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The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is to support a post-traumatic center for children deeply impacted by terror. The center is in Shiloh - the 3400-year-old site of the biblical Temple. Children are rehabilitated using art, music, movement, plus interaction with animals.

(Thanks to Hazel) Israel, Cyprus and Greece signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy and water issues, paving the way for the further strengthening of relations between the three countries.

Israel is making great strides in enhancing well-being for people with disabilities. In September, leading experts from the USA, Spain, Australia and the Netherlands will join Israelis for the International Symposium on Quality of Life and Well-being of People with Disabilities.

Israeli Professor Daniel Kahneman, who teaches at Princeton University, has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House described him as a "pioneering scholar” who “applied cognitive psychology to economic analysis, laying the foundation for a new field of research”.

(Thanks to BIG) The goal of the pro-Israel Arab Christians of Nazareth is to convince more young Arabs to join the army. “We live in a Jewish state, which is democratic and free. As Israeli Christians we see ourselves as part of this state and not as part of those who oppose it.”

Ahmed Inaim is a Bedouin soldier from Nazareth who enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, despite losing one brother who fell in military service. Another brother was wounded by terrorists in the same raid that captured Gilad Shalit. He explains why he chose to extend his service in the IDF.

Israel’s Civil Administration has fully supported the joint French / Palestinian Authority project to establish a new industrial park in PA-controlled Area A territory, near Bethlehem. Infrastructure for the park runs through Israeli-controlled Area C. The park opens in August.

(Thanks to NoCamels.com) Israeli startup Naked Sea Salt partners with a Palestinian Arab company to use eco-friendly methods to harvest salt from the Dead Sea. Each of Naked Sea Salt’s fifteen flavors is blended with organic herbs and spices to create a tasty and nutritious product.

Ziv Hospital in Tsfat is treating a Syrian man suffering from shrapnel and bullet wounds to his stomach and a 50 year-old woman with shrapnel in her heart. A 15-year-old Syrian girl walks after major surgery. Even the NY Times can no longer ignore Israel’s humanitarian efforts.

Sixty Gaza farmers attended an agricultural seminar in northern Israel. They completed workshops on cultivation methods, planting schedules, soil preparation, irrigation, fertilizers and pesticides. Israeli watermelon seeds purchased last year doubled the farmers’ yield.