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Israeli and UK education ministers signed an agreement promoting English studies in Israel. A national plan developed by the British Council, includes joint seminars and on-line tools to help improve the professionalism and English language skills of hundreds of Israeli teachers.

The "Heart for Peace" Foundation and Israel’s Civil Administration for the Territories organized a party at the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, for Palestinian Arab and Israeli children who underwent cardiac surgery and catheterization.

Thousands of Arab students, including 600 Egyptians, have applied for Israel Technion’s online course in nanotechnology and micro sensors. Technion Professor Hossam Haick, who invented Israel’s NaNose cancer detection device, offers the course beginning in March in Arabic and English.

The organization Social Finance Israel presented an innovative blueprint for preventing type-2 diabetes to the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investment. Social Impact Bonds invest in companies tackling social or medical issues and governments pay dividends based on results.

The UN on Tuesday passed an Israeli-sponsored resolution on “agricultural technology for development,” a bill dedicated to sustainable agricultural advancements for developing countries. 138 countries voted “Yes” whilst Arab states abstained.

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed an Israeli-sponsored U.N. resolution titled "Entrepreneurship for Development," marking the first time that the U.N. has formally recognized that entrepreneurship should be a major tool in reducing poverty, creating sustainable development, and reinvigorating the environment. Most Arab and Muslim countries voted against.

The Women in Parliament Global Forum awarded Israel with its prize for progress at the European Parliament in Brussels. According to the OECD, Israel is among a minority of 9 percent of developed countries with gender-sensitive institutions in the seat of government.

Don’t believe the BBC or the incitement of non-Bedouin Arab politicians. Watch this video and see what two Bedouin leaders think of Israel’s plan to improve the future of their brethren.

Israel has been sending water and baby food to besieged Syrian villages. The IDF has also been using its groundbreaking freeze-dried plasma innovation in its field hospitals - to save wounded Syrians from blood loss.

Although the IDF mission has returned to Israel, the IsraAID delegation continues to provide relief to the typhoon victims in Ormoc and its surrounding municipalities. The team is dealing with trauma and physical health problems, extending its role as other countries pull out.