admin | October 20, 2021
What was Jewish life in Israel like after Romes destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem? A new exhibition by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Kibbutz Ginossars Yigal Allon Center offers a glimpse of how the Sages managed to rebuild a community in the Galilee in the centuries that followed the great tragedy
admin | October 20, 2021
The plants of ICL Group (Israel Chemicals) and the Bazan Group (formerly Haifa Oil Refineries) - controlled by Idan Ofer - top the list of Israels worst industrial polluters in 2019; six of them were among the top 10 polluters. Topping the list was Bazans oil refineries in Haifa, followed by ICLs Rotem Amfert phosphates plant, in the Negev. This is the ninth edition of the Environmental Impact Index, published each year by the Environmental Protection Ministry to provide information on the environmental performance and risks of public and governmental companies
admin | October 20, 2021
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Four months into one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Israel is seeing a sharp drop in new infections and severe illness, aided by its use of vaccine boosters, vaccine passports and mask mandates, scientists and health officials said.
admin | October 18, 2021
Israel and Sweden have a chance to strengthen their relations, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his counterpart from Stockholm, Ann Linde, said in Jerusalem on Monday, during the first visit to Israel by a Swedish foreign minister in a decade. Sweden is a friend of Israel, Linde said, adding: We both see a real opportunity to deepen our dialogue further and develop long-standing cooperation when it comes to innovation, culture and trade, as well as fighting antisemitism...
admin | October 18, 2021
Israel will allow Russian tourists vaccinated with Sputnik V, the Russian-made COVID vaccine, to enter the country for the next two months. The decision comes ahead of Prime Minister Naftali Bennetts scheduled Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia. The Sputnik V vaccine is not recognized by Israel, the World Health Organization, or the U.S.
admin | October 18, 2021
Israel and the UAE are not only having photo opportunities but are moving forward in economic cooperation in concrete areas such as Fintech. At a joint Israeli-Emirati conference in Abu Dhabi Monday on Fintech co-sponsored by Bank Hapoalim and the Israel Export Institute, officials from both countries delved deep into the details of how cooperation has already moved forward and how future investors can plug into the expanding growth
admin | October 18, 2021
Polish-Jewish relations are a mess, the worst theyve been in decades. Israel expressed its disgust over Polands passage of a law that effectively bars Holocaust survivors and the families of murdered victims from reclaiming Nazi-looted property in Poland during the war.
admin | October 18, 2021
The debacle with regards to the Iron Dome funding was a wake-up call for Israel that things in Congress, and especially in the House of Representatives, arent what they used to be. Ultimately, the aid was approved in the House, even by an impressive majority (the second holdup, in the Senate, had reasons which were not related to Israel), but the episode showed that there are some new realities in the generations-long relationship between Israel and Congress, and American politics in general
admin | October 18, 2021
From the halls of power in Washington, D.C. to the American heartland, Israel, for decades, has enjoyed a warm friendship with American conservatives who view the country, quite correctly, as an oasis of tranquility and a robust democracy amid a sea of autocracy, religious strife and tribalism. However, Israel's heavy-handed response to COVID-19 is sure to cause concern and raise eyebrows among American conservatives, potentially leading to a sea change in attitudes that could have far-reaching policy implications.
admin | October 18, 2021
It was an unusual sight Oct. 9 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaisms holiest place. A group of tourists from Bahrain, wearing long robes and keffiyehs, stood alongside Jewish worshippers, and some even prayed to Allah themselves
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