Treating wounded Syrians
Two Syrians were transported to Israel after they were wounded as a result of civil warfare in their country. The two were severely wounded and have been hospitalized in the Ziv Medical Center’s trauma unit in the city of Tzfat.
The efforts to save Iraqi baby
Shevet Achim is a Jerusalem-based Christian organization that brings young children from Arab countries to Israel for urgent surgery. Its blog details the total dedication of Israeli doctor Lior Sasson and his medical staff as they struggle to keep Iraqi baby Dyako alive.
Israel equips Indian women entrepreneurs
An Israeli initiative will give Indian women entrepreneurs the tools to acquire world-class leadership skills. The Bonita Trust, The Israel Asia Center, and Sofaer International MBA at Tel Aviv University offer a scholarship program specially tailored for Indian women entrepreneurs.
Doctors learn to handle terrorist attacks
Israel's chief pathologist, Dr. Chen Kugel, head of Israel's Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine, is meeting medical students at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Slovakia to discuss ways of dealing with terror victims.
Caring for passed-over kids
The 120-bed, 345 staff ALYN hospital in Jerusalem rehabilitates children from severe injuries or conditions even beyond the orthopedic. It also has a school for children unable to attend mainstream schools. 8 children live at ALYN full-time because their parents cannot, or refuse to, care for them.
Career skills for Ethiopian-Israelis
(Thanks to Israel21c) Hundreds of Ethiopians study at Jerusalem College of Technology’s “Education for Ethiopians” program. Similar numbers attend the Ethiopian-Israeli program at Ono Academic College. There are also special tracks at Kibbutzim College and Yezreel Valley College.
The world’s first vegan congress
Over 700 participants convened at Tel Aviv’s Duhl Center for the inaugural congress of the vegan movement.
Moslem prayer room at Ariel University
Ariel University, located over the “green line” in Samaria has introduced a Muslim prayer room for its 600 Arab students - around one fifth of all students at the University.
IDF treats 20 Palestinian Arabs after bus crash
Israel Defense Force medics treated 20 Palestinian Arabs wounded when their mini-bus crashed into a car. Captain Karin Yamin said, “… saving lives is a priority. Whether the patients are Israeli, Palestinian, Christian or Druze, we take care of them all in the same way.”
Go tell the world
Moslem physician, author and women's rights activist Dr. Qanta Ahmed visited the Technion and praised Israel’s academic freedom, plus its freedoms of expression and religion as unique in the Middle East. And the way to silence the BDS movement is to publicize Israel’s success.