Monthly Archives: April 2014

Turkey to buy Israeli gas

Posted on April 27, 2014

Turkey’s Turcas Petrol has notified the Istanbul Stock Exchange that its gas subsidiary has initiated negotiations to buy natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan field, for domestic customers. Israeli gas would be delivered to Turkey via an undersea pipeline. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-turcas-in-talks-to-buy-leviathan-gas-1000933282

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Amazon Fire TV features Israeli video app

Posted on April 27, 2014

Israel’s Magisto turns home movies into professional quality video. Amazon’s newly announced Amazon Fire TV promotes Magisto as giving customers “access to their favorite video and photo memories right in their living rooms, displayed in a visually stunning way.” http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-developed-magisto-features-in-new-amazon-tv-box/

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Biodegradable packaging attracts Hong Kong billionaire

Posted on April 27, 2014

Horizon Venture, owned by Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing is leading a $10 million investment round in Israel’s Tipa. The Israeli start-up has developed beverage packaging that is biodegradable within 180 days. http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6N0NE2F920140422

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Ex-IDF soldier rescues baby from burning car

Posted on April 27, 2014

The Israeli, identified only as Shlomo and his friend heard an explosion outside a synagogue in North London, UK. They managed to save a baby and an elderly man from a car just moments before flames engulfed it. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/179810#.U1dY-aKoVew http://www.jspacenews.com/jewish-men-save-baby-elderly-man-exploded-car/

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Women’s soccer team includes Arabs and Jews

Posted on April 27, 2014

When the Israeli women’s soccer team Hapoel Petach Tikva lost a number of its players to Israel’s national team ahead of World Cup qualifiers, founder Rafi Subra made a decision that sets the team apart from many of its rivals … Continue reading →

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Technology brings together Jewish & Arab teens

Posted on April 27, 2014

For 10 years, the Middle East Education through Technology (MEET) program has been uniting budding hi-tech Palestinian and Israeli entrepreneurs from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Mevasseret Zion, Nazareth and Beit Shemesh. http://israel21c.org/social-action-2/israeli-and-palestinian-teens-meet-over-technology/

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African Hebrew Israelite proudly serves in the IDF

Posted on April 27, 2014

Private Menusa Ben Israel grew up in the African Israelite Hebrew community of Dimona. The cultural group was founded in Chicago, and in the 1960s, its members immigrated to Israel. Menusa was born in Israel and her father is the … Continue reading →

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Maccabi Tel Aviv reaches Euroleague’s final four

Posted on April 27, 2014

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv has made the Euroleague’s basketball final four for the 12th time with a 86:66 victory over Emporio Armani Milan, taking the series 3-1. http://www.timesofisrael.com/maccabi-tel-aviv-makes-euroleagues-final-four/

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Israeli judoka bronze in Euro championships

Posted on April 27, 2014

Israeli judoka Gili Cohen won the bronze medal in her weight class at the European Judo Championships in Montpelier, France. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-judoka-wins-bronze-in-european-champtionships/

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World wildlife comes to Israel

Posted on April 27, 2014

London’s Museum of Natural History and the BBC have brought their acclaimed exhibition of striking International wildlife photographs to Tel Aviv’s Eretz Museum. It goes on display alongside an exhibition of animals in nature in Israel and starts on May … Continue reading →

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