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Israel and India signed new agreements to expand defense, industrial, and technological co-operation during high-level talks in Tel Aviv. India is also finalizing deals worth $3.7b for Israeli defense systems and the joint manufacture of other armaments.

Miklós Szánthó, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights in Hungary, says, “what we are doing here in Hungary is to back the cause of Israel. That's why we block and stop every and each initiative in the UN or within the EU that would harm the interests of Israel."

Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel’s made her first visit to Fiji following the opening of the country’s new Jerusalem embassy. She also visited several other Pacific countries, including Papua New Guinea where she toured one of the farms built by Israel’s Innovative Agriculture (Agro) Industry.

Rabbi Daniel Walker, who blocked the terrorist from entering his Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, underwent security by the Community Security Trust, funded by Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry. Thanks to the rabbi’s actions, an even greater disaster was prevented.

The Israeli mission to the United Nations honored the “women who stepped forward when the world stood still” at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Ambassador Danny Danon said, “On Oct. 7, not only was the cruelty of Hamas revealed to the world, but also the heroism of Israeli women,”

Representatives of the Druze, Kurdish, Alawite, Assyrian and Yazidi  communities gathered in Tel Aviv for the first-of-its-kind conference “The Future of Minorities in the Middle East,”.  They discussed the future, following the end of the brutal Syrian regime and a weaker Iran.

A US-Israel Business Alliance report highlights that nearly 600 Israeli companies have created 27,000 jobs in New York City, generating billions of dollars for the city’s economy.  What a pity that the leading contender for the city’s mayor supports the Israel boycott movement.

IsraAID, Israel’s leading independent humanitarian organization, launched an emergency response after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica. Its team will focus on providing support in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, as well as Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.

The nine awardees of the Israeli President’s Medals of Honor included Israel Druzr leader Sheik Muwaffaq Tarif; US philanthropist Dr. Miriam Adelson; freed hostages Matan Angrest and Segev Kalfon; and non-Jewish Zionist Mathias Döpfner the “giant” CEO of Axel Springer SE media group.

Israel is a model for Taiwan to learn from in strengthening its defenses, President Lai Ching-te said at an AIPAC meeting, citing the Biblical story of David versus Goliath on the need to stand up to authoritarianism. Unfortunately, Taiwan is not allowed to join the United Nations.