Monthly Archives: June 2015

Thousands attend Israel’s Mobile Summit

Posted on June 28, 2015

The 2015 Israel Mobile Summit was held in Tel Aviv as part of Israel Mobile Week. Its popularity reflected the fact that most of the multinationals in the mobile industry, from Samsung to Apple to Huwaei, have R&D labs in … Continue reading →

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Containing an oil spill

Posted on June 28, 2015

I included details about Israel’s HARBO technologies in my latest blog. Harbo’s floating boom circles an oil spill, allowing it to be removed before it devastates the coast. Good news for World Oceans Day. http://nocamels.com/2015/06/harbo-technologies-oil-spills/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Z1BaTQ3Zk

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Israeli Arab wins international wetlands award

Posted on June 28, 2015

Giselle Hazzan, director of the Ein Afek Nature Reserve, in the Galilee, won the “Wise use of wetlands” award at the 12th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Ramsar (Global Environment) Convention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNuJtq8-d84 http://www.sviva.gov.il/English/ResourcesandServices/NewsAndEvents/NewsAndMessageDover/Pages/2015/06-June/Israeli-Nature-Reserve-Director-Awarded-International-Wetlands-Award.aspx

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Israeli appointed to senior UN role

Posted on June 28, 2015

Israel’s Yotam Goren was appointed as deputy chairman of the Administrative and Budgetary Committee to the United Nations General Assembly. The committee functions as the U.N.’s “Finance Ministry,” responsible for a budget of more than $11 billion. http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/06/16/israeli-rep-to-become-senior-un-official-despite-syrian-iranian-opposition/

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Syrians treated in Israel

Posted on June 28, 2015

(recent video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR4Euhzp2lY

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Fighter pilot gets her wings

Posted on June 28, 2015

In Jewish Press’ photo of the day, Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulates one of the newly graduated Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev on June 25, 2015. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/photos/a-fighter-pilot-gets-her-wings/2015/06/26/

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Prisoners volunteer to help disabled

Posted on June 28, 2015

Three times a week, 26 Israeli prisoners from six southern jails shed their inmate garb and board a bus for ADI ALEH Negev to help severely disabled residents. Upon returning, each prisoner discusses the experience with his social worker. http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/leaving-jail-to-volunteer-with-the-disabled/

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School for all with cerebral palsy

Posted on June 28, 2015

Some 150 Muslim, Christian and Jewish students, most with cerebral palsy, attend the ONN School for Special Education in Tel Aviv. The school provides academic, social and life skills for the students, who range from 6 to 21 years of … Continue reading →

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TB skin patch wins Gates award

Posted on June 28, 2015

Israel Technion’s Professor Hossam Haick has won a Gates Foundation award to help development of a sensing plaster that can detect tuberculosis biomarkers on the skin. Professor Haick is already famous for his nanotech breath analyzer that detects cancer. http://focus.technion.ac.il/news_story.asp?id=361

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Universal flu vaccine heads for clinical trials

Posted on June 28, 2015

Israel’s BiondVax has received FDA approval of its application to proceed with clinical trials of its universal Multimeric-001 flu vaccine (M-001). http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/biondvax-announces-fda-acceptance-of-ind-application-for-its-investigational-universal-flu-vaccine-507856431.html

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