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A five-year project to restore the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City has been completed. The $4.4 million project ("one of the most complicated, largest and important ever conducted in the country") cleaned and repaired the 2.5 miles (4 km) of walls and seven gates constructed by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

We never forget that some great people have been put on this Earth to help build the Jewish State into today’s miracle. Stanley (Shalom) Zielony – Friend of the Technion – who has just passed away, was one of those people.

Israel came second in the OECD ranking of adults with academic degrees. Only Canada, with 51% and Russia (not an OECD member) with 54% ranked higher.

Some unusual, potentially dangerous individuals have been sighted near Israel’s security fences.

Christians United For Israel (CUFI) contains some of the most loyal non-Jewish supporters of the Jewish State. The organisation even understands that many Jews have issues with it.

Archaeologists have discovered remains of a large 1,500-year-old Jewish town near Be’er Sheva, including two public ritual pools (mikvehs) and a synagogue or Torah study centre. The town was uncovered while extending the southern leg of Israel's north-south super highway.

Sar-El (Hebrew for “Service for Israel) is the national project for volunteers for the Jewish State. In May it celebrated its 30th anniversary and I thought it appropriate to share some of the many comments of Sar-El volunteers over the past year. Also the history of the organisation and its achievements.

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) brought nearly 40 students from across the United States and Canada to participate in its second annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference.

A central location ensured the most prominent rally in Sweden for the past ten years. Organised by Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, it featured on IBA TV and radio Kol Yisrael and in most of the Israeli English and Hebrew press. However, the Swedish media seemed to want to keep it quiet.

For the first time in 150 years, the blades of the restored windmill in Yemin Moshe were turning once more. Although an electric motor replaces the wind as the source of power, the iconic machine will soon be grinding grain once more for the citizens of Israel’s capital city.