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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.

"Adif," a special consumer and social club for people in Israel with recognized disabilities, has been launched.  It offers monetary and consumer benefits and covers 50 disabled people's organizations. Adif undertakes to return 50% of its profits through projects benefiting its members.

A rare positive CNN report. Israeli Mariuma Ben Yosef ran away from home at 14 and lived on the streets.  She got her life back on track and set up the Shanti House, in Tel Aviv and the Negev, which has since provided over 46,000 young people with temporary housing and long-term support.

Israel’s BioFishency recently installed its aquaculture water-treatment systems in an Indonesian plant that raises Whiteleg (Pacific white) shrimp. The system removes toxic ammonia, cuts water consumption by up to 85 percent while increasing yield 2.5 times.

Israel's Sharia Courts handle personal status law issues like marriage and divorce for Muslim-Israelis.  The judges’ selection committee, headed by Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, appointed Ana Hatib as their first-ever female judge.