Netanyahu proud of freedom of worship for all Israelis; Summer camp for children with cancer cheers up Jewish and Arab kids; Israelis have not forgotten civilians in countries still suffering from last year’s hurricanes, and much more!

By: Michael Ordman

ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL

Freedom of worship for all

As Israel’s Muslim and Druze communities began celebrating the Eid al-Adha festival, PM Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video wishing them “Eid al-Adha mubarak”. He was proud that in Israel we have freedom of worship for all: Muslims, Druze, Christians, Baha’is, Jews – everyone.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-send-muslims-druze-eid-al-adha-greetings-amid-nation-state-law-spat/

Co-existence at summer camp for cancer kids

The summer camp run by Camp Sunrise for children with cancer in Beit Yehoshua has 20% Arab children. The ones in Beersheba and Ramat Yochanan are nearer 50% Arab. The Jewish and Arab children forget their illnesses and differences and interact – just like kids do.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-jewish-arab-summer-camp-children-declare-color-war-on-cancer/

One year later – Israel is still there

Who can forget the devastation hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, José and Nate did to the USA and Caribbean? Israeli aid organizations IsraAID and the Israel Trauma Coalition haven’t. They have stayed in the region to continue healing wounds and preparing residents for the next big storm.
https://www.israel21c.org/one-year-after-harvey-israelis-still-aid-texas-caribbean/

Protecting UK and Australia’s armies

The UK Ministry of Defense has bought six of the latest anti-drone systems developed by Israel’s Rafael for $20 million to protect sensitive facilities from drones. The Australian Defense Force has bought Rafael’s Trophy Active Protection System for its armored vehicles.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-Rafael-equips-Australia-with-SPIKE-LR2-for-combat-vehicles-565517 https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-rafael-to-sell-6-anti-drone-systems-to-uk-1001250393

UN honors Israeli woman

I reported previously (10th Dec) on Israeli startup ECOncrete, which develops eco-friendly concrete products. Its founder, marine biologist Shimrit Perkol-Finkel won the Western Europe nomination for the United Nations’ first “We Empower” competition for female entrepreneurs.
https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-marine-biologist-wins-un-business-contest-award/
https://www.vitalvoices.org/people/dr-shimrit-perkol-finkel/ https://www.vitalvoices.org/weempower/

Bringing sweet music to a Muslim state

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra performed at the Gabala International Music Festival in the Muslim state of Azerbaijan. The JSO was warmly received by music lovers during their second performance in one of the most important classical music events in Azerbaijan.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/The-sounds-of-Jerusalem-in-a-tolerant-Muslim-state-565798

Israelis aid Indian flood victims

Israel’s government and NGO IsraAID have sent teams to the South-Indian state of Kerala to help victims of the floods that have displaced 725,000 people. The teams are providing urgent relief items and assessing the long-term needs of affected communities.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/IsraAID-team-to-help-victims-of-South-Indian-floods-565399
https://www.israel21c.org/israaid-sends-team-to-help-flood-victims-in-southern-india/

The first Israeli PM to visit Lithuania

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Vilna, Lithuania to attend a summit of the Baltic states and meet with Lithuanian PM Saulius Skvernelis, Latvian PM Maris Kucinskis and Estonian PM Juri Ratas. The four leaders will discuss the deepening of cooperation between their countries.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/netanyahu-first-israeli-prime-minister-to-visit-lithuania/2018/08/23/

Clean water for Cameroon

I featured previously (17th Jun) the water purification technology of Israel’s NUFiltration. Now the company is to provide its unique water filtration systems to thousands of people in the Cameroon who currently have no access to clean water and are suffering a severe cholera epidemic.
https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Israeli-invention-to-help-combat-cholera-epidemic-in-Cameroon-564836

Zulu King mobilizes support for Israel

Nkosi Zwelakhe Mthethwa, a Zulu king from South Africa’s Mthethwa tribe, has returned from a visit to Israel with a pledge to mobilize Christians all over the world to support the Jewish state. “because this place [Israel] is our tangible and intangible heritage site”.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/08/23/this-is-our-heritage-zulu-king-declares-following-emotional-visit-to-israel/

Israel trains rescuers

Israeli officers from the IDF’s Home Front Command have just returned from Dallas, Texas where they conducted their fifth session training local civilians in Israeli emergency response techniques. Meanwhile in Israel, Israeli NGO ZAKA and the IDF trained 40 rescue leaders from 5 countries.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-org-and-idf-home-front-command-train-40-rescue-unit-commanders-from-5-countries/

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