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Thousands of Texan members of the pro-Zionist Christians United For Israel gathered at a “Night to Honor Israel”. The event raised nearly $3 million to support Jewish and Israeli charities.

The Texas A&M-Weizmann Collaborative Program has awarded over $1.5 million for eight joint research projects to advance scientific discovery. The projects form partnerships between Israel’s Weizmann Institute, Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Health Science Center.

Christy (not her real name) is on a speaking tour of the UK. She tells of the false narrative that the world is hearing about life for the Christian community under the PA. Because of death threats, she now lives in the UK. If you can get to Crawley or York, she’s worth listening to.

Israel is preparing a NIS 300 million investment into higher education for its minorities. The Council for Higher Education (CHE) said bringing more Arab students into higher education “will allow them to pursue a greater variety of careers and present new opportunities”.

The new Eastern Mediterranean College (EMC) for International high-school students will have two tracks. The first, focusing on desert ecology and the second on start-up businesses. 40 of the 200 places are reserved for Israel’s Arab neighbours and 40 for Israelis.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. President Plevneliev was thanked both for Bulgaria’s support to Israel following the recent terrorist attack in Burgas and also to Jews during World War 2.

(Thanks to IATI) Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, MASHAV, has launched a joint project with the China Association for Science and Technology, which has some 5 million members, in a bid to share and promote Israeli knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship.

20-year-old Christian Arab Mona Abdo has just made history by graduating from the Israeli Defence Forces’ Commanders training course. She will become a commander in the Caracal combat unit, which has both male and female, Arab and Jewish soldiers serving alongside each other.

Yousef Juhja from Arara in Wadi Ara has sent three of his sons into the Israel Defence Forces. One son, Staff Sgt. Sa’id Juhja, was killed by Gaza terrorists in 2004. Shortly after, the bereaved father built a memorial at his own expense, to his son and seven other Arab soldiers killed in uniform.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat named a street in Beit Hanina, “Umm Kultum” after the greatest female singer of Arabic music. In 2012 the Naming Committee approved 145 new street names submitted by local Mukhtars, religious leaders and residents.