Israel Active

They may not have won the tournament, but the camaraderie inside the Australian Rules ‘Peace’ Team was the highlight of the International Cup event.

Joan and Sandy Weill made a generous donation to Haifa’s Rambam hospital. It will help establish a children’s haematology oncology department and support the Israeli-Palestinian Friendship Centre.

In the Jerusalem Boxing Club, Israeli Jews, Arabs and Palestinian Arabs, religious, secular and women happily square up to one another in the name of Sport.

The IDF rescued an Arab mother and daughter who were returning from medical treatment in Israel. Palestinian Arab terrorists were firing mortars at them at the Gaza Erez crossing.

OK, it’s over the Internet, but this Aug 17th event was still unique. Israelis sang in Persian and the Iranians in Hebrew.

Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted Egypt’s deputy ambassador to a Ramadan dinner following the aftermath of the terrorist attacks near Eilat that resulted in the deaths of 8 Israelis and 5 Egyptians.

Israeli Arabs used to believe that owls were bad luck. But seminars have explained that they are important assets for organic farmers to keep rodent pests under control.

Members of Israel’s primary non-government rescue and recovery organization took sick and disabled children on an adventure jeep trail to a fun day in the Jerusalem hills.

Students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business and Ben Gurion University are on an exchange with lectures and workshops in three cities across Canada and Israel.

The Rashi Foundation in Beersheva, Ofanim in the Galilee and the Israel Sci-Tech Schools Network are increasing the prospects for young students in the periphery of Israel.