Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Terrorist acts in Israel.

During last few days Israel is shaken by terrorist acts. There was the murder of spouses Khenken, disorders in Jaffa yesterday, there was an attack in Jerusalem this morning in the Old town and two people were wounded.

It is terrible to live and to know that at any moment some madman "suicide bomber" or "female bomber" would unpin at the supermarket where your wife went or would jump with a knife on your children going to school. The incident with Adele Bennett is shocking. Here is a quote from Facebook page of Avigdor Lieberman: "Traders and shopkeepers at  HaGuy street in the Old Town of Jerusalem, not only refused to help Adele Bennett who was wounded, bleeding, with a knife sticking out of the wound, but spat at her, beat and shouted obscenities; they are not people, they are terrorist’ supporters who dehumanized themselves. Those who mocked the wounded women can not be called humans. Therefore I call on the citizens of Israel to boycott the shops on the street Ha Guy in the Old Town, do not go shopping there.

I expect that the Minister of tourism will order travel agencies and guides not invite tourists for shopping to the street. You can not deal with terrorists and their supporters. "

Yesterday the murdering site of Khenken spouses was visited by Benjamin Netanyahu, Moshe (Bugi) Ya’alon, the Minister of Defence, and general lieutenant Gadi Eizenkot, the Chief of General Staff of the IDF. “I’ve ordered to prosecute an inquiry, to arrest, interrogate and convict those guilty and to close their shops in accordance with law. We can not forgive this” Benjamin Netanyahu said in his interview.

Today atmosphere in Israel is really tense and some politicians even predict the third intifada and call upon uncompromising rhetoric and full physical destroying of those implicated in terrorism.
I’m against radical steps and bloodshed but I’m warrant that any State should take all possible measures in order to provide security and safety of its citizens. If it is necessary to retaliate with cruelty, Israel can do it and it will.

Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Welcome weapon?

Friends, today I would like to touch upon the topic of weapon free sale legalization. In Israel and a range of other countries possession of a firearm is allowed, whereas in Ukraine it is forbidden. The question of enshrinement in the law the right of citizens to possess weapon is as relevant as ever.
On my opinion there could be no unambiguous answer to this question.

Let’s take a view of the situation in Eastern Europe countries, the Baltics and Israel where weapon is legalized. Amount of gun crime there is minimized, because possessing weapon doesn’t mean shooting the first person you meet. Moreover legal weapons acquisition needs registration and thus it is easy to monitor.

Of course weapon legalization is quite a risk, especially in this corrupt country where all medical certificates and commissions will be just a formality. On the other hand there is war in Ukraine. One in two soldiers is coming back with “loots” and we all see the consequences of careless handling of it in daily news.

Currently on the web-site of Ukrainian president the petition on assertion of citizens’ right to defense has already collected more than 25 thousand signatures. Petro Poroshenko considered it and ordered Volodymyr Groysman, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament), to create working group for discussing of the issue. We will see what it will result in, but one thing is clear: situation in the country is, say the least, unstable. To give people possibility to protect themselves on my opinion is correct. Discussions on the issue that such legalization will help to equip criminals are unserious one, because they always will be the clients of black market, where you can buy everything if you have money.

In Israel, the country where guns are legal, and there are ongoing conflicts, there is a wonderful saying: " Try to fire a pistol on the street, they will answer you with an automatic rifle ." The authorities are not able to provide everyone with a policeman. We should learn to protect ourselves. They say that "God created human beings, and Colonel Colt equated their rights".

There is a lot of weapon in Ukraine and it always will be so. The only question is who will control its sales: State or black-market dealers.

Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Public procurement becomes transparent.

Recently the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a procurement law. The reform is crucial and needful for our country!

The core of the initiative is to make information about public tenders more transparent and accessible. From now on, each of us can view on-line tender pricing, the list of participating companies’ owners and tender evaluation report. Full documentation package will be submitted only by potential winners and nobody can demand from participants the information which is already public.

Such reform would eliminate corruption in public procurement schemes in Ukraine. Cost savings will be hundreds thousands of dollars per year! Most developed countries have already implemented such mechanism in their tender system.

Besides, the Act will allow Ukraine to join the so-called Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) within the WTO. GPA’s requirements of public procurement transparency are very high. Thereafter signing of the document will improve efficiency of the national tender system.
Israel joined the GPA in 1996. And that is what the state got.

First of all there is reduction of corruption by several times.

Secondly there is quality improving of final public services.

Thirdly there is a market access to public procurement in other countries (according to experts total amount is about 1.7 trillion $).

I hope that in the near future Ukraine can maintain its reputation and be on a par with such giants of effective public procurement system as Japan, Switzerland, the United States or Israel. Enactment of the relevant law is only the first step towards the aim.

Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. During September the Honorary Consulate of the State of Israel in Lviv was not only working, but also celebrated traditional Jewish holidays.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!
During September the Honorary Consulate of the State of Israel in Lviv was not only working, but also celebrated traditional Jewish holidays.
At the youth club "Hillel" Havdalah at Rosh Hashanah passed with traditional food, dancing and Israeli cinema.
A range of activities was dedicated to children, there were lectures about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkoth, educational cartoons for kids and a visit to the exhibition of Nahum Gutman.
Rosh Hashanah was celebrated together with guests and the family club "Hesed-Arieh"

Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Medical insurance for Israelis and Ukrainians.

Today I want to talk to you about such an important issue as health. It's a known fact that to insure ones life and health is extremely expensive in Ukraine, and prices of medicines and medical services in good clinics increase in proportion to the foreign currencies. Common insurance costs several times more than a monthly salary of a Ukrainian. And if we take into account the fact that according to statistics, we spend half of our income on food and another one for house holding and utilities, it appears that there is no money left for health problems.

So: insurance in Ukraine is inconvenient, inaccessible and expensive issue. Ukrainians has no custom to think about their health in advance. Unfortunately the Ukrainian government pays minimum attention to this problem.

Meanwhile in Israel there is the Health Insurance Act which became effective 20 years ago (since 1995). The government does everything possible for its citizens to be healthy and receive necessary medical aid in time. The Israelis don’t think over the issue whether to insure their lives or not. This procedure is obligatory for each citizen, should it be an average worker, a pensioner or a general manager in an international company.

In Israel all are on an equal footing and the state cares its people equally. All those working deduct a percentage of their salaries, pensioners pay a percentage of their retirement benefits and so on. The amount varies from 10 to 12 percent. Each "health package" includes the possibility of a general hospitalization, medical rehabilitation, medicines provision and necessary medical equipment, etc.

In addition to the various state insurance programs, you can also buy individual health insurance. Competition, as well as request of people for life insurance, is large. The insurance managers will do everything for you to become a customer of their company.

Israeli society has unique culture of insurance and as the result the level of medicine in the country is considered to be one of the highest in the world. Israelis are also known to be the long-livers of the planet. According to statistics the average citizen of Israel lives about 82 years! In Ukraine this figure is 70 years and every year it continues to decrease.

So maybe it's time for Ukrainian government to think over how to provide its citizens with proper care and support during their illness? From taking care of newborns in hospitals till making the qualitative diagnosis of the senior people in special centers. I am sure that health and welfare of citizens should always be the priority interests for those in power.

Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Today I want to talk about parenting.

Good afternoon!

Today I want to talk about parenting. They say that having children means a lot of worries, difficulties, screaming, noise, clatter and chatter, permanent disorder and chaos ... For me kids are happiness and  overwhelming joy which they bring to my life. Being the father of six children, I can state this authoritatively)

When my first child was born I really understood what it means to live for someone, love someone, be ready to give all the best for someone ... But besides tenderness and care, you should also give good breeding for your child. Here is just where the fun begins.

Someone raises their child in an atmosphere of permissiveness, someone tries to enforce their system of values to a child and someone protects fanatically their son or daughter from all life's problems.

In Israel, for instance, the most important rule is that a child can do everything that does not harm the health and does not bother others. So do not be surprised if, for example, you see a baby in one of the cafes in Haifa sitting in a child seat and chewing a piece of meat on his own. Or if you see a child in stained pants and dirty T-shirt and with snot on his cheeks in Tel Aviv. It is normal situation. In Israel children are more independent and free. Parents only protect them with their sensitive attention. But that will be that.

You must admit that sometimes over-careful Ukrainian mothers have something to learn from Israeli ones.

It is clear that all should be reasonable: freedom, rules of conduct, control ...  Children should be raised in complex. Then there is a good chance that once you look at your gown-up child and realize that he became a Person.

What do you think?

Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. October 1 – there are two holidays.

My friends, today is the International Day of Older Persons and the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. On Sukkot, it is customary to lift up the Lulav. Lulav is a symbol of the unity of the Jewish people, believers and not, good and evil, religious and not become a single entity, one nation. Union nation – is primarily a mutual aid, respect and care about each other.

They say that the civilization of a society is defined by how in it concern to children and to older people. Since childhood I was taught that old age persons should be respected, and the youngest not to offend.

Since today is also the Day of Older Persons, I want to talk about the old age people in Ukraine. It is not just about small pensions, expensive medicines, and about the perception of the topic of caring for older people as such.

Today there are many stories where older people are isolated, deprived, useless and without a livelihood. Sometimes even our own children don't want to mess with cranky older men. When stumbling blocks become property issues, we all know the sad history of how native people can just kick the old age persons out of the house. Sometimes the older people go "in people" by themselves, unable to withstand the abuse of their own children.

Meanwhile, there is own culture of meeting the oldest in each of the countries. In Europe, USA, the same Israel, when the time comes, the elderly go away from children in special hospices by themselves. There they live among their circle of friends, in its "monoculture", a lot of specialists looks after them and loves them. And most importantly, even every older person can live in such a beautiful place.

The approach to the perception of the old age people in Ukraine is somewhat different. Grandparents decided to live out the last years in their own families, often making the lives of their relatives very miserable. Due to the lack of budget and service organizations for the care of the older persons, the terrible condition of existing public nursing homes, the fact of leaving such an institution is perceived as a death sentence. Of course, there is a great facility, with modern equipment and due care, but to send an old age member of the family to this place is very expensive. Not to mention the fact that Ukrainian pensioner can’t paid for it be himself. I think this is a very painful subject for Ukraine and there is a lot of work in this direction. I hope the Honorary Consulate will be able to solve this kind of problem.

I want to encourage you to combine these two holidays and to remember about your nation and to think about your relatives. Let us remember those who are old and infirm, lonely or in need – and take care of them.

Peace and health to you and your families.