While most of the donors were relatives of patients needing a transplant, for reasons of compatibility, none were able to directly donate to their loved ones.
These retreats provide a therapeutic environment where soldiers who have suffered life-changing injuries can relax, connect, and prepare for the next stage of their rehabilitation.
"I'm quite confident that we will have a corridor that could go through Israel, from the Arabian Peninsula, from Asia to the Arabian Peninsula to Israel to Cyprus, and from there to Europe."
'Why hasn’t the EU ever called any other people’s residential activities in other occupied territories an international crime?,' asks Dutch MEP Michiel Hoogeveen.
Israel, Cyprus, and Greece have signed a cooperation agreement in 2016 to build a wide-ranging system of emergency cooperation between the countries, including firefighting and handling of natural disasters.
The IDF has said in recent weeks that the army was stepping up its preparations for an attack on Iran and will hold a major exercise in preparation for such a possibility.
The exercise will be carried out in varying terrain routes that resemble intense fighting that relies on multi-armed cooperation from the foot soldier to the general staff.
Israel welcomed Cyprus’ adoption on Wednesday of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which cites various anti-Israeli accusations as anti-Semitic examples.
Seventy years later, Murray Greenfield can still remember the anger he felt when he was locked up with hundreds of Jewish Holocaust survivors in a British detention camp on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
Avigdor Liberman said Friday that the two countries are 'very, very reliable friends,' despite all the political and security problems plaguing the region.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered the dispatch of firefighting aircraft from Israel to assist Cyprus in its efforts to extinguish a massive brush-fire near Paphos.
The joint exercise is the first practical result of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's initiative to build a wide-ranging system of emergency cooperation between the two countries.
Iran, the anchor of a "dangerous axis," is building a complex global terror network with sleeper cells ready to act on demand, Israel's Defense Minister said.
Egypt's private sector will likely still import Israeli natural gas despite the discovery of the Zohr field as Egypt needs eight years to begin producing gas.
Yet another peace initiative? Cyprus and the EU reportedly offered a new venue to restart the failed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
A Cyprus criminal court sentenced Hussein Bassam Abdallah, a member of the terrorist group Hezbollah, to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempting to carry out a terror attack against Israeli interests.
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