For Israel, the business of the ‘fisheries’ is next in importance to agriculture. A country blessed with the sea is certain to have a strong and age-old bond with fishing and Israel is no exception to it. However, Israel is not just into fishing but practices and emphasizes on ‘fish farming’. Farming and that too […]
Israel succeeded in channelizing and supplying water from reservoirs in the north to areas in the south due to tireless efforts and research. It helped Israel bring the problem of water scarcity under control. However, taking into consideration the population that was increasing every day and the progress the Israeli society, it was quite clear […]
Paris/Washington/Tokyo: While the US-China trade war is intensifying, US President Donald Trump announced a free trade agreement with Japan. President Trump gave information regarding the free trade agreement, following the discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on the sidelines of the G7 summit being held in Paris. Trump claimed the agreement to be […]
The name Arieh Sharon naturally appears before us when we talk about the ‘Development Towns’ in Israel. Likewise, when the subject is the ‘development achieved in the Negev Desert’, the name ‘Menachem Perlmutter’ is not to be missed. Born in 1928 in Czechoslovakia, the name ‘Menachem Perlmutter’ inspires respect as the ‘Architect of the Negev […]
One particular memory of David Ben-Gurion is quite famous. As per the ‘master plan’ developed by the team of Architect Arieh Sharon, the development towns were under-construction all across Israel. Similar plans for the region of Negev were also on the anvil. The Negev Desert covers more than half of Israel and thus it was […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence, ‘Although the goal to make India, a $5 trillion economy, by 2024, is very challenging, it can be achieved if appropriate cooperation is received from the Indian states.’ In his inaugural address at the fifth meeting of the planning commission NITI Aayog, Prime Minister Modi appealed to […]
The attention of the whole world had by now focused on the decision that the United Nations would give on the plan of Palestine’s partition submitted by the special committee appointed by it (United Nations Special Committee on Palestine’ or the UNSCOP) for handling the Palestine issue. However, the Israeli leaders, especially David Ben-Gurion, were […]
During the period of World War II, the British continued to appease the Arabs but at the same time, adopted a harsh policy towards the Jews. Even though for the Jews in Europe and particularly in Germany it was a question of survival, the laws regarding the Jewish immigration to Palestine were perpetually being made […]
Tel Aviv: The mortar and Balloon bomb attacks carried out by the Hamas terrorists and their supporters in the Israeli border areas, continue for the third successive day. Israel also has continued retaliation against these attacks, with air strikes and it is reported that military bases of Hamas have been destroyed in these air strikes. At the same time, […]
The years from 1939 to 1945 were bloodied by World War II. It was during this time that the Jews in Europe at large and Nazi Germany, in particular, faced horrible atrocities. However, the atmosphere in Palestine was stirred up, and many incidents directing the Jews towards their independence had started to take place. On […]