Israel's Medical Achievements

Preventing worldwide blindness

Israel's AEYE Health (reported previously) is pushing hard to get its retinal disease AI diagnostic eye scanner approved by the end of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously cut the number of p...

Replacing antibiotics in the dairy industry

Israeli biotech Mileutis has developed Imilac - designed to treat mastitis in cows by boosting their immune systems. Imilac is near the marketing stage and can replace the wide use of antibiotics f...

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Science & Technology

The world's largest desertification conference

Israel's Ben Gurion University is hosting the International Drylands, Deserts & Desertification Conference (DDD) Nov 16 - 18. This year's title is "Feeding the Drylands - Challenges in Changing...

Projecting games for locked down seniors

Israel's Eyeclick (reported previously) has developed Obie - an interactive projector plus sensors, specifically designed to help stimulate isolated seniors in old age homes. Obie turns any floor,...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

The top women in Cybersecurity

The Software Report's Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity of 2020 includes 7 Israelis. Yael Ben Arie , Sagit Manor , Ola Sergatchov , Yuval Lazar , Nadia Malinoff-Kan , Dr. Dori...

Sudan and Israel to normalize ties

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Sudan will normalize ties with Israel, becoming the third Arab country to do so in recent months, after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The ...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

The highest message of peace

From the roof of Tel Aviv's Azrieli tower, Israel's Firqat Alnoor orchestra of Jews, Muslims, Druze and Christians performed the Emirati song "Ahebak" ("I Love You") in tribute to the historic Isra...

Master of wine

Ido Lewinsohn is only the second Israeli to graduate as a Master of Wine from the London-based Institute of Masters of Wine. It involved a 3-year study program, theory papers, blind-tasting tests a...

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Economy & Business

Connecting the Gulf to the Med

The Europe-Asia Pipeline Co has signed an agreement with the Med-Red company to convey UAE oil from Eilat to Ashkelon. It will save shipping the oil through the Suez Canal, benefiting the Israeli e...

Growing salmon on land in Nevada

Israel's AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies (reported previously) has won a $90 million contract to build an on-land salmon farm in Reno, Nevada. Producing up to 60,000 tons of fish per year withou...

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The Jewish State

Wedding outside coronavirus ward

A bridegroom's father was in Hadassah hospital's Covid-19 ward. So the Yad Avraham organization arranged for the young couple to be married under the father's hospital window so he could watch. The...

Second Temple period clay objects unearthed intact

Dozens of ancient jars and complete clay objects have been discovered inside a water hole at the Khirbet Kafr Mer archaeological site at Beit El. The site is deemed to have been part of a Jewish co...

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