Agriculture
The documents include proposed changes to the country’s basic laws, designed to prevent Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett from bolting the new government and to ensure that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot again serve as premier.
“Thanks to the [Abraham Accords], we—an Israeli company—are able to cooperate with our Middle East neighbors to solve one of the region’s difficult problems: water scarcity,” said Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, president and CEO of Watergen.
“The signs at this stage are positive, but more than just nice words will be required,” says Simon Henderson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
It will acquire about 100 new shelters—each capable of protecting dozens of citizens—in the hopes of saving as many lives as possible.
The Israeli prime minister said “there is no army in the world that does more than the Israeli army, in the Israeli security services, in Israeli intelligence to prevent collateral damage.”
Israeli politics is embroiled in a new political crisis, as Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit says a vote to appoint Likud’s Ofir Akunis to the vacant position was in violation of the law
Spring brings swarm of locusts to southern Israel
Farmers fear for their crops, but migratory birds are enjoying nature’s “protein bars.”
In an exclusive interview, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov says he hopes to open Azeri trade and tourism bureaus in the Jewish state.
For years, it has been viewed as a shipping route, a source for marine resources, a beachside resort, even a possible garbage dump, says Professor Ilana Berman-Frank of the University of Haifa.
“Beyond the important potential for additional trade, there are now infinite investment opportunities that Moroccan and Israeli private sectors can take advantage of,” says the president of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises.
“If the U.S. pushes Iran away, it is natural that China brings it closer,” says an Israeli specialist on China’s relations with the Middle East • Cooperation on military and intelligence-sharing are of particular concern to Israel’s interests.
According to data collected by HaShomer HaChadash, agricultural damages sustained in 2020 came to around $7 million—a 10 percent increase from the previous year.