Israel Active

Ali Salati, a 13-year-old Israeli Arab boy from Nazareth, realized his dream when he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ask him "to make every effort to bring peace and unity to the whole region."

A video of posters published by Elder of Zion that shows how Arabs are well- integrated into Israeli society.

Twelve Israelis are featured in this Timeout article to mark International Women’s Day.  One of them (Natasha Gutman) happens to be my wife’s cousin.

On International Women’s Day, Israel’s ex-President Shimon Peres presented supermodel Naomi Campbell with the “Women Leading Change” award in recognition of her global endeavors for women and for needy communities.  It was Campbell’s first visit to Israel.

French Minister of Health Marisol Touraine visited Israel in an effort to learn from the Jewish state's medical expertise on treating victims of terror attacks.  Touraine visited Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center on Thursday and met Israel’s Health Minister Yaakov Litzman. =

Israel founded Good Deeds Day in 2007.  In 2016 1,300,000 Israelis took part. It involved 99% of the local authorities, more than 1,500 business groups, 200 youth groups, and hundreds of schools. 14,000 projects included blood donations, volunteering with the needy, second-hand markets, helping out in animal shelters, and much more.

The Red Mountain Therapeutic Riding School, in Israel’s Arava desert, each week takes 200 special needs children and adults into another dimension.  The therapists, volunteers and 22 beautiful horses give the riders increased control of muscles and helps their emotional development.

Faiza works in the intensive care unit at a major Israeli private hospital.  She lives in Shuafat, an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem where there are frequent disturbances.  She has ten siblings - most of them graduates of Israeli universities.  Here she shares her vision about life in Israel.

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.