,     |---------------------|            |or     |Secur- |of       |direct|Owner-|
Derivative    |ative  |(Month/   |Code  |4 and 5)       |Date      |Expira-   |            |Number |ity    |Year     |(I)   |ship  |
Security      |Secur- |Day/      |(Instr|---------------|Exer-     |tion      |            |of     |(Instr.|(Instr.  |(Instr|(Instr|
(Instr. 3)    |ity    |Year)     |8)    | (A)   |(D)    |cisable   |Date      |Title       |Shares |5)     |4)       |4)    |4)    |
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Stock Options |       |          |      |       |       |          |          |Ordinary    |       |       |         |      |      |
(right to buy)|$1.32  | 02/28/02 |  A   |50,000 |       |    03    | 01/01/12 |Shares      |50,000 |       | 50,000  | 01,03| 01,03|
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Stock Options |       |          |      |       |       |          |          |Ordinary    |       |       |         |      |      |
(right to buy)|$1.07  |          |      |       |       |    04    | 08/01/08 |Shares      |15,000 |       | 15,000  | 01,04| 01,04|
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Stock Options |       |          |      |       |       |          |          |Ordinary    |       |       |         |      |      |
(right to buy)|$17.25 |          |      |       |       |    05    | 08/24/07 |Shares      |25,000 |       | 25,000  | 01,05| 01,05|
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Explanation of Responses:

01:  The  Reporting  Person  is a  managing  director  of  Goldman,  Sachs & Co.
     ("Goldman Sachs").  Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
     The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group").  The Reporting Person disclaims
     beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent
     of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.

02:  Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to own beneficially and indirectly
     3,272,676 Ordinary Shares through certain investment  partnerships of which
     affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner,  managing
     general  partner  or  managing  partner.  Goldman  Sachs is the  investment
     manager of certain of the investment partnerships.

03:  These options were granted to the Reporting  Person pursuant to the BackWeb
     Technologies  Ltd.  1998 US Stock  Option Plan (as  amended and  restated).
     These  options  vest over five  years  with  12.5% of the  options  vesting
     annually on January 1 for four years,  beginning January 1, 2003 and 50% of
     these  options  vesting on January 1,  2007.  The  Reporting  Person has an
     understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such options for the
     benefit of GS Group.

04:  These options were granted to the Reporting  Person pursuant to the BackWeb
     Technologies  Ltd.  1998 US Stock  Option Plan (as  amended and  restated).
     3,750 options vested on August 1, 2002. Thereafter, for each of the next 36
     months,  1/36 of the  remaining  11,250  options will vest.  The  Reporting
     Person has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such
     options for the benefit of GS Group.

05:  These options were granted to the Reporting  Person pursuant to the BackWeb
     Technologies  Ltd.  1998 US Stock  Option Plan (as  amended and  restated).
     6,250 options vested on August 24, 2001.  Thereafter,  for each of the next
     36 months,  1/36 of the remaining  18,750  options will vest. The Reporting
     Person has an  understanding  with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such
     options for the benefit of GS Group.





By:  s/ Roger S. Begelman                                      April 14, 2003
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
             Attorney-in-fact



**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

     Alternatively,  this Form is permitted to be submitted to the Commission in
     electronic  format at the option of the Reporting  Person  pursuant to Rule
     101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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     The  undersigned  does hereby  appoint Roger S.  Begelman,  Edward T. Joel,
Saskia  Brookfield  Martin and Susan P. Goddard,  (and any other employee of The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates  designated in writing by one
of the attorneys-in-fact),  his true and lawful attorneys,  and each of them his
true and lawful  attorney,  with power to act without  the other,  and with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute and file for him and in his
name any Initial Statement of Beneficial  Ownership of Securities on Form 3, any
Statement of Changes in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 4 and any Annual Statement
of Changes in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or successor form,
which  may be  required  to be filed by him with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  pursuant to Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as
amended, and any and all instruments necessary or incidental  therewith,  hereby
granting unto said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and
perform  in the  name  and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  and in any  and all
capacities,  every act and thing whatsoever  required or necessary to be done in
and  about  the  premises,  as fully  and to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying and approving the act
of said attorneys and each of them.

     This power of attorney shall not be affected by the  subsequent  disability
or  incompetence  of the principal.  This power of attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until  either  revoked in writing by the  undersigned  or until
such time as the person or persons to whom  power of  attorney  has been  hereby
granted  cease(s) to be an employee of The Goldman  Sachs Group,  Inc. or one of
its affiliates.

     In witness thereof the  undersigned  hereunto signed his name this 22nd day
of January, 2003.


                                                          s/ Joseph H. Gleberman
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                                                             JOSEPH H. GLEBERMAN