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{image_1}As part of a unique “Combatants for Peace” trip to Yad Vashem, eight Palestinian Authority residents visited the museum to learn of the fates of European Jews during the Holocaust. “This was a jolting experience for me,” said Ahmed al-Jaafari, a 43-year-old Deheishe refugee camp resident. “I saw the reactions of people who were here and wanted to experience it for myself. I heard and read about and saw movies on the Holocaust, but nothing comes close to a visit in which I can see it with my own eyes. I don't understand how the world conspired [to commit] a crime like this.”
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{image_1}Positive interaction between Jews and Arabs is rarely mentioned in the international news, but it is increasingly common to hear positive stories in Israel.
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{image_1}When 22-year-old Emmannuel Buso was pulled from the rubble of a building 10 days after an earthquake devastated Haiti, the first faces he saw were those of Israeli rescue workers. For Haji Edum, from Zanzibar, his life-saving moment came twice, when he was flown at age 15, and then again at 23, to Israel for open-heart surgery. He is just one of thousands of youngsters to receive emergency heart care from volunteer doctors in Israel.
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{image_1}An Israel Defense Forces [IDF] medical team was called to assist in the case of a 13-year-old Palestinian dialysis patient whose condition had escalated to the point where his life was in danger. “We received a call around nine in the morning from the Chief Medical Officer of the Judea and Samaria Division informing us that there was a boy hospitalized in the Jenin hospital in need of further intensive care,” said Lt. Abed Rabah, Medical Officer of the Menashe Regional Brigade in the Judea and Samaria Division.
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{image_1}The Air Defense Formation continues to advance its capabilities in defending Israel against missile threats. In one such development, the existing missile detection systems will soon be replaced with a newer version incorporating innovative changes. The new system will allow a detection of 99% of the rockets and missiles launched towards Israel and will scan the attacked area in detail, resulting in fewer false alarms interrupting citizens' daily lives.
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{image_1}After seven dry years that sent Israel into somewhat of a water austerity regimen, the Water Authority announced at the beginning of February that it was lifting the “severe drought” advisory issued for the water market several years ago. “The water crisis is over,” said Water Authority Head Alexander Kushner, adding that while the water market is stable, Israelis should not become complacent.
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{image_1}This will give you a glimpse into the daily lives of Israelis during Operation Pillar of Defense (November 14–21).
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{image_1}The Ramat Gan Safari Park announced that Anya, a western lowland gorilla, had given birth to a female baby. Two weeks later the Safari announced that yet another baby gorilla had been born to Lia. The sex of the newest arrival is still not known, as the keepers prefer to leave new babies undisturbed with their mothers for the first few weeks following their birth. The Safari's alpha male, Lucas, has so far fathered ten infant gorillas since he came to the Safari from Holland in 1997.
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{image_1}Twenty Holocaust survivors from the central Israeli town of Ramat Hasharon celebrated their bar mitzvah at the Kotel (Western Wall). The ceremony, which marks a boy’s coming of age, is usually celebrated at age 13.
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{image_1}Israel's Defense Ministry and the US's Missile Defense Agency have completed the first round of tests on the Magic Wand system. The tests were reportedly successful, raising the chances of future investment. The interceptor missile system is being developed for the Defense Ministry by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the US's Raytheon Co. It was designed to intercept Hizbullah missiles fired from Lebanon.
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