Israel Active

Jerusalem’s Sobar Music Center is presenting the first-ever alcohol/smoke-free Community Woodstock festival on 8th Jun. Sobar provides an exciting and safe environment for teens and young adults from all over Jerusalem.   

Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAID has set up a field hospital in Canoa, Ecuador.  It has been treating victims of the Ecuador magnitude-7.8 earthquake since Apr 23.  In addition to its medical aid, the humanitarian volunteers have also set up child-friendly spaces.

Father Gabriel Naddaf, a Greek Orthodox priest and leader of the Aramean Christian community in Israel, has been selected this year to light a torch at the Israeli Independence Day torch ceremony under the category of “civil heroism.”

In Jan 2014, the Elk River - the main water source for Charleston, West Virginia, USA was contaminated with toxic waste, forcing a water crisis and shutting down several businesses. Israeli experts went into action, advising on how to alleviate the problem and prevent future similar situations.

An Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) survey and mapping project over the last two years has determined that Israel meets international standards on biodiversity protection. Israel has 90 species of endangered plants, 28 being unique to Israel or the countries that surround it. =

Israel and China have signed an agreement to issue mutual multiple-entry visas valid for 10 years.  Israel is only the third country (after the USA and Canada) to have such an arrangement. China’s Hainan Airlines is shortly to commence direct flights between Beijing and Tel Aviv.

An Israeli upgrade on a U.S.-made M60T tank used by Turkish military forces in Mosul saved the tank’s crew from a missile attack by Da’esh (ISIS) terrorists.  The tank was hit by a 129K9 Kornet anti-tank guided missile, but it did not explode.

In 2013 Cyprus was in financial crisis. It had become insolvent as no-one was paying property taxes.  Then Israel’s Ofek Aerial Photos undertook a project to provide an aerial map of the country.  Ofek’s technology enabled Cyprus to correctly assess the taxes due on real estate in the country.

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.