New EU-funded international study of Mediterranean plants finds Israel’s medicinal herbs effective in fighting bacteria, fungus and infection.
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Israeli college students fortify troubled towns by moving in
In return for free tuition and low rent, members of Ayalim student villages volunteer their time to transform Negev and Galilee communities.
Israeli-Arab study looks to get drugs out of water
Researchers from the Technion and Al Quds University will cooperate to find ways of ridding wastewater of pharmaceutical residues.
Training paramedics from Jordan and Israel
14 Jordanians and 40 Israelis finish a groundbreaking three-year bachelor’s course in emergency medicine at an Israeli university.
An Arab-Jewish ice cream shop’s sweet story
In the Galilee, a Muslim and a kibbutznik open a swanky ice cream parlor where the common language is the sound of a lick.
Arab and Jewish teens are ‘Friends Forever’
A Rotary Club program puts groups of Muslim and Jewish Israeli high school students together for 16 days of bonding in New England.
Muslim-Jewish high school musical tours Europe
With the stage as their common ground, Muslim and Jewish Israelis put aside their differences to perform at home and abroad.
Wanted: Bedouin school psychologists
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev launches special program preparing Bedouins to fill a dire need in their community’s schools.
Greener ties for Jordan and Israel
A cooperative triangle involving Jordan, Israel and the US turns its attention to producing alternative fuels for the two Mideast neighbors.
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