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Israel was the first country to send aid in the aftermath of the earthquake in Eastern Turkey. The first report below is from the Turkish news media Hurriyet. In 1999 Israel rescued 12 people and treated over 1000 following the devastating Turkish earthquakes that killed over 20,000 people.

Based on the Israeli model reported here last week. The president of Ecuador is a paraplegic and wants to build 200 similar parks. Uruguay is also interested in the idea.

Israel Air Force's prestigious flight school will see the graduation of a record five female pilots this December. They will join the 22 women who have already achieved this accomplishment since 1995 when the IAF introduced equal opportunity into flight schools.

When a kidney became available following the death of a 38 year-old Israeli, surgeons at Hadassah hospital transplanted it into Bethlehem teenager Walid Daadua.

In a gesture of solidarity, Mustafa Salim, 35, an Arab Israeli resident of the northern village of Muqaibla did not shave or cut his hair for more than five years until Gilad Schalit was released from captivity. “I am very proud of what I did and of the State of Israel. Such a kidnapping is not courageous and is not based on the culture of Islam."

Don’t let Hamas kid you. Prison conditions for the hundreds of Palestinian Arab terrorists just released were a whole lot better than those for kidnapped Israeli Gilad Schalit. Click for the facts.

Chinese universities have launched their first-ever Israel Studies program. Yaakov Kirschen (better known as the pro-Israel author of the cartoon series “Dry Bones”) is to be the keynote speaker at the inaugural event and will give lectures at universities in Shanghai, Beijing, Henan and Chongqing.

An IDF patrol provided emergency medical treatment to two Palestinian Arab workers who fell three floors in a PA administered town southwest of Hebron.

Israel’s exchange of 1027 Arab terrorists for Gilad Schalit has impressed many Arab users of the Internet’s Twitter communication system.

The new Philippine Ambassador to Israel was so proud of Israel’s first woman prime minister that 26 years ago he gave her name to his baby daughter. "I wanted my daughter to be a good strong woman who will know how to face this world” said Ambassador Generoso Calonge.