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(Thanks to Israel21c) Dr. Mais Ali Saleh is the newest Israeli-Arab obstetrician-gynecologist at Carmel Medical Center in Haifa. She recently graduated No. 1 in her class at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, one of the country’s top medical schools. (More minorities at link)

Israel’s Ziv hospital treated its 89th and 90th victims of the Syrian civil war – two brothers aged 12 and 15 years old who had been wounded by a land mine. Plus more news.

(Thanks to Hazel) Central District Assistant-Chief Bruno Stein said that the past ten years have seen a significant change in the Arab sector’s cooperation and faith in the police. The Arab public is requesting more police posts to help fight drugs and illegal firearms.

The Center for Children with Chronic Diseases in Hadassah Mt. Scopus has announced a new support group for siblings of chronically ill or handicapped children. Siblings struggling with emotional, familial and social challenges will receive weekly counseling starting in November.

(Thanks to Hazel) The world’s largest Muslim country will utilize advance technology from Israel to build roads in its most eastern and poorest province of Papua. Authorities have issued permits for the import of a chemical hardener and use of manpower from Israel.

The private sector investment arm of the World Bank is set to become a major investor in Israeli seed and breeding-technology company Kaiima. Kaiima focuses on developing strains of plants that are more resilient and yield more grain.

For the upcoming High Holidays Israeli farmers across the country are donating 1.5 tons of beef to feed 350 needy families in Hadera and the surrounding area.

Five Arab schools in East Jerusalem have decided to switch from the Palestinian to the Israeli curriculum. Jerusalem’s city council said the schools had made the switch so that their students could study for the Israeli bagrut (matriculation exam). The PA is not happy, however.

A controversial youtube video showing Israeli soldiers in uniform being carried on the shoulders of Palestinian Arabs in Hebron has gone viral.

Big feature article on the wounded Syrians being treated in Israeli hospitals. Meanwhile, another two wounded Syrians were brought for treatment to Ziv Medical Center in Safed on Friday.