Monthly Archives: May 2013

Babylon deal translates into cash

Posted on May 5, 2013

(Thanks to Eli) Israeli translation company Babylon has signed a four-year cooperation agreement with Yahoo Inc. The two companies will share in revenue from Internet advertising, which provides Babylon with 94% of its revenue. Babylon already has around 50 million … Continue reading →

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“The state of Israel’s economy is very good

Posted on May 5, 2013
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Our Turkish friends

Posted on May 5, 2013

Turkish TV commentator Ceylan Ozbudak is a big supporter of the State of Israel. So is Muslim scholar Adnan Oktar. Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and Israeli Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara, among others, have appeared on his TV show. Please … Continue reading →

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Preserving the Galapagos Islands

Posted on May 5, 2013

A delegation from Ben Gurion University’s Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research has toured the Galapagos Islands and has signed a cooperation agreement with the Directorate of the National Park to promote the conservation of the endangered biological diversity of … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem Hills Children’s Home

Posted on May 5, 2013

Over 85 at-risk children aged from 7 to 14 receive a secure and stable home environment, therapeutic treatment and special education at the Jerusalem Hills Therapeutic Center. Since 1943 the three JHTCs have rehabilitated more than one thousand graduates back … Continue reading →

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Qatari prince to visit Israel

Posted on May 5, 2013

Israel’s business site Calcalist reports that Qatar’s Prince Khalifa Al-Thani is to visit Israel this November. This would be the first official visit of a member of the Qatari royal family to Israel, and he has expressed his desire to … Continue reading →

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Three Iraqi children to undergo heart surgery in Israel

Posted on May 5, 2013

Israel’s Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar has approved the arrival of three young Iraqi children to Israel, in order to receive lifesaving medical care from Israel-based international organization Save a Child’s Heart. http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/Save-a-Childs-Heart-brings-3-Iraqi-kids-to-Wolfson-311664 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4373472,00.html

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Muslim Arabs are Israel’s gatekeepers

Posted on May 5, 2013

Interesting source for this positive article on the Bedouin trackers who help protect the borders of the Jewish State. “The state of Bedouin in Israel is better, as far as the respect we get, our progress, education,” says Lieutenant Colonel … Continue reading →

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Israeli hockey team wins in Turkey

Posted on May 5, 2013

(Thanks to SDM.) The Israeli team gained promotion to IIHF League Division IIA at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Turkey. The blue and whites won four of their five league games to finish top of Division II … Continue reading →

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First Israeli operation to separate conjoined twins

Posted on May 5, 2013

Doctors at Haifa’s Rambam hospital performed one of the most difficult surgical procedures possible. Although one twin was not viable and was stillborn, the other is now fighting for its life. There have been only 150 cases of similarly conjoined … Continue reading →

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