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Israel’s Prime Minister has hired its first Arabic-speaking spokesman and unveiled a new Arabic-language website.

12-year-old Tamar Fogel, orphaned in the Itamar terror attack, visited Europe with her Bnei Akiva group. The French Jews expected to strengthen the Itamar youth, but it was the reverse.

This week, Israel promised to bring to the Jewish State over 7,300 members of the Bnei Menashe “lost tribe” from North Eastern India. Please also watch the 2008 video of their amazing history.

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.