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(Thanks to Geoff) Thirty Israeli children suffering with cancer were about to depart Ben Gurion airport for Camp Simcha in the USA. But 11-year-old Imbar had to disembark in tears as she had lost her passport. Just as the jet taxied along the runway, someone found Imbar’s passport. El Al’s management made an unprecedented decision and authorized the plane to return to pick her up. A beautiful story.

Jerusalem hosted the largest-ever seminar for new and veteran Olim (immigrants to Israel), to help them find employment and provide other assistance in settling into life in the Jewish State.

Josh Wasserman has donated his 13th birthday gifts to establish a basketball team and renovate a new court for children living in a center for new Ethiopian immigrants in northern Israeli city of Safed (Tzfat).

(Thanks to Israel21c) Four blogs depict the face of Israel rarely portrayed in the media: Humans of Tel Aviv, Humans of Israel, Humans of Safed and Humans of Jerusalem.

When a rare baby Asian elephant was born at Israel’s Ramat Gan Safari Park, La Belle (the mother) received some coaching in how to bring up junior from Bubba - her mother, La Petite.

The latest big winner of the Israeli lottery is determined to invest rather than waste his fortune. An unnamed soldier won first and second prize and will use the interest “to finance my university education.” He also promised to look after his parents and siblings.

In an attempt to enter Canada illegally, an Iranian family used stolen and falsified passports from the “Zionist entity”. They knew that Israelis do not require visas to enter the country, whereas Iranians required permits. But they didn’t fool Canadian officials.

Members of the IDF’s Tavor Battalion are prepared to save lives in the event of a large-scale disaster. The soldiers train to rescue civilians trapped under mounds of rubble. As one of the battalion commanders said, “Rescuing a person is like bringing a child into the world.”

A new Israeli TV station has gone on air. i24news, based in Jaffa, is the first TV channel dedicated to reporting international news from an Israeli point of view. It broadcasts World news (70%) and Israeli news (30%) in English, Arabic and French via satellite, cable and also LIVE on the Internet. Please visit