Israel Active

Dr. Carol Jahshan is the daughter of a Lebanese refugee from Haifa who grew up in Beirut before moving the USA.  She has just completed a 3-month working collaboration at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University. Here is her story.

Life-guards from Australia have come to Israel to help train Israelis in water-safety.  It was their response to several drowning incidents in 2013.  The first two sessions at Ashdod beach attracted 117 children and resulted in the setting up of a new organization Surf Life Saving Israel.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is promoting “good cop” advocacy at the world body.  Events such as Israeli singers, or a panel about water technology.  Israel has lot to offer the U.N. =

From manufacturing to medical research, the Jewish state is crucial to the economic health of the U.S.  Economic ties with Israel sustain American jobs.  Joint US-Israeli funding for science, industrial research and agricultural research has advanced the technology of both countries.

When it responds to an international disaster, the Israel Defense Forces can get a field hospital functioning within 12 hours of arriving at the setup site.  An unbeatable, awe-inspiring feat of logistics.

An Arab woman from Dubai, who went into labor while travelling to the Palestinian Authority, named her newborn son Hadi - after a Druze IDF officer who saved the day and assisted in delivering her baby.

Former Israeli soldiers are helping Arab tech startups in Nazareth.  The The Israeli Government and the 8200 Alumni Association - representing graduates of the top technology unit in the Israeli army - have introduced the Hybrid Program at the Nazareth Business Incubator Center.

Innovation: Africa, founded by Israel’s Sivan Ya’ari, has connected 104 rural villages in Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania, DRC and Ethiopia to water and electricity.  It has brought solar energy, improved irrigation and cleaner water to as many as 1 million people.

Kennedy Opara, exec secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, said that it was extremely necessary for every practicing Christian to visit Israel on pilgrimage.  NCPC has launched a “Win-a-trip-to-Israel” program to generate funding for the pilgrimage.

Israel have completed digging the tunnels for the new Tel-Aviv Jerusalem Rail Line.  It will help all Israelis (Jews, Moslems, Druze, etc) dramatically cut the travel time between the two cities.  They are in stark contrast to the purpose of the tunnels that Hamas are digging in Gaza.