Monthly Archives: November 2012

Israel takes care of asylum seekers

Posted on November 25, 2012

Positive information about Israel’s policy for allowing genuine asylum seekers into the Jewish State. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/israel-takes-care-of-asylum-seekers/2012/11/11/0126739e-29eb-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_print.html

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Still supplying Gaza

Posted on November 25, 2012

Unbelievable – whilst Gaza terrorists were firing hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilians, Israel was still sending in truckloads of food and medical supplies. Israel provides Gazans with five million cubic meters of water every day and 125 megawatts of … Continue reading →

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Treating Gazans in Israeli hospitals

Posted on November 25, 2012

Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center is taking care of a baby girl in the nephrology department, two children in oncology and an adult in urology. Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem has six Gazan patients. At Tel Hashomer a Gaza girl is in … Continue reading →

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Plenty to do in Israel

Posted on November 25, 2012

For those tourists who realise that Israel is as safe as ever, here are 10 top recommended events. Highights include two jazz concerts; an Ethiopian photo exhibition in Netanya; Israel Museum’s “Modern Judaica” exhibition; and a Negev tour “In the … Continue reading →

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Israeli-Arab rapper looks to make it big

Posted on November 25, 2012

‘I’m the American Middle Eastern dream,’ says Sameh Zakout, aka SAZ, a Ramle boy who dreams about making it big in Los Angeles after his stint on an Israeli reality show. Zakout has an American professional coach, an Israeli manager, … Continue reading →

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Israeli researcher wins Marie Curie prize

Posted on November 25, 2012

Dr Sarit Sivan, from Israel’s Technion, won the prize in the ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ category. She has developed an innovative treatment for lower back pain resulting from the degeneration of discs in the spinal column. http://enpi-info.eu/mainmed.php?id=30859&id_type=1&lang_id=450

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Reading makes changes in your brain

Posted on November 25, 2012

(Thanks to Israel21c) A study initiated by Israeli brain science researcher and Bar Ilan University professor, Michal Ben-Shachar has identified complex changes in brain connections, as children learn how to read. http://israel21c.org/culture/reading-stimulates-white-matter-in-kids/

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Figuring out our brains

Posted on November 25, 2012

Hebrew University researchers have proved that we are able to solve maths problems and read phrases unconsciously. These results bring us closer to solving one of the biggest scientific mysteries of the 21st century: What are the functions of human … Continue reading →

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Biological pacemaker

Posted on November 25, 2012

More media publicity (this time in the UK) for Technion’s breakthrough technology that uses stem cells from a patient’s own skin to regenerate damaged heart muscle tissue. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9652994/Stem-cells-could-be-used-to-make-biological-pacemaker-for-heart-patients.html

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500,000 successful operations

Posted on November 25, 2012

Israeli Medical Device Innovations on display at Medica 2012 in Dusseldorf included HemaClear’s innovative tourniquet technology, which has now been put to use in more than 500,000 operations. http://www.israelmedicalinnovation.com/blog/diagnostics/9

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