Monthly Archives: November 2021

Cooling without electricity

Posted on November 21, 2021

Israel’s SolCold (see here previously) has developed paint that uses solar energy to trigger a cooling process without air-conditioners. Its eco-friendly double-layered coating absorbs the sun’s heat and re-emits it as cold. Each coat lasts up to 15 years and … Continue reading →

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Israel’s largest floating PV field

Posted on November 21, 2021

Israel’s Shikun & Binui Energy (see here previously) and the Hof Harcarmel Water Association have inaugurated Israel’s largest floating photovoltaic (PV) solar energy field. The 51,500 panels cover 112+ acres of the Habonim reservoir and can produce 23 megawatts of … Continue reading →

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Intel launches Alder Lake

Posted on November 21, 2021

As previously predicted here, Intel has finally launched its Israeli-developed Alder Lake microchips, including its best gaming processor the Core 19 12900K. Intel say it is its most ambitious project in the last decade, with 1,000 Israelis working for three … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Kotel

Posted on November 21, 2021

A delegation of nine Bahrainis, in traditional dress recently visited the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem. They recited prayers and left notes in the wall.  Jews, both young and old, embraced the Bahraini visitors, with some greeting the guests in … Continue reading →

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World class entrepreneurs

Posted on November 21, 2021

Tel Aviv University was ranked fifth in the world in the 2021 ranking of Startup Genome – a world-leading innovation policy advisory and research firm. TAU was the only non-US university in the top 10. It followed Stanford, MIT, UC … Continue reading →

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From the Moon to cancer detection

Posted on November 21, 2021

Yonatan Winetraub was one of the three Israelis who initiated SpaceIL’s project to send an Israeli spacecraft to the Moon. He has just won an Early Independence Award and funds from US National Institutes of Health to detect cancer without … Continue reading →

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Israel mediates in Sudan

Posted on November 21, 2021

Sudanese media have reported that an Israeli delegation that visited Sudan recently mediated between military leader Al-Burhan and ousted Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/316136

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The Cherokee stand with Israel

Posted on November 21, 2021

The Tribal Council of the Northeast Alabama Cherokee has recognized the “sovereign Jewish nation” of Israel, with Jerusalem as its “eternal undivided capital.” They expressed solidarity with the Jewish community and compared the Jewish experience with that of native tribes … Continue reading →

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More water to Jordan

Posted on November 21, 2021

Israel is to double, to 50 million cubic meters, the amount of freshwater it provides to neighboring Jordan, one of the world’s most water-deficient countries. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-signs-deal-doubling-water-supply-to-parched-jordan/

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Coronavirus aid to Romania

Posted on November 21, 2021

Israel has sent 40 oxygen concentrators to Romania, which is confronting its worst wave of Covid-19 infections since the pandemic started nearly two years ago. The devices were made possible with help from AFI Europe Romania and Israel’s Elbit Systems. … Continue reading →

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