Israel Active

Next door to the war raging in Syria, doctors at the Galilee Medical Center are showing the true character of Israel. When they say that ‘Israel is a light unto the nations’, this is what they mean…

The Hybrid accelerator and Made In Jerusalem brought 15 Arab entrepreneurs from Nazareth and East Jerusalem to meet top figures in the Israeli tech ecosystem.  They spoke with Jewish entrepreneurs and pitched their ideas to prospective investors.

WMN is a co-work space and ecosystem for women entrepreneurs.  In a spacious compound at the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa Port, it is helping women to start their first business by themselves.

Israel’s IsraAID is the only foreign humanitarian organization still in Japan providing assistance five years after the devastating tsunami. As such, its volunteers and workers were able to offer almost immediate emergency assistance to earthquake victims in Kumamoto city.  IsraAID has also sent a 15-person search-and-rescue team and medics to Ecuador, in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 16.

Colel Chabad has launched a special prepaid credit card for needy Israeli families to use to buy food with dignity.  The Eshel Card can be used in selected grocery store chains.

Six Israeli universities are among the world’s top 100 universities in the 2016 QS World University Rankings by Subject.  They are Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Technion Institute, Weizmann Institute, Ben-Gurion University and Bar-Ilan University. =

Taglit-Birthright Israel is opening the “State of Mind” center for entrepreneurship and innovation in Tel Aviv. Tour groups will see Israeli entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology in areas such as agriculture, medicine, defense, cybersecurity, transportation, and aerospace.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong headed a 60-member delegation to Israel - the first ever by a Singaporean leader.  Lee praised Israel’s innovation and industry and thanked Israel for their decades-long defense aid to his country.

Contrary to the lies of the BDS supporters, Israel doesn’t just show up at disaster areas and leave.  They are still working in Nepal – a year after the two earthquakes that killed 9,000.

The Office of the US President announced 30 water initiatives on World Water Day.  One was the setting up of the Los Angeles Cleantech incubator that will introduce 10 Israeli companies in water, energy, and agricultural technologies to California and their nearly 123,000 farmers.