The
DiploTech Global Summit, hosted by Liz Claman, Fox News Anchor, spearheaded by Ambassador
Danny Danon and attended by Ambassador Nikki Haley as well as the H.E. David Kabua, President of the Marshall Islands, H.E. Pedro Brolo Vila, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala and H.E. E.P Chet Green, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Immigration, Antigua and Barbuda, in addition to tech experts, was viewed by a global audience. The first diplomatic-technology summit was rife with comments from world leaders, policymakers and Israeli tech innovators on the world moving beyond COVID, collaborations between nations, Israeli technology and the wider political scene.
In an exclusive conversation with Ambassador Danny Danon, Ambassador Nikki Haley pointed out that China needed to be called to account for COVID by the world community and called on the world to get vaccinated, specifying that although the process was fast the same rigorous testing has been adhered to with the COVID vaccine. She praised Israel for its technology and innovation and the Trump administration for the turnaround that we are witnessing through the normalization agreements where Arab countries are recognizing the importance of a partnership with Israel.
You can watch the event below
On other items, she spoke about how the world still does not know the real truth about the Palestinian refugees under the UNRWA framework and she called out the UN for its untruthful Israel bashing. Ambassador Haley referred to the futility of the Iran deal and how Iran has no intention to bring peace to the Middle East. She also raised concerns about Biden’s intentions to reinstate a deal that doesn’t work.
“This is about truth, and about the fact that the entire world assumes that there are millions of people that are considered refugees according to UNRWA, yet they will never talk about the facts. It is hugely important towards peace and towards truth, and it is important that everyone deserves to know what that true refugee number is.”
The distinguished officials talked about increased collaboration with Israel and how strong connections are shared despite the distance. They spoke of the importance of technology in our post-COVID world and how partnerships with Israel can help advance technological solutions.
In the technology panels, Masood Al Awar, CEO, Medallion Associates from the UAE spoke about the large opportunity for collaboration between Israel and the UAE. Rafi Kaminer, Founder, CEO and President, Pangea Group Ltd. highlighted the air sniffer technology which will sense if a person has COVID-19. He anticipates this happening by 2021 in highly frequented places such as Airports and sports events. He also spoke about opening the economy with a mobile vaccine card and green passport.
Dr. Kira Radinksy talked about how scientists are now becoming part of the wider decision making process which was not the case prior. She referred to conducting our check-ups through our mobile phones and to scale the medical services so that instead of a physician focussing superficially on up to 5000 patients, an automated system can treat patients with more individualized care and no time restraints. Zach Fenster from Watergen discussed solving the global water crisis and Meggie Abecasis spoke about the importance of bringing nature to urban spaces. The panelists agreed that governments must be more flexible in their approach when it comes to startups and innovation.
Ambassador Danny Danon said: “Israel is proving that it continues to be the startup nation when it comes to technology. The world is recognizing that Israel has a lot to offer in the way of innovation and partnerships from agritech and watertech to healthtech and cyber security. We welcome global partners to discuss post-COVID solutions to help change our lives for the better today, and help build the world of tomorrow.”
Ambassador Nikki Haley said: “We all know the research, innovation and technology that comes out of Israel. The world knows how smart Israel is, now it’s time to collaborate and really use the technology for good. The Arab countries now want to normalise relations with Israel also. They now know that a partnership with Israel is good for them. That a partnership with Israel will bring additional technology, additional innovation, additional friends and additional partnerships in the fight against Iran and terrorism.”