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Ben Gurion University’s Prof. Amir Sagi won a Lifetime Achievement Award in University Transformation from the ACEEU Asia-Pacific Triple E Awards. The award ceremony took place in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, which does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.

Israel’s Technion Institute awarded awarded degrees to 258 students from 12 countries, including China, Russia, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and South Korea. 44 pf students were from the faculty of medicine, 23 from Electrical and Computer Engineering and 23 from Computer Science; 47%, were women.

The IDF transferred 23 Gazan patients, mostly children, along with 26 chaperones from the Kamal Adwan Hospital to active hospitals in the Gaza Strip. They used 5 ambulances, accompanied by 4 UN vehicles in coordination with WHO and UNICEF.

Eylon Levy on State of the Nation interviews Mansur Ashkar, an Israeli Druze leader, activist, and ex-IDF special forces officer, who was stationed in Gaza before the disengagement. He believes that Jews & the Druze are the prime example that Israel aspires for peace and coexistence.

As the first Haredi Hesder yeshivot founded in 2017 by Haredim, Chedvata offers a unique combination of Torah study, military service and college training, while maintaining the high religious standards of its participants. Hundreds of graduates serve in Gaza and Lebanon.

Prof. Muhammad Y. Bashouti graduated from the Hebrew Uni, earned his PhD at the Technion, researched at the Max Planck Institute and returned to set up his lab at Ben Gurion University. With nanotechnology of materials he can develop sensors or even generate hydrogen.

Israel’s SmartAID has deployed solar power units and communication systems to communities hit by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. It brought food, solar-powered water pumps and smart mobile trailers to Asheville, North Carolina and to Taylor County in Florida. More to come.

100 presidents of top Christian organizations and Christian influencers attended the inaugural meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Christian Organizations in Support of Israel.

The Israel Cyber Campus prepares students for careers in cyber, either to defend against attacks or to develop safe systems. On-line courses are run by graduates of the IDF’s elite 8200 cyber unit. One course is for high school students in North America, Canada, and Australia.

Israeli Intelligence Unit 8200 has become a driving force of global innovation. Alumni create billion-dollar companies, and draw the attention of top U.S. venture capital firms. The unit is renowned for its advanced capabilities in cybersecurity and cyberwarfare.