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10-year-old Yakub Ivachisad, the Palestinian Arab boy who received one of the kidneys from Israeli boy Noam Naor, received a visit in Schneider Children's hospital from Noam’s parents. Noam's mother, said, "To see Yakub today is very exciting. I wish him only health, a full and speedy recovery.

Brothers Milad and Muhammad Atrash, Arab Muslims from the Galilee, volunteered to defend their country by enlisting in the IDF. Muhammad has just sworn allegiance to the State of Israel, and in two weeks his brother Milad will start his officers’ training course.

Read about a typical day for Israeli Diana Bletter, interacting with Muslims, Christians, Druze, Ethiopian Jews and a Baha'i woman. How many different people have you spoken to today?

A 16-year-old boy suffering from gunshot wounds, a 13 year-old girl and two boys aged nine and fifteen are the latest Syrian casualties to be taken to Israel hospitals. The source for the final story is the Lebanese Daily Star – usually very anti-Israel. In total, Israel has treated over 100 Syrians.

(Thanks to www.israelandstuff.com) Arab states have failed to block Israel from leading the UN Entrepreneurship for Development Debate in which Israel’s agriculture, solar energy and medical equipment were showcased for developing countries.

Carmela Shamir will soon begin her term as Israeli ambassador in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, making her the first female Israeli envoy to serve in a Muslim country. Another woman, Hagit Mualem, will serve as the deputy ambassador in the Israeli embassy in Tashkent.

A ceremony was held in Haifa to recognize the record-high 3,000 Arabs volunteering in the national service program this year. This represents an increase of 76 percent over last year, when 1,700 participated. 85 percent of participants either study or enter the workforce afterwards.

In 1998 Miss Israel, Linor Abargil from Netanya, became Miss World. But her real story has only just been made into a documentary film. She went around the world, speaking out about her ordeal, speaking with others who had also been assaulted, working with survivors and those who help survivors.

Israeli is to provide technology and training to India to diversify its fruit and vegetable crops and raise yields. Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (Mashav) would help set up 28 centers of excellence in 10 Indian states - each focused on specific fruit and vegetable crops.

Jerusalem-based Energiya Global is bringing light to the nations with a project for an 8.5- megawatt solar field in Rwanda. The country’s first solar field will be located at the Agahozo- Shalom Youth Village, a boarding school east of the capital Kigali, for orphans of the Rwandan genocide.