By Reuters  April 27, 2018 | 08:13 am GMT+7 Israeli rescue services personnel operate near the site where a group of Israeli youths was swept away by a flash flood, near the Zafit river bed, south to the Dead Sea, Israel, April 26, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Amir Cohen The flood caught a party of 25 trekkers in the usually bone-dry area by surprise. At least nine teenage seminary students died after they were swept away by a flash flood in the Negev Desert in southern Israel on Thursday, an ambulance service said. Military helicopters and search and rescue units scoured the Zafit river bed that flows into the rift valley at the southern end of the Dead Sea after a flash flood caught a party of 25 trekkers in the usually bone-dry area by surprise. Another student was unaccounted for and the search was suspended as night fell and heavy thunderstorms returned to the region, police said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the event as a “terrible … [Read more...] about Nine teenagers dead, one missing in southern Israel flash flood
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HCM City to boost comprehensive cooperation with Israel
At the meeting Nhan hoped to enhance cooperation with Israel in various fields, with the focus on innovation and solutions to building Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city. The Party Secretary of the city introduced the Israeli ambassador to the project of building Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city and hoped to find solutions to the project in the upcoming visit of the City’s leadership to Israel in May. For his part, Ambassador Nadav Eshcar believed that Ho Chi Minh City and Israel have more potential for cooperation and development and he expected the visit to Israel of the city’s leadership will be successful. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about HCM City to boost comprehensive cooperation with Israel
Israel ready to further boost cooperation with HCMC
The city’s Party chief highly appreciated cooperation activities carried out by Israel in Ho Chi Minh City over the past years in various fields, such as developing breed of cow, education, healthcare. Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan hoped that the forthcoming visit to Israel by the Ho Chi Minh City’s high-ranking delegation will contribute to strengthening cooperation between the two sides. It will be also a chance for the city’s government to learn about experience in buiding smart city and technological creative activities of Israel. For his part, Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar said that Israel is willing to share experience in building smart city and enhancing education cooperation. By THANH HANG – Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar further boost cooperation with HCMC … [Read more...] about Israel ready to further boost cooperation with HCMC
’Don’t test Israel’s resolve’, PM warns Iran on Holocaust Day
Viet Nam News JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned Iran not to test Israel’s resolve, in a speech marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. Speaking at a ceremony at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, the Israeli premier spoke of the murderous Nazi aggression that was not sufficiently challenged by Western powers. "Today, too, there’s an extremist regime that’s threatening us, threatening the peace of the entire world," Netanyahu said of Iran. "That regime explicitly declares that it intends on destroying us, the Jewish state." "I have a message to the rulers of Iran -– don’t test Israel’s resolve," Netanyahu said. Russia, Syria and Iran accused Israel of an air strike Monday that hit a regime base in Syria, killing 14 Syrian and Iranian personnel. Israel has refused to comment on the strike. Israel has acknowledged carrying out dozens of air strikes in Syria since 2013 to stop what it says … [Read more...] about ’Don’t test Israel’s resolve’, PM warns Iran on Holocaust Day
Netanyahu suspends Israel-UN deal on resettling African migrants
Viet Nam News JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday suspended a resettlement deal for African migrants faced with deportation, just hours after his office had announced the agreement with the UN refugee agency. "I’ve decided to suspend implementation of this accord and to rethink the terms of the accord," Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page, saying his move was in response to criticism of the deal. Israel had announced a deal with the UNHCR to cancel a controversial plan to deport African migrants and replace it with one that would see thousands sent to Western countries. The new accord would at the same time allow thousands more of the mainly Sudanese and Eritrean migrants to remain in Israel at least temporarily. The migrants have become a political issue, with religious and conservative politicians portraying the presence of Muslim and Christian Africans as a threat to Israel’s Jewish character. A group of residents of southern Tel … [Read more...] about Netanyahu suspends Israel-UN deal on resettling African migrants