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Five graduates of the Maccabim-Reut high school obtained their pilots wings this week while nine of their classmates receive their stripes as officers in the Israel Defence Forces.

One of the recent finds uncovered during the excavation of the first Temple era Ophel City Wall site was part of a letter from the King of Jerusalem to the King of Egypt written over 3400 years ago.

A Jewish burial container has been certified as a genuine 2000 year-old artefact from Judea.

Not really holy, but water is so precious to Israelis that even the ritual bath water is to be recycled. In just one town near Jerusalem, it will save more than a million gallons of water each year.

Usually her husband buys the lottery ticket and wins nothing. Last week she gave it a shot and won… twice! First and second prize in the national lottery were worth a total of 36 million shekels.

100 Birthright Israel participants spent the morning cleaning, gardening, and painting. Over 11 years, the project has organised over 500,000 hours of voluntary work.

Diplomats from many countries attended a Tel Aviv seminar to show their willingness to learn Hebrew and communicate with Israelis in the local language.

Leaving no “stone” unturned, we discovered that the Labrador is the most popular of man’s best friend. There are 387,289 dogs in Israel and not one has ever been sentenced to death!

Sergeant Haim Roffe moved from Mexico to Israel and serves on a patrol boat based in Ashdod.

Israel’s new UN representative Ron Prosor made his debut as chairman of the Western Europe and Others Group (WEGO). He welcomed Ban Ki-Moon’s re-election as UN Sec-General. He has also already got busy with serious work putting over Israel’s case to this controversial organisation.