Israel Active

Over the past decade, the registered 501(c)3 Ne’eman Foundation has facilitated the transfer of more than $100 million in charitable donations from North American donors to Israeli good causes. Donations to some 1,400 organizations (e.g. United for Israel) via Ne’eman, are tax deductible for US citizens.

Israel has delivered another large shipment of aid (food and medical supplies) to the embattled Druze population of Sweida in southern Syria. It follows an initial delivery of aid in March.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, leads a trade mission to Israel and the UAE. Sanders said that “Israel .. as my dad likes to say, is the one place in the world you visit for the first time, and it feels like coming home.”

Ezra Cohen, the Panamanian ambassador to Israel (see previously), talks about the potential that exists between Panama and Israel.

The U.S.-backed, Israeli facilitated Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has reached a milestone of delivering 100 million total meals to Gazans since beginning operations roughly two months ago. It called for other humanitarian groups, including the U.N., to step up and collaborate with them.

Magen David Adom began a blood drive on Sunday in the Druze-majority village of Isfiya to support wounded Druze in Syria. Dozens of people lined up to donate their blood as soon as the donation center opened, and 40 samples were collected in just two hours.

Two Israeli C-130 aircraft dropped 34 tons of fire retardant, significantly suppressing the recent Cyprus wildfires. Meanwhile, aid from the EU didn’t arrive in time.

180 educators from 22 countries arrived in Israel for an annual 7-day education seminar sponsored by KKL-JNF. They visited sites of ecological, historical and national significance and met with IDF reps, educators, kibbutzniks, and local leaders.

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority rescued a lion cub that was tied to a tree in the yard of a home in the Palestinian Arab village of Abu Dis east of Jerusalem. It was unhurt, but very thin. It was the sixth lion cub, plus 10 monkeys and 36 parrots, found in captivity by Israeli authorities this year.

Arabs in Israel speak freely about their feelings about living in Israel.