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Israel and Philippines sign business agreement

The agreement will encourage and protect investments between the countries.

 Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and Filipino Secretary of Trade and Industry Ramon Lopez.
AMSA_IL Med Team - Philippine Ambassador Macairog S. Alberto (fourth from left) sends off the Israeli medical team, which will be working with the Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19 to share Israel's experiences and best practices in treating Covid-19 patients. The team is comprised of D

Israel health team assists Philippines in COVID-19 response

Katheryne Wendy Cruz, Political Attach`e - Embassy of the Philippines, David Yaari, Vice Chairman of the Confederation of General Zionists, First Secretary and Consul of the Philippines Embassy in Tel Aviv, Raichel Quinones  and  former MK and Secretary General of the Confederation of General Zionis

Philippines awarded special certificate for support of Jews in Holocaust

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Opening the door to persecuted Jews because ‘it was the right thing to do’


MEET THE AMBASSADOR: Filipino ambassador is no stranger to turmoil

Neal Imperial: I admire the quality and depth of strategic thinking and analysis you can’t find anywhere else.

FILIPINO AMBASSADOR Neal Imperial (left) presents a Hebrew edition of the Lonely Planet Philippines guidebook to Boaz Waksman of Ophir Tours.

Philippine leader's Hitler comments 'troubling'

In a rambling speech on his arrival in Davao City after a visit to Vietnam, Duterte told reporters that he had been "portrayed to be some cousin of Hitler" by critics.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

President Manuel L. Quezon – A hero from a far-away country

In the late 1930s, Philippine president, along with US High Commissioner McNutt and the Frieder brothers authorized the admission of some 1,300 European Jewish refugees who had fled from the Nazis.

NEWLY ARRIVING Jewish refugees from Europe wave from the ship ‘S.S. Awarea’ as it pulls into Haifa port in 1948

Philippine rebels kill most wanted Islamist militant in country

The rebels are waiting for government to set up a new Muslim autonomous government in the south.

Abdul Basit Usman

A story of persistence: How a Catholic Filipino became an IDF soldier

“I saw how everyone serves in the military, and I also wanted to contribute,” said Corp. Refael.

orporal Aaron Refael is a Catholic who drafted into the IDF

Syrian rebels demand ransom, removal from terror list in order to free captive Fiji troops

The Nusra Front, a Syrian affiliate of al-Qaida, says it is holding the peacekeepers because the UN force protects Israel.

Syrian rebels take picture of Israeli flag shorly after taking control of Quneitra Crossing.

Fighting breaks out along Syrian border, with captured Fiji troops nearby

A heavy firefight erupts between the Syrian army and Islamist rebels, along the Syrian border with Israel.

Smoke rises following an explosion on the Syrian side near the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights and Syria, August 29, 2014.

Rebels capture 43 UN peacekeepers at Israel-Syria border

UN troops detained in Syria, day after rebel coalition which includes al-Qaida offshoot seized Quneitra crossing.

UNDOF peacekeepers [file]

Little Manila

The Filipino community in Israel gained a moment of attention with Rose Fostanes’ ‘X-Factor’ win, but for the majority of those working here, no real change is on the horizon

Filipinos in Israel