LITHUANIA COURTS ISRAELI ‘FINTECH’ COMPANIES
As Lithuania looks to attract Israelis to its capital city, a few companies have already made the move. BYSHARON UDASIN APRIL 6, 2017 19:32 read more
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‘We will eternalize the past, and determinedly build the future’
Israel inaugurates new Hall of Remembrance for fallen soldiers on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl. Chana Roberts, 30/04/17 13:03 read more
Second-generation to Holocaust survivors urged to share their families’ stories
Ofira Azrieli, whose mother survived Auschwitz with her identical twin sister, gave up her career to commemorate the Holocaust from her own point of view. ‘It’s a memorial mission,’ she says, calling on other children and grandchildren of survivors to do the same. Iris Lifshitz Klieger |Published: 23.04.17 , 20:14 read more
Record incoming tourism to Israel in Q1
Ministry of Tourism officials are hoping that 2013’s record number of 3.54 million tourists will be surpassed this year. 14 Apr, 2017 15:58 Michal Raz-Chaimovich read more
Jerusalem stabbing attack victim identified as 21 year-old British national
Hanna Bladon, 21, is the British student who was killed in the attack on the Jerusalem light rail at noon. She came to one semester of study at the Hebrew University as part of a student exchange program with the University of Birmingham, and was supposed to return to England in the summer. Liran Levy… Read More »
“I am a great believer in interests, not illusions or dreams”: a briefing with Moshe Ya’alon
On 20 March 2017 BICOM hosted a briefing with Moshe Ya’alon. Ya’alon is a former IDF Chief of Staff, and served as Israel’s Defence Minister from 2013 to 2016 read more
A Rising China Eyes the Middle East
In a speech before the Arab League in Cairo last January, Chinese President Xi Jinping described his view of China’s role in the Middle East: read more
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Purchases 28 Additional ReWalk Exoskeleton Systems to Support National Multi-Center Trial
VA Begins Second Year of National Study of ReWalk Robotics Exoskeleton for Personal Use NEWS PROVIDED BY ReWalk Robotics Ltd. Apr 06, 2017, 08:02 ET read more
Treated in Israel, Syrian refugees no longer see it as their enemy
As the Syrian regime reportedly bombs its own people with chemical warfare, Syrian refugees treated in Israel learn that it is not their real foe; ‘The future of Syria has no Bashar Assad,’ says one Syrian patient treated in Safed’s Ziv Medical Center. ‘Israel is not the enemy. Bashar is the enemy.’ Associated Press|Published: 08.04.17… Read More »
Jewish Group Releases Blacklist of U.S. Professors Who Back Academic Boycott of Israel
AMCHA’s list, which includes hundreds of names, comes weeks after Israel barred entry to supporters of boycott. ‘Knesset travel ban is toothless, unless there are lists,’ professor says. Judy Maltz Mar 30, 2017 5:51 PM read more
