Israel Active

Sgt Rachel Shir presents the second part of the series of how to use the IDF’s home-developed self-defence martial art Krav Maga to protect yourself from a violent attack. If you missed the first episode, I’ve also included the link beneath the latest one.

4300 Israeli high-school graduates have chosen to start an extra year of community volunteering prior to their three-year military service. They will work primarily with schools, youth movements and with at-risk youth.

No problem with freedom of movement for Palestinian Arabs during the Muslim holidays. Their leaders may be furious, but 300,000 “normal” Arabs from Ramallah, Balata, Shchem (Nablus) and Bethlehem are in Israel, with many enjoying the sun, sea and sand of Tel Aviv’s beaches.

Nice photo of Israeli Arab children enjoying themselves during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr at a swimming pool amusement park in Acre (Akko). The headline jokingly suggests what some foreign anti-Israel press might print.

The Magen David Adom "Wish Ambulance" fulfilled the wish of a 6-year old girl from Gaza. Following three months treatment for leukaemia at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, MDA took the Palestinian Arab girl to the Mediterranean Sea at Yaffo, followed by pizza.

Women outnumber men in biology and related sciences in higher education in Israel. While most high-tech employees are male, women comprise 60 percent to 70 percent of the biotechnology workforce. And Israeli biotech start-ups have an edge because women work harder than men.

Social entrepreneurs from India, El Salvador, New Zealand, Brazil, and South Africa experienced Israel as part of the international conference S.E.E. Israel (Social Entrepreneur Exchange). Run by Jerusalem’s Hebrew Uni as part of a StandWithUs public diplomacy training program.

More than a hundred checkpoints in Judea and Samaria have been removed as “goodwill” measure to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The media frequently reports that roadblocks are a crucial reason for the failure of the Palestinian Authority to become economically solvent, but the PA itself said last week that it is enjoying an exceptional growth rate of 5.2 percent.

Here is the story of the charity ‘Learn & Live’ that rehabilitates those young people who, due to dysfunctional families, bad company or immoral influences, fall between the cracks of society.

Please read this guest blog. Five young Israeli volunteers from Project T.E.N. (Tikkun Empowerment Network - a project of The Jewish Agency for Israel) have opened a summer camp for street children in Gondar, Ethiopia. 51 children attend the camp, where they study English every day and participate in traditional camping activities including sports, arts and crafts, and drama.