The Shurat Hadin – Legal Action Center told The Jerusalem Post on late Thursday night that it had won a significant battle in its terror financing case (on behalf of 22 families) against the Bank of China by convincing the New York Appellate Division to apply Israeli law and keep the case in New York.
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Beijing July 11, 2013.
The ubiquitous “Made in China” stamp that for years could be found on cheap manufactured goods in Israel and around the world is gradually giving way to a new economic reality.
JOHNSON LIU, deputy director-general of the China Foreign Trade Center, addresses Israelis in TA – Photo: Shlomi Mizrachi
On Monday, representatives from Canton Fair, China’s largest trade exhibition, met in Tel Aviv’s David Intercontinental Hotel and urged Israeli businesses to join the event in mid-October. But for the first time, they were not courting just importers to distribute Chinese goods to Israel; instead, they laid out the case for Israeli businesses to sell to China.
Chinese ambassador to Israel Gao Yanping voiced her admiration for Israel’s achievements in science and technology on Wednesday in a meeting with Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri.
Minister Peri and Chinese Ambassador Gao Yanping.- Photo: Courtesy- Ministry of Science, Technology and Spac
The ambassador, who was born in Nanjing and holds advanced degrees in law in addition to her bachelor of arts degree, told Peri that cooperation in these fields between the two countries will benefit both her own giant country and the small State of Israel. Continue Reading »
By Shimon Shiffer
Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren was called back to Israel to take part in an emergency meeting convened this weekend by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu so that Oren could pass on messages sent by the US administration and Congress in the wake of tensions between the two countries. Continue Reading »
By Elad Benari
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi), who is on a visit to China to promote trade relations, had some tips for Israelis who wish to do business with the Chinese.
Economy Ministry Bennett in China – Screenshot
In a video message he recorded from Shanghai on Wednesday, Bennett not only said his visit has been very successful, but also noted that the Chinese are not interested in the Israeli-Arab conflict or other goings on in the Middle East. Continue Reading »
Beijing is pressuring Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to backtrack on a promise to help in a US terror funding lawsuit involving a Chinese bank’s alleged involvement in a 2006 Tel Aviv suicide bombing, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a gala dinner in Shanghai , May 6 – Photo: REUTERS
The Bank of China allegedly allowed Iran to deliver funding to terrorist organizations, including Islamic Jihad, that carried out an attack killing 16-year-old Daniel Wultz and 10 others at the Rosh Ha’ir shwarma restaurant near the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station.
By Matan Tzuri
Students in Israel are already prepared for the summer break – but on the other side of the world, another group of students is studying the battles of Israel and the changes that came about because of them.
Chinese, the Netanyahus, at Great Wall during May state visit
Eighth grade students in Beijing schools are preparing for their world history exam, and Israeli history plays a large role in what they are being taught, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Continue Reading »
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to “build mutual trust” and resume dialogue, saying China wanted to promote peace in the Middle East.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu clinking glasses with his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, May 8, 2013. – Photo: AP
“We hope Israel and Palestine can work together, take feasible measures, gradually build mutual trust, restart the peace talks as soon as possible and make substantial progress,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry quoted Xi as telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue Reading »
By Atilla Somfalvi
Even as things heat up in the north, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took off for China, with a slight two hour delay, due to the situation on the Syrian front. The main issues scheduled for discussion during the prime minister’s China meetings include economics and Iran.
Special cabinet meeting convened Sunday – Photo: Noam Moskovich
Sunday morning Netanyahu made no mention of the attacks on Syria, for which Israeli officials had told news agencies that Israel was responsible. Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit China next week. The trip marks 20 years since diplomatic relations were established between the two countries.
Chinese Ambassador to Israel Gao Yanping: Netanyahu’s visit “will determine the direction which the relationship will take in coming years, and it will elevate the ties to a new level” – Photo: Yehoshua Yosef
Aside from holding discussions on economic matters and trade, Netanyahu will also take part in talks on the latest developments in the Iranian nuclear program and the unfolding events in Syria.
Just hours earlier, China’s Minister of Transportation Li Shenglin and his Israeli counterpart, Yisrael Katz, had signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on a multibillion dollar project inside Israel that some say could constitute an alternative trade route to the Suez Canal. Continue Reading »
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