The Japanese government has awarded the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun decoration to two Israelis. Professor Meron Medzini of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and architect Arie Kutz from Tel Aviv University. Both awards were for fostering good relations … Continue reading →

Ministers of Israel, Greece and Cyprus met in Jerusalem and agreed to push for a pipeline to Europe, which wants to reduce dependence on Russian gas. They also agreed to establish a new regional rescue and emergency services force. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-greece-cyprus-agree-on-promoting-european-gas-pipeline-1001165829 … Continue reading →

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed their countries’ increasing security cooperation and called to deepen their economic relationship. President Rivlin spent a week visiting India, to mark 25 years of diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and … Continue reading →

Israel has participated in its first NATO field exercise for six years during the wide-scale drill held in Montenegro to evaluate the readiness and capabilities of NATO to face natural disasters. The Israelis included IDF, Fire and rescue and Zaka … Continue reading →

I have reported previously (here) on Israel’s humanitarian organization Engineers without Borders (EwB).  Now the Tel Aviv University chapter of EwB has installed a solar electricity generator and storage batteries for the Nkaiti village medical center in Minjingu, Tanzania. http://www.israel21c.org/switching-on-the-lights-for-tanzania/ … Continue reading →

10% of public servants in Israel and 12% of police officers are immigrants who arrived in Israel less than ten years ago.  7,496 out of some 75,000 workers in Israel’s public health system have made Aliyah in the last decade … Continue reading →