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In a moving scene, a religious Arab woman was seen standing alongside a bearded ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during Israel’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day siren.

Gone are the days of Entebbe and Idi Amin. Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has publicized his support for Israel. He even offered military assistance and promised to build a statue honoring Lt.-Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu where he fell at Entebbe International Airport..

Israeli food giant Strauss (see previously) launched its “More than a Cup” project in 2016. One of its aims is to educate women farmers and provide them with knowledge and resources. It has supported 50,000+ farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America - over half of them women,

Some 80,000 Muslim worshipers - including 8,500 Palestinian Arabs - gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem for the first Friday noon prayer of Ramadan. It was completely peaceful.

In a powerful display of partnership and shared vision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi oversaw the signing of agreements spanning agriculture, geophysical exploration, heritage, science, education, economy, cyber, technology, security, and AI.

Israel, through its MASHAV program, trained Somaliland’s first 20 water engineers in desalination, purification, and resource management - boosting the self-declared republic’s fight against water scarcity. (Worth seeing the video.)

Taiwan has donated $207,000 to the ZAKA organization for the purchase of life-saving operational equipment. Some of the equipment acquired through this donation was used at the recent disaster in Beit Shemesh.

Maj. Ella Waweya, known as ‘Captain Ella,’ (see previously) will be the new IDF Arabic spokesperson. She will be promoted to Lt Col, and be one of the most senior female Arab Muslim officers in the military. She has more than half a million followers on TikTok and 170,000 on X.

At the Tsofen-Tashbik Women Conference, tech veterans veterans Lilyan Pinchas, Linur Serero, and Maisam Jaljuli, explained how women (Jewish and Arab) can use their professional confidence to overcome obstacles and reach top positions in the hi-tech industry.

The city of Netanya is one of 24 winning cities in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge competition. "Kesher Nolad” (A Bond Is Born), has professionals in child development meet with parents and children at local parks, offering tools and guidance that may not be readily available to parents.