Israeli start-up seeks to set new standard in ecotourism

Israeli start-up Climex strives to set a new standard in ecological tourism – providing a platform  for designing, building and marketing eco-resorts. The start-up's first resort village project was designed by Melanie Shaked Gozlan, who specializes in residential, commercial and industrial space d…

Lapid & Macron in search of mutuality of interests

Accompanying Prime Minister Yair Lapid to Paris is IDF chief of general staff and other top brass who will likely present new intelligence that Hizbulalh was causing damage to Lebanon. This according to Dr. Miriam Rossman, an historian and expert in Israel-French relations. She told reporter Arieh …

Fire burns ancient Gezer, but may reveal more archaeological secrets

A major brush fire swept through the ancient site of Tel Gezer yesterday, severely burning the national park in central Israel. But the Israel Antiquities Authority said that while the biblical hilltop was charred, the antiquity treasures beneath were not harmed. Archaeologist Sam Wolff excavated a…

Poland and Israel settle the present issues, but past still unresolved

Jeremy Leigh a teacher of history at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and who also runs Jewish Journeys, a project for Jewish educational travel, said that Israel and Poland have solved the issues of the present. But, speaking to reporter Arieh O’Sullivan from Poland, Leigh said that the issue…

"Interim" premier Ya'ir Lapid doesn't have to deal with coalition, can boost image

Now that Yair Lapid is prime minister, he will seek to convince voters he is capable of leading the country. Pollster and political consultant Mitchell Barak said that Lapid will have the advantage of not being burdened by maintaining the coalition or solving political challenges and could devote h…

PM Lapid: "Israel will defend itself against Hizbullah UAV attacks."

Following Hizbullah's drone attack on the Karish gas rig , Caretaker PM Yair Lapid says "Hizbullah is continuing on its terror track and is harmful to Lebanon's attempts to reach a negotiated agreement on its maritime borders. Israel will defend itself, its citizens and its assets."  Dr Mordehai K…

Prof Gideon Rahat on the latest political maneuverings

An opinion poll published by Channel 12 showed that Yamina, headed by Ayelet Shaked, would get five seats if elections were held today.  According to the survey, were Yamina then to join a coalition headed Binyamin Netanyahu and his existing allies, a Netanyahu-led bloc would control 63 seats in t…

Israel welcomes Unilever U-turn on Ben & Jerry's

Israel has welcomed the decision by Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, to continue selling in West Bank settlements, overturning the boycott declared last year by the progressive American ice cream company. The initial boycott was considered a major victory for the worldwide BDS (Boyco…

Ulysses comes to life in a Jerusalem pub for Bloomsday

Bloomsday, the literary festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, was marked in Jerusalem earlier this week. The Israel Ireland Friendship League together with the Israel Association of Writers in English celebrated at the Dublin pub downtown where exce…

IsrAID sending medical supplies to Afghanistan earthquake zone

IsraAID, an Israeli humanitarian NGO, is sending medical supplies and aid to the remote area of Afghanistan that was severely devastated by a  major earthquake last week. Over 1,000 people were killed by the shake, and there is danger cholera could break due to sanitation problems. IsrAID CEO Yotam…