Israel Active

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.”