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Israel’s Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar has approved the arrival of three young Iraqi children to Israel, in order to receive lifesaving medical care from Israel-based international organization Save a Child's Heart.

Israel's business site Calcalist reports that Qatar’s Prince Khalifa Al-Thani is to visit Israel this November. This would be the first official visit of a member of the Qatari royal family to Israel, and he has expressed his desire to promote high-tech cooperation between Qatar and Israel.

Over 85 at-risk children aged from 7 to 14 receive a secure and stable home environment, therapeutic treatment and special education at the Jerusalem Hills Therapeutic Center. Since 1943 the three JHTCs have rehabilitated more than one thousand graduates back into Israel's normative society.

A delegation from Ben Gurion University’s Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research has toured the Galapagos Islands and has signed a cooperation agreement with the Directorate of the National Park to promote the conservation of the endangered biological diversity of the islands.

Turkish TV commentator Ceylan Ozbudak is a big supporter of the State of Israel. So is Muslim scholar Adnan Oktar. Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and Israeli Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara, among others, have appeared on his TV show. Please read the nice things that Ceylan says about the Jewish State.

The rare bird was born in Israel but flew into power lines in the Jordan valley. The Jordanian authorities contacted Israeli nature organization SPNI who obtained special authorization to collect the vulture. The injured bird is now recovering at Ramat Gan Safari Hospital.

Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is treating 24 victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. It also treated the surviving Chechen bomber. And who is the director of the hospital? Israel’s Professor Kevin (Ilan) Tabb - a board member of Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem.

Around 40,000 students have signed up for the 9-week on-line course “Synapses, Neurons and Brains” run by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Participants come from Lebanon, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Morocco and Algeria as well as the USA, Europe etc.

Israel has opened a new industrial park in Nazareth to promote economic cooperation between the region’s diverse Jewish, Christian and Muslim citizens. It is modeled on nearby Tefen Industrial Park, designed to bring together industrial, educational and cultural facilities all in one space to foster innovation, growth and peace.

(Thanks to Stuart Palmer) Dozens of Haifa University’s 800 overseas students from 40 countries wanted to let the world know that they share desires and ambitions with local Israelis.