Mazel Tov to William and Kate
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin sent Prince William and his wife Katherine the gift of a dress for their new baby, Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. The dress was decorated with the words “From Israel With Love”.
IDF honors female Muslim soldier
Among the 120 soldiers receiving a "Medal of Excellence" at the President's Residence on Israel Independence Day was a Muslim woman who grew up in an Arab village and is currently a cadet in an IDF officer's training course. Her family doesn’t even know she is in the IDF.
The largest aid team, from such a tiny country
Over 250 Israeli doctors and aid workers are saving lives in Nepal - more than all other countries combined.
The IDF field hospital treats hundreds a day and delivered its first baby.
Dr Avi Yitzchak, an Ethiopian Jew honored on Israeli Independence Day, leads the IDF medical team.
UN praises Israel’s fight against corruption
A report by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption praised Israeli law enforcers for their efforts to eliminate public corruption. The report noted Israel’s success in putting leading public figures on trial and passing laws against bribery.
Not forgetting Vanuatu
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 opens Israeli embassy
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.
Environmental program with Morocco
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.
Syrians treated in Israel
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.
Easing the journey to work
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.
Israeli discovery is important for Druze community
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.