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Three students from Bustan El-Marj Sci-Tech High School (part of the ORT Sci-Tech network of Israeli high schools) won 3rd prize at Israel’s Young Engineers’ Conference.  It is the first time that Arab-Israeli schoolkids have won a prize – this for an app to direct firefighters to the nearest hydrant.

Young Muslim girls are joining the Israel Defense Forces. Together with a growing number of Christian Arab girls, they are breaking new ground joining ranks with the Israeli army.

Dr. Carol Jahshan is the daughter of a Lebanese refugee from Haifa who grew up in Beirut before moving the USA.  She has just completed a 3-month working collaboration at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University. Here is her story.

Life-guards from Australia have come to Israel to help train Israelis in water-safety.  It was their response to several drowning incidents in 2013.  The first two sessions at Ashdod beach attracted 117 children and resulted in the setting up of a new organization Surf Life Saving Israel.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is promoting “good cop” advocacy at the world body.  Events such as Israeli singers, or a panel about water technology.  Israel has lot to offer the U.N. =

From manufacturing to medical research, the Jewish state is crucial to the economic health of the U.S.  Economic ties with Israel sustain American jobs.  Joint US-Israeli funding for science, industrial research and agricultural research has advanced the technology of both countries.

When it responds to an international disaster, the Israel Defense Forces can get a field hospital functioning within 12 hours of arriving at the setup site.  An unbeatable, awe-inspiring feat of logistics.

An Arab woman from Dubai, who went into labor while travelling to the Palestinian Authority, named her newborn son Hadi - after a Druze IDF officer who saved the day and assisted in delivering her baby.

Former Israeli soldiers are helping Arab tech startups in Nazareth.  The The Israeli Government and the 8200 Alumni Association - representing graduates of the top technology unit in the Israeli army - have introduced the Hybrid Program at the Nazareth Business Incubator Center.

Innovation: Africa, founded by Israel’s Sivan Ya’ari, has connected 104 rural villages in Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania, DRC and Ethiopia to water and electricity.  It has brought solar energy, improved irrigation and cleaner water to as many as 1 million people.