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A Palestinian Authority mother from Gaza is home with a healthy baby thanks to Israeli doctors in Kfar Sava, after a complicated surgery. Jian Abu Agram, 31, already had lost three babies to rare birth defects at Egyptian hospitals.

The four kids, nephrology patients suffering from kidney insufficiency, have been hospitalized for several months in the Children's Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus, where they have been receiving lifesaving therapy while awaiting kidney transplants.

Israel’s Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz authorised the sale of “AquaTabs” water purification tablets from Israel Chemicals for use in the UNICEF’s relief mission in Syria. Syria’s water sources, have suffered significant damage during the 18-months revolt against President Assad.

Doctors at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center have cured 51 year-old Palestinian Arab accountant Tarik Sadek Abu Baker of severe Parkinson’s disease using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy. Having been barely able to move or talk, he now has no visible symptoms.

This Janglo advert offers two individuals the opportunity to work at the Arab Jewish Community Centre in Jaffa (Yaffo). The American Corner Yaffo (ACY) program includes tutoring services, and After School Clubs that bring American sports, culture, games, etc to the local children.

The Israel Medical Association’s Scientific Council and the Health Ministry are piloting a program to enable physicians to complete their hospital residencies in part-time hospital work. It aims to enable young women to both have families and specialize, thereby reducing doctor shortages.

(Thanks to Israel21c) Please read this new feature article on the work of non-profit organisation Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS). It contains a description of the BIS Friendship Park (Park Chaverim), Israel’s first accessible and inclusive playground.

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.

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.