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A “must-see” short film of Israelis speaking about co-existence. It features Jews (several cultures), Arabs (Muslims, Christian and Druze), a French monk and a Dafur refugee.

In a Haifa hospital, 15-year old Mohammad is being treated for severe face cancer. His father Arrif says he cannot believe what has and is being done for Mohammed and himself. Regarding the terrorist rockets from Gaza, he says “I am ashamed. The politicians and extremists are not ‘the people’. We only want to live a normal life alongside you.”

An Israeli solar company Arava Power is working to help the Bedouin Arabs, a mostly nomadic tribal people living in Israel, develop their share of the solar industry.

A delegation of senior American police commanders arrived here for a counter-terrorism training. They hailed from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The Nautilus project is an international endeavour involving Haifa University with state-of-the-art technologies involving diving robots and elaborate control rooms. It includes educational opportunities and public activities that raise awareness of the deep-sea environment and its secrets.

Deputy Secretary-General Rintaro Tamaki of the Organization for Economic Coordination and Development praised Israel for its successes in environmental protection in the past two years. "The Government of Israel is doing exceptional work and is investing considerable resources in socio-economic development while reducing harm to the environment and efficiently using natural resources.”

Tel Aviv will host thousands of top international delegates who will share their insights and debate key issues facing the world's water and ecological systems.

The Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia presented Israel’s contribution to the Ethiopian drought relief effort via the disaster team of the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture.

Environmental leaders and researchers from all over Europe and Israel came together at the University of Haifa to discuss the challenges and costs of climate change.

In the nine years since the school was formed at Kfar Yehoshua, Muslims, Jews, Ethiopians, Russians, Druze and Christians have come together to juggle, jump and laugh.