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Israel’s first-ever education delegation concluded an official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The Education Ministers of both states pledged to expand cooperation in education and higher learning. The Israelis visited UAE and Jewish learning institutions, plus the Abrahamic Family House.

The Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, Marija Jakubauskiene, arrived for a visit to the MDA Campus in Ramla, accompanied by her deputy and 13 senior medical officials from Lithuania, together with Lithuania’s Ambassador to Israel, Audrius Bruzga.

Nice example of Jewish and Muslim Israeli medics changing the perception of (most of) the media-indoctrinated public to understand that Israel gives equal opportunities to all its citizens.

The Karlin Hassidic sect is led by Rabbi Baruch Meir Shochat, who encourages enlistment in the IDF. He is also behind the recently organized Karlin Business Fair at Jerusalem’s Binyanei HaUmah) Convention center) that displayed the wares of business owners in the Karlin community,

Takudzwa Chitima, 15, thanked Dr. Lior Sasson of Israeli NGO Save A Child’s Heart) after undergoing complex pediatric heart surgery. He was just 21 months old when he arrived in Israel in 2012, suffering from a rare and life-threatening congenital heart condition.

8,500 women served in IDF combat roles in 2025, more than double 2020 levels. Some 5,000 enlisted in 2025, nearly ten times that of  a decade ago. 65,000 women have served in the reserves since Oct 7 2023. There are currently six female combat battalion commanders.  

Yasser Hadaya Asadi declared, “The sky is the limit” on receiving the rank of deputy commissioner in Israel’s border police. He will lead the Adumim battalion, helping secure the Jerusalem envelope, bringing with him three decades of operational experience.

Israel and Morocco have agreed on a joint military work plan for 2026. It was formalized during the Joint Military Committee, in Tel Aviv that coincided with five years since Jerusalem and Rabat normalized relations under the Abraham Accords.

While we watch events in Iran unfold, Israel had an important visitor - Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s former leader, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Israel has many grass-roots supporters inside Iran.

Colombia's anti-Israel President Gustavo Petro accused Israel of genocide but has continued the strategic integration process of Israel Aerospace Industries Barak MX air defense systems, which won a $131.2 million tender in 2022.  “Business is Business”, I suppose.