Israel's Medical Achievements

Israeli treatment in Mass trials

Pridopidine, from Israeli biotech Prilenia, has been chosen by the Healey Center at Massachusetts General hospital for the first-ever platform (multiple treatments) trial for amyotrophic lateral sc...

US approves freezing of tumors

The US FDA has granted approval for Israel's IceCure Medical to use its tumor-freezing technology to destroy cancerous and benign tumors of the kidney, liver, ear, nose, and throat. It already has ...

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Science & Technology

A revealing scientific breakthrough

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a new way to produce and control terahertz waves, which can pass through opaque materials to detect hidden objects and reveal their composition. The s...

Israel’s national communications satellite

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) will develop and build Israel's national communication satellite, "Dror 1". The deal with the Israeli Government is worth $190 million and is intended to fulf...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Israel begins exports of natural gas to Egypt

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla, jointly confirmed that Israeli natural gas is now flowing to Egypt. It was hailed as the most significant ec...

Extinguishing fires in Australia

One of the Israeli startups exhibiting at CES 2020 Las Vegas was drone video analyst Edgybees . Having helped combat the fires in California last year, they responded to an urgent request from Aust...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

Israeli becomes Formula One test driver

British Formula One motor racing team and constructor ROKiT Williams Racing has signed 25-year-old Israeli Roy Nissany to their 2020 driver lineup. He will test drive in Formula One and race in For...

Israel Space Week

The events being held for Israel Space Week at the end of Jan include the Bloomfield Science museum Jerusalem marking 50 years of the first Moon landing. Visitors to Netanya Planetanya can pretend ...

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Economy & Business

Direct flights from Siberia

Russia's second-largest airline S7 Airlines is to begin direct flights between Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport and Novosibirsk, Siberia. Apparently, half of Russian visitors to Israel c...

Another connected car connection

As reported previously Israeli connected car data company Otonomo has partnered Daimler/Mercedes, Skoda, Jaguar/Land Rover and Avis. Now, it is to provide Mitsubishi Motors with parking apps, smar...

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The Jewish State

Completing the daily Talmud study program

Israeli cities have been celebrating the world-wide completion of Daf Yomi (a page a day) study of the Talmud. The program takes 7.5 years. Thousands attended the Siyum HaShas (end of Talmud) cerem...

Learn Hebrew from milk cartons

The birthday of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, father of modern spoken Hebrew, is also Hebrew Language Day in Israel. This year, on 16th Jan, the Academy of the Hebrew Language, together with Tnuva, have pri...

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