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European representatives praised Israel's actions over the past few months to promote reconstruction in Gaza and ease the humanitarian crisis in the Strip. They complimented Israel's cooperation with the UN, Israel's doubling of the water supply to Gaza and the ease on export restrictions from the Gaza Strip to Israel, the West Bank and abroad.

Only in Israel could an Israeli-Arab be the Chairman of the Election Committee. (Video credit to Sharon Altshul - )

This article about Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit to Israel focuses in on Israeli-Arab Johny Srouji, Apple’s vice president for hardware technology.

May, Chen and Shir maybe triplets, but Shir was born brain-damaged. 19 years later, May and Chen joined the IDF. Thanks to the JNF-supported Yad Layeled Hameyuchad's "Special in Uniform" program, which integrates young people with disabilities into the IDF, Shir wasn’t left out.

Interpreting satellite images from Israel’s satellites requires long hours of concentration and constant attention to detail. Volunteers with autism provide a “win-win” situation for those who previously faced a bleak future.

The Moona outer space research center in the Israel-Arab town of Majd Al-Kurum has attracted about 50 Jewish and 50 Muslim high school students. They attend courses in robotics, drones, 3D printing, electronics and other technologies related to outer-space exploration.

A 13-year-old Syrian boy who was seriously injured by a mortar in the Quneitra region three months ago as a result of the ongoing civil war in Syria was brought to Israel for surgery and fitted with a prosthetic leg that will allow him to walk again.

Israel’s Ben Gurion University and Australia’s Monash University have established the Monash Ben-Gurion Seed Fund to support joint research and education programs in the areas of Sustainability, Social Inclusion and Entrepreneurship.

Prince William met relief staff from the Israeli humanitarian group IsraAID while he was in Japan recently, visiting areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Hospitals across Israel have opened top-notch maternity hotels to help new mums and babies rest and recuperate after the birth.