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  • Israelis and Jordanians unite for emergency preparedness

    March 10, 2010 - A regional emergency response team of Jordanians and Israelis is forging collaboration that could save lives and contribute to real peace between the two peoples. ...
  • Ten top Israeli business ventures that inspire peace in the Middle East

    February 28, 2010 - Peace in the Middle East may seem elusive, but Jews and Arabs across Israel are working hard to create bridges though business. ISRAEL21c brings you a list of Israel's top ten coexistence business ventures. ...
  • Israel may be the first to go furless

    February 18, 2010 - Israel may become the location of a historic first for animal rights, if a bill banning the import and sale of most types of fur soon becomes law. ...
  • Saving lives in the wake of natural disasters

    February 17, 2010 - It's not just Haiti, in the wake of any kind of natural humanitarian disaster worldwide, an Israeli organization can be found saving lives, offering aid, and rebuilding torn communities. ...
  • "The resilience of the people is stronger than we expected"

    February 11, 2010 - Israeli volunteers have opened a makeshift school in Port-au-Prince, providing education and counseling for 800 of the city's traumatized children. ...
  • On a mission to create friendship and understanding

    February 08, 2010 - In the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Jaffa , the local community center seeks to create friendship and understanding, while meeting local needs. ...
  • Israel launches Operation Respect

    February 03, 2010 - Operation Respect teaches children to express their feelings and resolve conflicts creatively. It just launched in Israel, with the visit of its founder Peter Yarrow, of the folk trio Peter Paul and Mary. ...
  • Incubating peace with Israel's Arab sector

    January 28, 2010 - A flagship incubator in Israel is helping to create coexistence while ensuring that Muslim and Christian Israeli Arabs develop expertise in biotech and the life sciences. ...
  • Swinging from the coexistence trapeze

    January 26, 2010 - Just one day "at the circus" leads to remarkable changes in the way Israeli Jewish, Muslim and Christian high school students relate to each other. ...
  • Israel prepares for the long-haul in quake-stricken Haiti

    January 20, 2010 - With anarchy growing, and the devastation vast, Israel vows to continue offering vital aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. ...
  • Israel rushes to Haiti's aid

    January 14, 2010 - Just a day following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, 220 Israelis, comprising teams of doctors and rescue and relief workers, are already on their way. ...
  • Israel aims for new record in the Middle “Eats” hummus war

    January 07, 2010 - First the Israelis held the record. Then the Lebanese. Now Israeli Arab and Jewish chefs are working together to win back the Guinness Record for the largest plate of hummus in the world. ...
  • Giving birth to peace

    January 06, 2010 - A group of Palestinian and Israeli midwives are working together to ensure that pregnant mothers in Israel and the Palestinian territories have safe and natural births. ...
  • Israeli proposes to shrink Samoan waistlines

    January 05, 2010 - An Israeli diplomat in Samoa is bringing Israeli experts to curb increasing obesity and diabetes in the South Pacific islands. ...
  • The sacred Jerusalem in us all

    December 29, 2009 - Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars come together in a book about the Temple Mount's significance to the three monotheistic faiths. ...
  • A celebration of faith at Israel's only Scottish school

    December 22, 2009 - A Church of Scotland school, right in the heart of Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab city of Jaffa, is proving to be a place where children of all faiths learn to respect one another. ...
  • Jaffa bakery scion has turned Israel football into a little UN

    December 22, 2009 - Muslims, Christians, Jews - the Jaffa football team Tel Aviv Sabres, run by Said Abulafia, is a heartening cross-cultural mix. ...
  • Jews and Arabs on an intercultural journey

    December 20, 2009 - Having performed Jewish and Arab music across the US, encouraging the two opposing groups to open up to each other, two Israeli-born musicians bring their show back home. ...
  • Doing a hard job together

    December 16, 2009 - Clearing up in the wake of a tragedy is not easy but in southern Israel it has led to cooperation and coexistence between two unlikely populations - the Bedouin and ultra-orthodox Jews. ...
  • Guide dogs that speak Hebrew [Video]

    December 09, 2009 - There is only one place in the country where Israel's visually impaired can be matched up with guide dogs that respond to Hebrew commands. ...

Did You Know?

March 10, 2010 - Israeli chocolate chain, Max Brenner is opening a new branch in Caesars Palace Mall in Las Vegas. The two-storey shop will include a chocolate restaurant, bar and shop. Another branch is expected to open soon in Boston, bringing the number of branches worldwide to 32.

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