Empower the Bedouin, and build a future
‘Cooperation between us is not a choice, but a must, if we want to build a future. We can’t do that without empowering the Bedouin community.’
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.
‘Cooperation between us is not a choice, but a must, if we want to build a future. We can’t do that without empowering the Bedouin community.’
Israeli medical advances and inventions get a check-up during the first-ever Medical Breakthroughs Tour for Doctors. The ViRobe developed by Prof. Moshe Shoham is a
Implantable device invented in Israel electrically ‘teaches’ diseased heart muscle to contract more strongly and get the blood pumping.
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Once the most important port city in Roman Palestine, today Caesarea offers a mix of Mediterranean sports and intriguing antiquities.
Eli Mizrahi is changing the culture of the open-air marketplace, luring younger and more affluent shoppers. But the bottom line is still fresh food, he
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Israel leads the way in professionalizing the field of medical clowning and providing scientific evidence for its effectiveness.
Israeli environmental scientists plant hardy trees meant to improve air quality and provide renewable fuel, using ‘unusable’ land and water.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors tour Jerusalem every year, but where should they go when they get caught short? ISRAEL21c gives you a guide to the top 10 toilets in the city.
Street artists use the raw surfaces of Jerusalem’s open-air marketplace to launch Tabula Rasa, an eclectic urban art project.
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