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Self-confidence rather than negative stereotypes
The “Research Cooperation Lower Saxony – Israel” is attempting to defuse hostility between groups – including in the Middle East conflict. In this project, working groups from Leuphana University Lüneburg and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are pooling their expertise.
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Israel: Lack of strategy jeopardises AI location
Israel is considered a leader in research and entrepreneurial initiative in the field of artificial intelligence. However, the government is struggling to promote the necessary infrastructure.
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Minerva Scientific Director Ulman Lindenberger bids farewell after 5 intense years
Ulman Lindenberger bids farewell after five years as Scientific Director of the Minerva Foundation. In his farewell address he looks back on an intense time. His successor will be Christian Doeller.
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Award winners of the Simom Peres Prize 2025
he 2025 Shimon Peres Prize has been awarded to two civil society initiatives whose projects make a sustainable contribution to understanding, empathy and exchange.
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State Secretary Marcus Pleyer visits Israel
Marcus Pleyer, State Secretary in the Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), vitited Israel at the beginning of December to attend the 42nd meeting of the Board of Trustees of the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF). During his trip he also visited other key partners of the BMFTR.
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Weizmann Institute awards Angela Merkel honorary doctorate
On 10 November 2025, the Israeli Weizmann Institute awarded former German Chancellor Angela Merkel an honorary doctorate ‘in recognition of her unprecedented services to global diplomacy and international partnerships’.
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Germany to become Associate Member of SESAME
During a visit to the SESAME laboratory in Jordan on 15 November 2025, Dr Silke Launert, Parliamentary Secretary of State of the German Ministry for Research, Technology and Space, announced that Germany intends to become Associate Member of SESAME.
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Preliminary Announcement: EP MerMed Joint Transnational Call 2026
CARMEN 2026, a joint call by the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) adressing cardiovascular, metabolic, and kidney diseases, will open on 25 November 2025. Funding organisations from both Israel and Germany are involved in this call.
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New Max Planck Center brings together researchers from Freiburg and Jerusalem
On 11 November 2025, the Max Planck Center for Democracy, Security and Human Rights was inaugurated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It tackles questions like: How can societies defend themselves without destroying the democratic and rule of law values they seek to protect?
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Thuringia’s Prime Minister Mario Voigt and high ranking delegation travel to Israel
Thuringia’s Minister-President Mario Voigt travels to Israel with a high-ranking delegation from 9 to 13 November 2025. The trip will take him to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem under the motto ‘Research. Innovation. Partnership / Thuringia and Israel – shaping the future, living solidarity and strengthening friendships’.
