Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian health officials are working together to diagnose and contain the new swine flu virus as part of a long-term mission to fight infectious diseases. The 2,000-mile border between Mexico and the United States is nothing compared …
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Israelis build world’s first eye-free smartphone
Project RAY, now launching in the US, opens the benefits of digital access to commercial and public services to people with visual disabilities.
Israeli company offers liquid know-how to India
Engineers from Agri Projects at work building high-tech greenhouses. Monsoons in India are both a blessing and a curse. As the heavy rains pour down, they provide the season’s much-needed water for irrigating crops. But monsoons also wipe out entire …
It’s the water that binds us, Alexandra Cousteau finds
Alexandra Cousteau studies new sinkholes, which occur because of falling water levels, at the Dead Sea in Israel. From the Ganges River, the spiritual heart of India, to the Mississippi River in America, legendary marine scientist and explorer Jacques Cousteau’s …
From one table to the next
Volunteer pickers help transfer unwanted fruit and vegetables from Israeli fields to people in need. Non-profit organization Table to Table collects and distributes unwanted and unused food from crop fields, or from functions like weddings and Bar Mitzvah’s to the …
El Salvador to copy Israel’s national forestry model
El Salvador hopes to learn from the success of KKL-JNF which has planted forests like this one all across Israel. There is only one nation in the world that has a net gain of trees over the past 100 years. …
Israeli company envisions peace though outsourcing
Peace on the agenda: Inas Said, the CEO of Galil Software. At Israeli company Galil Software, business isn’t the only thing on the agenda – so is peace. Founded in the mixed city of Nazareth in the Galilee where Israeli …
Taking wing at the largest flyway in the world
It was once Israel’s biggest environmental mistake. Now the Hula Valley is home to one of the world’s most important sites for migrating birds
Israel’s Darfur refugees turn to film to find expression
Shooting video on the streets of Tel Aviv as part of the media project Asylum City for African refugees. Photo Credit: Keren Manor/Activestills.org”I want to study to become a doctor and go back to help my people in Africa,” says …
Rocket dogs diffuse the roar of missiles in Sderot
Chavat HaChayot aims not only to help at-risk teens living in Sderot, but also to rescue dogs that have been abandoned. For the children of Sderot, life is anything but normal. Eight years of Hamas rocket attacks have scarred a …
Playing around online? Then why not GoGiving
Assi Isac, CEO of GoGiving, aims to use Internet gaming software to help raise money for charities. When Assi Isac was working as a development manager for the online casino company 888, a new idea popped into his head. Why …