Israel Active

A survey of 1,000 18- to 25-year-old Americans who have never visited Israel found that 63% of them can be persuaded to view Israel more positively through engaging, visually appealing social-media content. Register for Sep 10 webinar on how to make this work.

A record eight kidney cross-transplant operations were performed in Israel and Cyprus in one day: five in Israel and three in Cyprus. Israel’s National Center for Transplantation has been pairing compatible patients and donors from both countries since 2019 (see 3rd link).

Israel and India held a seminar in Delhi to enhance security cooperation against drone threats with participation from defense ministries and companies from both countries. It also featured a showcase of technologies to counter drone threats, with nine Israeli companies participating.

Passages, an organisation that brings Christian college students to Israel, held a training session in Washington DC for 250+ Christian students and alumni. They learned how to combat anti-Israel activity on campus and met with families of hostages.

The King Baudouin Foundation, based in Brussels, has awarded the prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics to 3 Tel Aviv University professors for their pioneering work on False Discovery Rate. FDR is vital to genomics, neuroscience, agriculture, economics, and more.

The unmanned REX MK II land vehicle built by Israel Aerospace Industries and Germany’s Flensburger Fahrzeugbau can carry supplies, munitions, medical equipment, and wounded. It was awarded Best Scientific Solution at the recent European Land Robot Trial.

To help publicize the global need for clean drinking water, Israel’s Watergen (see previously) has installed one of its “water from the air” generators at the Office of Papal Charities in Vatican City. It also supports the Office’s mission to help vulnerable communities.

UAE analyst Amjad Taha shared a picture with his 500,000+ followers on X of rescued hostage Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi in hospital being treated by a Jewish doctor wearing a kippah.He wrote: "First, in the Middle East, this is a moment for all to celebrate. Congratulations to Israel and to humanity."

DataPath, a subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks, has received over $9 million in orders to support U.S. Department of Defense end users’ critical connectivity requirements in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

IDF Surgeon-General, Brigadier-General Professor Elon Glassberg is finishing a 34-year military career. His new job is to share with US military medicine experts how Israel reduced the fatality rate of wounded soldiers from 15% in the 2006 Lebanon war, to 6.5% in Gaza.