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The US House of Representatives approved by 140 - 1 the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act. The bill promotes bi-lateral military, energy, water, science, homeland security, and agriculture co-operation and has now been transferred to the Senate for final approval.

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Michael Oren compared the expulsion of 800,000 Jews in the 20th Century with the Arab countries' current treatment of their Christian minorities. If you only read one article this week, please make it this one.

The Israeli charity Life’s Door - Tishkofet has helped more than 10,000 patients, family members and professionals in its ten years of operation. Professor Ben Corn of Tel Aviv University founded the organization after losing his father to cancer and finding no one to help with the trauma.

As the book “Liberal Oasis: The Truth About Israel” by Joshua Muravchik states, “Israel has done better in evening out the differences between its Jewish and Arab citizens than most countries encompassing sharply diverse nationalities.” Available on Kindle.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has inaugurated the “Center for Excellence You-niversity” in Beit Hanina, an Arab neighborhood in the eastern part of the city. The Center was established in cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality and the World ORT Kadima Mada.

Juniors from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will enroll in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC Herzliya. The IDC is Wilson School’s only partner in the Middle East.

Eight top brass of the Los Angeles Police Department spent 9 days in Israel seeing Israeli crime-fighting technology. Of most interest was the HoverMast from Israel’s Sky Sapience.

A great summary by Israel21c of Israel’s recent technological, humanitarian, medical, ecological and agricultural aid to developing African nations.

Unusually positive article by Tom Friedman about the on-line nano-technology course run by Israel Technion’s Israeli-Arab Professor Hossam Haick. Some ask him, “Are you a real person? Are you really an Arab, or are you an Israeli Jew speaking Arabic, pretending to be an Arab?”

700 Israeli-Arab volunteers gathered in Karmiel for a celebratory, upbeat and heartwarming event to show them appreciation. Congratulations and affection was showered upon the plucky volunteers who resist blatant bullying in order to perform civic service inside their communities.