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Israeli humanitarian organization IsraAID may now have arrived in Nepal, but it is also still busy in the Islands of Vanuatu devastated by Cyclone Pam.

Zambia has opened a diplomatic mission in Israel, after a gap of 40 years, reflecting improved relations between the two countries. Zambia’s Jerusalem House of Prayer also organized an inter-domination march-past in Zambia’s capital of Lusaka, to celebrate Israel Independence Day.

The Galilee International Management Institute in the Israeli city of Nahalal is to develop joint environmental training programs in cooperation with Morocco’s new Euro-Mediterranean University in Fez and the established Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane.

Israeli doctors at Poriya Hospital near Tiberias treated a 28-year-old man who suffered a broken leg and shrapnel lodged in other parts of his body. Also, a 40-year-old man who stepped on a landmine. The hospital has treated 166 Syrians wounded in their civil war.

Israel has provided permits for 100 Palestinian Arab doctors to work in Israeli hospitals. It halves the time taken to drive into Jerusalem from Judea and Samaria.

Israel held a ceremony to honor the six divers who discovered 2,600 gold coins on the seabed near Caesarea (see newsletter). Also invited were Israeli Druze leaders, as most of the coins bore the name of their founder, Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi Amr Allah.

An article written by Israel21c about special swimmer Mati Oren has helped raise NIS 300,000 to send 40 special Israeli athletes to the July World Games in Los Angeles.

Avraham Naguise was born in Ethiopia and became a shepherd in his village. He immigrated to Israel in 1985, obtained degrees in social work and law and a PhD in education. He entered politics and in March became a member of the Israeli Knesset.

Breaking news of the Nepal 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, which has caused thousands of casualties. Israeli humanitarian organization IsraAID and the IDF are sending emergency relief teams. Readers can contribute to the IsraAID mission using the globalgiving.org link.

Ilit Geller is CEO of Israel’s TradAir. TradAir’s systems allow smaller banks to trade high volumes of foreign exchange currency – and get a slice of the profits normally only available to large multinationals. Ilit also has broken into an area of finance that is traditionally a man’s world.