Students in International Space University’s Space Studies Program at Israel’s Technion Institute had a group selfie photo. It was taken from a height of 520 kilometers by the EROS-B satellite, built by Israel Aerospace Industries and operated by Israel’s ImageSat … Continue reading →

Kazakhstan is likely to be the chief beneficiary of the free trade zone that Israel entered into in Nov 2015 with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Israel imports over $1.4 billion worth of goods from Kazakhstan each year. Security cooperation … Continue reading →

A summary of Israel’s improving relations with Africa, Latin America, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Russia and Turkey.  And excellent defense, security and intelligence cooperation with the USA. … Continue reading →

For the first time since the Syrian civil war began, Israel has formally opened its border for delivering humanitarian aid into Syria.  Moti Kahana, founder of Israeli NGO Amaliah, said that medicines, food and schoolbooks are transferred into a “Safe … Continue reading →

Israel’s Wildlife Hospital has opened a blood bank for birds that arrive injured to the country during migration.  Hospital veterinarians realized that they could better treat the birds if they had a blood bank for them because, much like humans, … Continue reading →

Rinat Avrahami Karniel is the first woman in Israel to become a power plant director. She has been appointed head of Ashkelon’s Rutenberg Power Station – one of the two largest in Israel.   Rinat has two master’s degrees and has … Continue reading →

Nechama Loebel, deaf since birth, has become the first deaf person to successfully become an Emergency Medical Technician in Israel.  She works for United Hatzalah and will be provided with alternate solutions to the audible stimuli that are necessary to … Continue reading →