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New Israeli government legislation has been approved that requires tour companies and car rental firms to provide services and facilities for handicapped people. Tour companies must have accessible buses and rental firms must provide vehicles that can transport disabled passengers.

The head of the situation room at Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry Getachew Teshoma and his deputy Yeganaw Mengist Belay visited Magen David Adom at MDA’s Tel Aviv headquarters to learn from Israel’s first aid, ambulance and blood supply organization.

Moshe Hattori served as a Protestant minister in Japan’s fourth-largest city – much to the annoyance of his Buddhist parents. However his journey to Judaism and becoming a Jerusalem kollel student is an even greater eye-opener.

Israel’s national water company Mekorot is working with the OECD to disseminate Israeli know-how and technologies to third world countries as part of an effort to deal with the global water crisis.

The University of Haifa is conferring an honorary doctorate upon Israel’s Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran for his many years of distinguished service to the legal profession and for his efforts to improve Jewish-Arab relations and create a more just and equitable society in Israel.

The Israeli Government, in partnership with the Australian charity Insulin for Life, has donated much needed diabetes supplies to the Minister of Health of Samoa at a special ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of Samoa’s independence. Israel supports similar projects in the Pacific and Central Asia.

Jiang Xueqin is a deputy principal at Peking University High School and the director of its International Division. He and twenty of his students travelled to “arguably the world’s most dynamic economy” for six days to study what makes Israel “a start-up nation.” A great article.

After having been subjected to torture in the Islamic Republic, Ali Ramezan fled his home country and settled in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, where he now supports the State of Israel and is attempting to file charges against the Iranian regime.

Between 1st June and 3rd June New York's landmark building, the Empire State Building, are to be lit in the colours of the Israeli flag in honour of Israel's 64th anniversary. And on 3rd June Manhattan's Fifth Avenue will see the largest ever Israel Parade of 35,000 marchers and 29 floats.

24-year-old Nadav Ben-Yehuda was 250 meters from the summit of Mount Everest when he spotted the body of Turkish climber Aydin Irmak in the snow. He picked Aydin up and carried him back to Camp IV and helicopter rescue. Despite 200km/hr winds, no Oxygen and no gloves, both climbers survived. Please read this amazing story of selflessness and courage.