Iron Dome interceptor goes to the Pacific
A new US Marine Corps air defense system (MRIC) was successfully tested in Guam. It is built around Israel’s Tamir interceptor and marks a major step in the international expansion of Iron Dome technology.
Lebanese Christian dreams in Hebrew
G, fled to Israel from Lebanon with his Christian family in May 2000. He earned a degree in industrial engineering and management and is a product manager in Israel’s hi-tech industry. His closest friends are Jewish Israelis; he dreams in Hebrew, and despairs about Lebanon.
A woman candidate for a Haredi party
The Haredi Public (HaTzibur HaCharedi) party has included Dr. Nechumi Yaffe in its list, making her the first woman to run for the Knesset with a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party. Dr. Yaffe is a researcher in political psychology at Tel Aviv University.
Abandoned Arab baby is now a 37-year-old Jewish mother
Bashar, an Israeli Muslim Arab from Nazareth, found an abandoned Arab baby in an alleyway and arranged for her adoption, unaware she would be raised by a Jewish family as an Orthodox Jew. 37 years later, the two reunited in a beautiful full-circle moment.
Somaliland opens embassy in Jerusalem
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi inaugurated Hargeisa’s diplomatic mission in Jerusalem, making it the 8th embassy in the Israeli capital. “For 35 years, we have been asking the world to see us.. Jerusalem was the first to see us and recognize us.” he said.
Rescue missions to Nepal
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel will assist after devastating floods swept away communities along the Nepal-Tibet border. NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief are on their way to provide urgent medical care and psychological support. IsraAID is to deploy an emergency response team.
IDF saves 29 people in Colombia
The 80-person Israeli rescue delegation has returned home after a 12-day mission in Colombia, where it located and rescued 29 missing people. Home Front Command chief Maj. Gen. Shai Klapper said, “Today we can say - there are no missing people left in the city of Cali.”
73 years of humanitarian missions
The IDF marked World Humanitarian Day by highlighting humanitarian missions it had carried out globally over the past seven decades. The IDF’s first mission was in 1953 following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Greece’s islands.
Israeli girl delivers at the soccer World Cup
12-year-old Ayala Ohana, whose struggle with Gaucher’s has moved hundreds of thousands of followers online, was one of 104 children from around the world chosen to serve as ball carriers. She delivered the match ball to the referee at the start of the France – Senegal match.
Arab is deputy mayor of Tel Aviv
The municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa has appointed Amir Badran as deputy mayor, making him the second Arab citizen in history to hold the post in Israel’s second-largest city.