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Monthly Archives: July 2022
Ending discrimination against women
By a majority of 115, the United Nations General Assembly elected Israel to its Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan was “proud to see more Israeli women leading & promoting women’s … Continue reading
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IDF warning prevented cyberattack on US power plants
The deputy chief of IDF Unit 8200 said that his intelligence agency warned the United States of attempts to hack the country’s power plants in time to thwart the cyberattack. The IDF spotted the attack on the US while they … Continue reading
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Disaster aid for Afghanistan
Israel’s IsraAID is working with local partners to provide humanitarian relief to victims of the magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan. It plans to provide essential items such as bandages, sterile syringes, gauze, suture kits, tourniquets, pain killers, antibiotics, and … Continue reading
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Muslim EMT rescues Jewish Ukrainian refugees
United Hatzalah’s Khaled Hardan, a Muslim volunteer paramedic from Wadi Ara in northern Israel, flew to Warsaw to help ensure Jewish Ukrainians could undertake the journey to Israel. Khaled said, “I am happy that I was part of the team … Continue reading
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Apple for Israelis & PA Arabs
Apple’s R&D centers in Herzliya and Haifa currently employ 2,000 Israeli engineers working on Apple M1 chips and depth sensing camera. Apple also has 60 Palestinian Arab engineers at its Apple hub in the new PA city of Rawabi, run … Continue reading
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No more building of chicken cages
Israel is among the first countries in the world to ban chicken cages for egg-laying hens and to move to non-cage systems. Israel’s new regulations also include providing regular care for chickens and bans on the practice of induced molting … Continue reading
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Empowering female entrepreneurs
Israeli NGO Yozmot Atid empowers women from Israel’s geographical, social, and economic periphery. Its training program helps some 1,000 women each year start businesses and become financially independent. The NGO took dozens of senior Israeli executives on a tour of … Continue reading
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A platform to eliminate all viruses
Hebrew University startup ViroBlock has reported preliminary success of its platform for rapidly generating anti-viral therapies. Its channel blockers inhibit proteins expressed by current and emerging viruses, including COVID-19 and variants, influenza, Zika, West Nile, Hepatitis B and more. https://www.pharmiweb.com/press-release/2022-06-27/viroblock-a-hebrew-university-startup-announces-preliminary-success-of-its-anti-viral-drug-platform-in-new-study
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Breakthrough prostate cancer therapy
Israel’s Alpha Tau Medical (see here previously) has successfully treated a patient with aggressive prostate cancer using alpha-radiation – injecting a radioactive isotope into the tumor. Alpha DaRT (Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy) destroys a tumor by breaking its DNA. https://nocamels.com/2022/06/israeli-researchers-use-breakthrough-tech-to-treat-prostate-cancer-for-first-time/
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Force for good
In Israeli hospitals, the Israel Outpost of the 501st Legion villains of “Star Wars” are actually a force for good, bringing joy to sick children. They also perform at events to raise money for sick children. Watch them pay a … Continue reading
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