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Minister of National Infrastructures Dr. Uzi Landau announced that Israel and Cyprus were in advanced discussions about linking their electricity grids in order to provide mutual backups in the event of a supply failure in either country.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu awarded the Prize for Initiative and Innovation at the Hebrew University to Israeli scientists and entrepreneurs. The winners included two non-profit organizations, a high-tech Arab company and a company dedicated to uncovering old land mines.

The initiative, making agricultural technologies more accessible to under-developed nations, could have been passed automatically, but the Arab bloc demanded a vote. One hundred and thirty-three nations voted in favour of the Israeli proposal, while 35 mainly Arab countries abstained.

“The Hiriya Project: A Mountain of Change” won first place in the Clean Development Mechanism Changing Lives Photo and Video Contest 2011, which was part of this year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently taking place in Durban

Born at 23 weeks, Jazen Jamal, is the only survivor of triplets. Now 2.24kg, Jazen has been taken home by his parents from the Western Galilee Government Hospital in Nahariya.

The Ethiopian Jewish community celebrated their unique annual festival in Jerusalem.

Here are some photos showing the humanitarian work being performed by Israelis following the Thai floods. https://www.facebook.com/IsraelinThailand?sk=photos#!/media/set/?set=a.301555323202135.77921.155964287761240&type=3

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon was the first foreign official to visit Greece since the formation of the new government. He met with his host, Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis who stressed that relations between the two countries would be further strengthened in the near future.

A team of Israeli experts are working with German and Kenyan agricultural and water professionals to upgrade Lake Victoria’s commercial fishery system and wastewater treatment mechanisms. Note that the lake is three times the size of the State of Israel.

No, not Durban III. KKL-JNF is attending the 17th UN Climate Change conference in the South African city. It is sharing its knowledge and experience, with regards to afforestation in arid and semi-arid areas, watershed management and biological control methods.