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Australian charity Project Rozana raises funds to help finance-struggling Israeli hospitals treat sick Palestinian Arab children from the PA-controlled territories and Gaza.

Israel’s SodaStream relocated its factory from Mishor Adumim in Judea to Rahat in the Negev, due to BDS pressure, 500 Palestinian Arab workers lost their jobs to Bedouin Arabs. Now the Israeli government has granted work permits to 74 of the original employees.

The IDF in Judea and Samaria not only prevent security breaches, they also stop animal abuse. Soldiers from the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps spotted a group of hunters armed with hunting rifles. The hunters were caught and handed over to the police for criminal prosecution.

Israeli charity Zichron Menachem sponsored a week’s holiday in London for 40 parents of Israeli children with cancer.  Hosted by local families, the parents toured the capital as they got a much-needed break from the demands of taking care of a severely sick child.

As predicted Israelis aged 80 or older no longer need to stand in line for service at stores, pharmacies, banks, post offices and other public services. The only exceptions will be made for disabled individuals, who will get priority over the elderly. The new law was passed unanimously in the Knesset.

Staff. Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon isn’t Israeli, or even Jewish. She is the daughter of Filipino parents who came to Israel to find work. She enlisted in the IDF because an Israeli army team rescued her grandmother in the aftermath of the 2013 typhoon that devastated the Philippines.

Israeli architectural and engineering company AlefBet Planners is exporting the Israeli kibbutz model all over the world.  These include 12 kibbutz-style villages in Angola and three in Nigeria.  The kibbutzim help develop the region and create hundreds of jobs.

Video showing the work of Israeli NGO Innovation: Africa.  It is using solar power to provide electricity for Africans to pump water, power medical centers and illuminate homes so that children can read when it gets dark outside.

Three ships of the Indian Navy docked in Israel’s Haifa Port on a three-day visit to mark 25 years of India-Israel ties.  The Indian ships also took part in a joint drill with the Israel Navy. It is the 8th visit of Indian ships to an Israeli port since 2000.  Also. an article on those ever-closer ties.

George Deek, is the highest-ranking Arab statesman in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  His Christian primary school had mostly Muslim pupils and at Jewish high school he was the only Arab in his class. Now he lives between 3 Jaffa mosques and quotes Rabbi Soloveitchik.