Tanzania

Grapevine, July 10, 2026: Mixed Irish feelings

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CHIEF OF State Protocol Gil Haskel with Tanzanian Ambassador Alex Gabriel Kallua.
Illustration: The skull of an asian elephant.

Early humans may have begun eating elephants, large animals 1.8 million years ago - study

The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the growth of larger brains in the Homo erectus lineage.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Tanzanian ambassador to Israel, Alex Gabriel Kalua attends a farewell ceremony for Joshua Loitu Mollel. November 18, 2025.

Officials, friends bid final farewell to former hostage Joshua Loitu Mollel at airport ceremony

The ceremony, which was live-streamed for Mollel’s family and friends in his home country, was widely attended by his colleagues in the Agrostudies program.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Joshua Loitu Mollel, of blessed memory, was an agricultural student from Tanzania who came to Kibbutz Nahal Oz just 19 days before the attack on October 7th.

Who was Joshua Mollel, Tanzanian agricultural student abducted by Hamas? - explainer

Joshua Mollel, a Tanzanian intern at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, was tragically killed in the Hamas attack. Friends remember him as brave and hopeful.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Access Israel climbs Kilimanjaro

“Climbing a mountain is more about the mind. If you take it easy and relax, all goes easy,” said Sabino (“Sabi”) Kweka.

FEBRUARY 27, 2020ByHOWARD BLAS
TO THE summit: (front from left) Paratrek CEO Omer Zur and co-worker Rowee Benbenishty; cliimbers with disabilities (back row, left to right) in Paratreks: Arnold John, Marcela Maranon, Starla Hiliard-Barnes and Arnon Amit