Israel's Medical Achievements

Vaccination progress

27% of Israelis (2.4 million) have had their first Covid vaccination and rollout to the over-40s has begun. Numbers of seriously ill over-60s have fallen by a third and the reproduction rate is be...

Monitoring coma patients

Israel's BrainWatch Tech is developing a device that will continuously check a coma patient's pupils for their reactions to light stimulus. Over a million patients suffer severe brain injury each y...

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Science & Technology

5 minutes to charge an electric car

Israel's StoreDot (reported previously) has developed the world's first electric car battery that can be fully charged in 5 minutes. 1,000 of the batteries have been manufactured in China by Germa...

Breath test is 98% accurate

Israel's Scentech Medical (reported previously) has completed trials, on 784 individuals at Israel's Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, of its 10-second Covid-19 breath test. The results displayed seco...

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Landmines cleared at baptism site

After two years of work, the Franciscan St John the Baptist chapel beside the River Jordan in Israel is landmine free. Christians are again able to pray at the site, abandoned 54 years ago.

Direct flights to Morocco

Israel and Morocco have just signed an aviation agreement that will see direct flights launch between the two countries in two to three months.

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

Israeli novel for sale in Morocco

For the first time ever, an Israeli novel has been translated into Moroccan Arabic, for sale in Morocco. "A Girl in a Blue Shirt," by Tel Aviv University Professor Gabriel Bensimhon, was chosen for...

Israeli restaurant in Paris wins Michelin star

Israeli chef Assaf Granit's Shabour restaurant in Paris has won a coveted Michelin star and the accolade "a simple restaurant; one of our most delightful places." Granit's co-owned MachneYuda Group...

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Economy & Business

8 new joint US-Israeli projects

The Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation is funding 8 joint US-Israeli projects a total of $7.45 million. They include lighter airline seats, smart pollination, medic...

Helping millions learn to play instruments

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Israel's JoyTunes (reported previously) has been downloaded some 10 million times. Its app Simply Piano is listed as one of Apple's 'Editor's Choice' in its Ap...

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The Jewish State

Oldest seal

Originally thought to be a replica, a bulla (impression of a seal inscription) was bought for 10 old shekels in the 1980s. In ancient Hebrew, it says it belongs to Shema the servant/minister of Jer...

$11 million donation to transform youth village

The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation has donated $11 million to renovate and upgrade Israel's Kfar Silver Youth Village. It is the largest ever donation to an ORT school. The village suppor...

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