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Last week, Reut’s ‘Communities’ team attended the Communal Resilience conference at Seminar E’fal. The event was organized by the Social Services Department in Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, as well as by the Community Stress Prevention Center.

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The much anticipated Turning Point 3 Home Front emergency exercise came to an end last week. As part of the drill, civilians were as asked to enter bomb shelters when air sirens were sounded nationwide.

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The Manufacturers Association in the south of Israel recently announced its intention to open first aid training courses. Acquiring basic skills such as first aid is an important step in implementing a culture of preparedness and can contribute to Israel’s national resilience.

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Referring to the home front exercise that the National Emergency Authority recently launched, deputy minister of defense Matan Vilnai stated that “the exercise is a further test of the relations between the sectors [in Israel]“.

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Last week, the Washington Post reported that President Obama intents to significantly increase the budget of AmeriCorps volunteering program. This move is mostly aimed at encouraging young Americans to contribute to their community against the background of the ongoing economic crisis.

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The decision by the Mayor of Sderot to re-open the local swimming pool is a good example of trying to create a Civilian Network that strengthens resilience.

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This coming June, the National Emergency Agency plans to operate ‘Turning Point 3’ – a drill whose main purpose is to coordinate the military and civilian systems due to operate in times of crisis.

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The London Regional Resilience Forum is a local ‘mega community‘ that brings together relevant stakeholders and decision makers from different sectors in the London Area in order to achieve a more effective and synchronized regime of disaster preparedness.

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Much of Obama’s ‘economic crisis’ speech to Congress was about changing the patterns of routine community activity while reinforcing and promoting its traditional values. This idea coincides with Reut Institute’s perception of financial and organizational resilience.

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Operation ‘Cast Lead’ may have momentarily restored the spirit of national solidarity and pride towards the residents of the south. However, the operation’s end and the return to the difficult routine of emergency experienced for so many years, has exposed the weakness of Israel’s strategy for dealing with the unique challenge presented by ‘low intensity’ [...]

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