Israel's Medical Achievements

A nano-vaccine for melanoma

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma (skin cancer) that has proved effective in laboratory tests. Tiny particles made of bio-degradable polymer were pa...

Israeli-Druze officer saves Jordanian boy

Kalai Housam Tarif, an Israeli Prison Officer of the Druze community, donated half of his liver to an unrelated eight-year-old boy from Jordan. Surgeons at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Pe...

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Science & Technology

Amos 17 satellite launched

Israel's Spacecom's Amos-17 satellite was successfully launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Great youtube videos.

A better future for plastic

Rotem Shemesh is Head of Research at Israel's Carmel Olefins. She is developing plastic that are easier to recycle. Another product is antimicrobial plastic packaging to prolong the shelf life of f...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Best foot forward

When Israel played Kenya in the 2019 Women's Lacrosse U19 World Championships, they saw that the Kenyans were wearing sneakers instead of lacrosse cleats (shoes with special studs). The next day, ...

Israel leads international tsunami drill

Israel's navy has been leading a major training exercise involving 11 countries in preparation for an expected earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Greece, France and the US were in the main particip...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

Lionel Richie to say “Hello”

Pop legend Lionel Richie is coming to Israel for a performance on Sep 12th in Live Park Rishon Lezion. He has rejected BDS boycott calls, indicating that he is "Stuck On You" Israelis. With such an...

Award-winning Israeli restaurants

Six Israeli restaurants won awards at the World Luxury Restaurants Awards in St. Petersburg, Russia, voted by 100,000 guests, travelers and industry professionals. Aria won 3 awards. The other winn...

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Economy & Business

Over one thousand backers for ALS therapy developer

I reported previously on Israel's NeuroSense, which is developing a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). NeuroSense has just raised NIS 4 million from over 1,100 backers in a crowdfu...

Direct flights from Dallas

American Airlines is launching a non-stop service from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas to Tel Aviv. The 3-flights-a-week operation will commence in Sep 2020 and will be American Airlines' first direct ser...

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The Jewish State

Cancer survivors to wed

University students Eliav Marland and Etti Davidov will marry this coming week. They met thanks to cancer charity Zichron Menachem having both recovered from cancer treatment. A lovely story to cel...

Holocaust survivor celebrates with 400 descendants

Holocaust survivor Shoshana Ovitz celebrated her celebrated her 104th birthday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem together with 90% of her descendants - over 400 children, grandchildren, great-grandc...

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