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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.

Rabbi Yosef Garmon was warned by many to take off his skullcap when visiting Somaliland, but when he reached Hargeisa, the rabbi was greeted by crowds yelling “Am Yisrael Chai,” (“The Jewish People Live)”. And read what Somaliland’s envoy to the USA, and Israeli journalists say.

National Party’s Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ Presidential election. He is the son of Christian Arabs who emigrated from British mandate Palestine in the 1940s. Asfura told Israeli Foreign Minister Sa’ar that he wished to strengthen ties with Israel.

A delegation from Chile recently visited Israel for the first time. It included Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao, the President of the indigenous Kupal Pichinao Mapuche community. They were also persecuted by the Spanish as heretics in the late 15th century and now share a spiritual bond with Israel.