Monthly Archives: July 2018

Heads of 10 US Universities visit Israel

The presidents of ten American universities and colleges are visiting Israel this week on a trip to promote bilateral academic ties. The 17-member delegation will meet the heads of Israeli universities to discuss joint research, commercialization and exchange opportunities. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/06/26/ten-us-university-presidents-visit-israel-on-trip-to-promote-academic-collaboration/

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Israel and Indonesia agree on tourist visas

Israeli tourists can visit Indonesia (the largest Muslim country) and vice-versa. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson tweeted ““visa restrictions on Indonesian tourism to Israel were lifted, in parallel to lifting of restrictions by Indonesia on Israeli tourists. Good news.” https://worldisraelnews.com/jerusalem-jakarta-scrap-mutual-ban-on-tourist-visas/

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Guatemala renames streets to Israel’s capital

Cities throughout Guatemala are renaming streets and traffic circles “Jerusalem the Capital of Israel.” The first such renaming ceremony took place on the main street of the southern city of Guastatoya. Hundreds waved Israeli flags and stores along the road … Continue reading

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Israeli educational games in Arabic

Israeli educational games startup TinyTap has just raised $5 million of funds to help it launch learning plans in Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish. It will also be used for promoting the company’s partnership with Oxford University Press to start a … Continue reading

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How Israel treats Palestinian Arab children

Watch what really happens to unfortunate Palestinian Arab children in the hands of Israelis. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qjfDvEk9cKk?rel=0

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Building bridges between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs

Eyal Waldman (CEO of Israel’s Mellanox) met Bashar al-Masri, (founder of the new PA city of Rawabi), at a dinner in Washington and became good friends. Now Mellanox employs 100 Palestinian Arabs and at least 10 Israeli companies work in … Continue reading

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106 participate in women-only hackathon

A team of five Orthodox students won a 44-hour, female-only hackathon held in Jerusalem. Their winning design, a voice-to-text bracelet relays information from first responders to hospitals in the event of a mass-casualty incident. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3741305,00.html

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Giving back a lost childhood

On alternate Friday afternoons in the summer, the Modi’in Ilit Linked to Life Friday Afternoon Field Trip volunteers take local sick and bereaved Israeli children on surprise trips. This project of Israeli charity Ezer Mizion makes their day. It makes … Continue reading

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Making tumors glow to guide surgeons

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed smart nanoprobes that turn on a florescent light in presence of cancerous cells. They will help surgeons remove more cancer cells, with the least possible damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The probes identify enzymes … Continue reading

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Tunnel vision adapted to colonoscopies

Israeli startup IBEX Technologies developed a thin inflatable “sleeve” that transmits live video from places that are too dangerous to enter (e.g. terrorist tunnels or collapsed buildings). Now IBEX spinoff Consis Medical uses the same technology to check inside the … Continue reading

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