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India, Sri Lanka, and Israel’s overlooked Indian Ocean opportunity  - opinion

Sri Lanka may not top Israel’s Asia agenda but its location, its ties with India, and its emerging role in the Indian Ocean make it a strategic opportunity hiding in plain sight.

|ByDR. LAUREN DAGAN AMOSS
Sri Lanka air force IAI Kfir fighter jets fly past a national flag during the National Victory Ceremony in Colombo June 3, 2009.
Weligama Beach, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan police arrest two suspects for allegedly planning attack on Israeli tourism spot

The area is frequented by Israeli tourists, who are believed to be the target of the attack.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
Tea Trail Resort

We found the perfect substitute for the Maldives, with a direct flight

Sri Lanka's tropical paradise offers idyllic beaches, extreme activities, lush landscapes, and ancient temples, easily reached by new direct flights.

|ByYANIV BRET
An Israeli volunteer walks with a weapon as he helps farmers from Kibbutz Beeri, Israel, to pick avocados from their land as part of an initiative to help farmers from Kibbutzes in Israel near the border with Gaza to pick the crops after the October 7 deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza.

Sri Lankan workers plug gap in Israeli labor force

Sir Lankan Ambassador to Israel, Nimal Bandara has been working tirelessly with the Israeli and Sri Lankan governments to find a solution to this problem.

|ByANDREA SAMUELS

Thousands of Sri Lankan workers set to depart for Israel despite war

The Sri Lankan workers will join some 9,000 compatriots already in Israel, working in farming and care for the elderly.

NOVEMBER 23, 2023ByREUTERS
An Israeli volunteer walks with a weapon as he helps farmers from Kibbutz Beeri, Israel, to pick avocados from their land as part of an initiative to help farmers from Kibbutzes in Israel near the border with Gaza to pick the crops after the October 7 deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza.

Six new ambassadors present credentials to President Herzog

Herzog suggested that a positive step in this direction would be to have the president of Sri Lanka come to Israel with a delegation, and the ambassador said that he would be happy to recommend it

MAY 23, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog with incoming Ethiopian Ambassador Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh

Family of Jewish teens killed in Sri Lanka to start charity in memory

APRIL 29, 2019ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

Sri Lankan ambassador to Israel: 'We are still in shock'

Envoy to Israel says waiting for word from Colombo regarding assistance needs

APRIL 23, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Tel Aviv lit up in a display of the Sri Lanka flag

If You Build Israel Studies, They Will Come

AUGUST 30, 2016ByMITCHELL BARD
The Jerusalem Post