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Christian Arab Israeli Professor Haitham Amal has been awarded a research chair in brain science from the Hebrew University, funded by the Satell Family Foundation. He is currently a visiting professor at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Pro-Israel Christian student organization Passages (see previously) has donated $100,000 to a Druze foundation to honor the victims of last year’s Hezbollah rocket attack on Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, which killed 12 Druze children. It will help fund numerous projects.

Goldie Sternbuch is founder and CEO of Quantum, an Israeli nonprofit dedicated to uplifting young, vulnerable, Israelis. Its Beit Shemesh Q Center, operates in partnership with Susan’s House. It is a launchpad where participants earn salaries while learning marketable skills.

Israel’s Beit Issie Shapiro (see previously) has launched Beit Raz. Designed to integrate infants, with and without disabilities, from birth to age 3, the campus includes an early intervention center; a daycare center; inclusive play areas, and the Wohl Therapy Center.

Canine handlers from Israel’s Dog Unit gave a special show for an Israeli child with special needs at the IDU base in Kfar Tapuach. The event also involved dozens of female IDF lookouts serving in the Samaria Regional Brigade, along with officers from the Israel Police's Ariel station.

Over 56,000 people marched through Toronto during the city’s 56th Annual Walk With Israel event. There were various performances, spaces commemorating the Oct 7 2023 victims, calls for the release of the hostages, and booths showcasing Israeli culture and the Jewish community.

The JNF-USA’s Caravan for Democracy (see previously) is still bringing young non-Jews to experience Israel for themselves. Read here how it transformed Arianna-Rosie Bourgoin who had already founded Christians United for Israel on campus at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.

Timothy Wainwright, an Australian volunteer firefighter, has conducted seven training missions in Israel since 2019. He founded the non-profit Operation Fire Support (OFS) to teach civilian communities how to effectively fight wildfires with limited resources.

The Zionist women’s organization Hadassah includes in its list of “18 American Zionist women you should know” Anila Ali, president of the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council. Also Emmy award-winning actress Patricia Heaton, founder of October 7 Coalition.

ISF troops have been operating a mobile forward facility for triage and treatment of the wounded in the area of Hader in southern Syria. The facility is intended to provide medical care and support to the Syrian-Druze population in the area. Over 500 Syrian civilians have been treated at the clinic.