Disabled kids train for Jerusalem marathon
20 dedicated Jerusalem police officers are helping residents of ALEH to train for the Jerusalem marathon on 13 March. ALEH provides comprehensive care to children and young adults with severe impairments. Some will be using the Israeli-developed Upsee mobility harness.
How a Catholic Filipino became an IDF soldier
Aaron comes from a Catholic family, originally from the Philippines. He was born and raised in Herzliya and knew from a very young age that he wanted to take part in defending the country. He has just completed advanced IDF training in the Nahal Brigade.
Coexistence through “the beautiful game”
Jews, Circassians, Muslim and Christian Arabs all play together at the Maccabi Haifa-Nahalal youth football academy in Northern Israel’s Jezreel Valley. The soccer squad consists of 13 year-old players, from city and countryside. One team with one aim - to enjoy the game.
Mohammed Zoabi completes IDF prep program
Mohammed Zoabi, cousin of anti-Israel MK Hanin Zoabi, has just completed Gadna, a program that gives Israeli high school students a basic introduction to the IDF. “Today I feel proud. Proud to be Israeli, proud to be an Israeli Muslim joining the army in less than two years.”
Palestinian Arab earnings
A survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, funded by the European Union, shows that Palestinian Arabs who work in Israel or Israeli settlements are paid more than double the wage of those employed by the Palestinian Authority and triple those working in Gaza.
Doubling Gaza’s water supply
Israel is to increase water supplies from 1.3 to 2.6 billion gallons to help ease the ongoing water crisis in Gaza.
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Training Indian farmers
Details of some of the 30 agricultural centers of excellence that Israel is in the process of opening in India.
Making nature accessible
During Jewish Disability Awareness Month, please read this special blog by Raz Rutman about accessible hiking trails in Israel. Raz, a wheelchair user since age eight, is doing his national service with the non-profit LOTEM, dedicated to making Israeli nature accessible to people with special needs.
Safer Internet for kids
On Feb 8, the Ministry of Education launched the Annual National Week for Online Safety Education in Israel. Throughout the state educational system, students engaged in classroom and online activities to increase Internet safety awareness, reduce potential risks, and deal with harmful online incidents.
Israel moves water pumps into Gaza
Israeli authorities helped alleviate flooding in Gaza from recent rains by transferring four pumps from the Palestinian Authority into the Gaza Strip. (Contrary to AFP fake report)