COMAS in the News

The initiative, called Speed Design, came from the interior design department at the College of Management Academic Studies. Speed Design is being held for the second straight year, last year’s event having been dedicated to residents of Jaffa and the central region of Israel.

Dr. Yuval Dror from the School of Media Studies is interviewed on the use of social media by Israel for the internet PR campaign over Gaza.

Dr. Yuval Dror from the School of Media Studies is interviewed on the use of social media by both Hamas and Israel.

"The Palestinian Authority is quickly, in my view, losing its legitimacy in the eye of the public, if it is not able to bring also the political goal forwards -- the creation of a Palestinian state which lives side by side with Israel in peace and security," Robert Serry said on Monday. The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process was speaking to students at the Rishon Lezion College of Management near Tel Aviv.

O coordenador da ONU para o processo de paz no Oriente Médio, Robert Serry, afirmou que a Autoridade Palestina está "perdendo rapidamente a legitimidade ante a população", por não conseguir estimular a criação de um Estado que viva "ao lado de Israel em paz e segurança". "Continuo acreditando que, se conseguirmos reativar o processo de paz, podemos consolidar as realizações da Autoridade em benefício dos palestinos, mas também dos israelenses e de todos os habitantes da região", completou, segundo o comunicado, durante um discurso na noite de segunda-feira para estudantes em Rishon Letzion, perto de Tel Aviv.

Serry spoke at the opening ceremony of ISRAMUN 2012 (Israel International Model United Nations) at the College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) in Rishon LeTzion.

Robert Serry also urges Israel to look at situation in Syria as opportunity to shape a better future for region On Monday, Serry told the closing ceremony of Israel’s model United Nations conference that the PA needed to show progress on the two-state front if it wanted political gains to go along with recent economic advances. “The Palestinian Authority is quickly, in my view, losing its legitimacy in the eye of the public, if it is not able to bring also the political goal forwards – the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security,” he told the crowd at the College of Management in Rishon Lezion.

A strong Palestinian economy will not be enough to maintain stability in the West Bank, UN special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry said Monday night. Serry was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Israel International Model United Nations at the College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) in Rishon LeZion. The theme of this year's program was "It's Not All About the Money."

Participants of ISRAMUN 2012 are sharing their experiences on Arutz Sheva TV.

Two participants of ISRAMUN 2012 interviewed by IBA Englsih TV News. ISRAMUN (Israel Model United Nations) is taking place at COMAS every August.

Bank of Israel governor Prof. Stanley Fischer was speaking at the openning of the 4th annual Israel International Model United Nations at the College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS).

According to the UN World Investment Report, investment in Israel totaled $11.37 billion in 2011, 106% more than in 2010. The synopsis of the report on Israel was prepared by the College of Management's Business School.

That is the message famed Singaporean social entrepreneur and World Toilet Organization founder Jack Sim imparted to Israeli students this week at an event on entrepreneurship hosted by COMAS' School of Business.

Dr. Yuval Dror of the School of Media Studies was interviewed by Jackie Beechum of the English-language radio program, "Face to Face", following the release of the recent internet survey, "Israelis in the Digital Age 2012".

Foreign direct investment in Israel is expected to reach $9.5 billion, a drop from the record $14.3b. achieved in 2006 but still the second-highest level in the country's history, a new study released Tuesday predicted. The World Investment Report, an annual publication of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), expects the downward trend to continue over the next few years given an expected economic slowdown in the US.

The higher one's income the more likely he will be connected to the Internet, a new survey of Israelis' Internet use has found.

In the year 2000, three Israeli soldiers were kidnapped and murdered by Hezbollah on the border of Lebanon. Their names were Benny Avraham, Adi Avitan and Omar Souad. It took three and a half years to return their bodies in a story that the entire Israeli nation followed closely. I met with Haim Avraham and Yaakov Avitan, the fathers of 2 of the abducted soldiers on this college of Management campus in the city of Rishon Lezion. It's been 12 years, but Haim has not forgotten the feeling of losing his child and living in the unknown. The story of the October 2000 kidnappings on Mount Dov is a story of sad coincidence, or call it fate. A story that united these family-men together, years later, with a common goal.

Soon-to-be-published study that men start out earning more than women, wage differentials increase sharply as workers age.

On a recent visit here, Dr. Lance Strate a professor of comuunication and media studies at New York's Fordham University, discusses social media and how they help facilitate social change.

The topic of the interview is related to the use of images in times of conflict to support a narrative, because of the emotional response they draw. In this specific case, groups in the Gaza Strip posted photos on Twitter of adults carrying badly wounded children, and claimed they taken this past weekend following an Israeli airstrike. It was later revealed that these photos were actually taken at a completely different time (one on 2006, and one in 2009).