Tag: Eilat
Saving the Red Sea’s coral reefs by building fake ones
Israel’s bustling city of Eilat, at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba and Red Sea, is renowned for beaches, hotels and one of the world’s northernmost coral reefs.
Magnificent, colorful, diverse corals, sponges,...
Eilat beaches closed after Jordanian swims across border
Dozens of Israel Police officers and soldiers, as well as police sappers, were scrambled to Eilat’s southern beachfront on Wednesday to evacuate vacationers and sweep the area for a Jordanian citizen suspected of having...
Without foreign travel, internal tourism still prohibitively expensive for Israelis
Israelis love family, they love the beach, they love parties and they love Bamba snacks. But most of all, Israelis love to travel. They can be found traveling all around the world—in Europe (especially...
4.3 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Israel
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Israel’s south on Sunday morning, according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel.
According to the institute, the earthquake epicenter was around 62 miles south of Eilat in an area known as...
Oceanography exchange program to bring American graduate students to Israel
Israel has been chosen as one of four countries to host 27 graduate students from 24 U.S. institutions as part of a first cohort of the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) program, funded...