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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.

Israel has set up a mechanism to funnel aid to the Palestinian Arabs in the event of an earthquake. Israeli military relief would be available on request from the PA. A tremor registering 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Israel and the territories last week.

Finland, with one of world's best education systems, has adopted the nursery program of 90-year-old Bar Ilan Professor Reuven Feuerstein. "The secret is that we do not teach content, rather we impart learning and cognitive thinking strategies," said the Professor.

11-year old Kathleen Eligado recently performed Miri Aloni’s classic “Ballad of Hedva and Shlomik,” in Hebrew, before a TV audience of a million Israelis. Born in Israel to Filipino migrants, she is one of the stars of the popular Israeli show “Music School,” a kind of “American Idol” for kids.

Israeli farmers breed barn owls to control rodent pests on farmland. The program has been extended to the Palestinian Authority and Jordan and the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel has just publicised the story of a breeding pair consisting of an Israeli owl and a Jordanian owl.