Quiet Therapeutics’ specially coated nanoparticles act like Trojan Horses entering cancer cells undetected and then killing them. An Israeli breakthrough in the treatment of cancer has the international medical community taking notice. Developed by Tel Aviv University Professors Rimona Margalit and Dan Peer, this novel drug-delivery platform involves the use...

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Angered by Palestinian steps to join the International Criminal Court, Israel may seek to prosecute senior Palestinians for war crimes, according to an Israeli official, The Jerusalem Post reported on January 3. The Israeli official emphasized that Palestinian leaders themselves”ought to fear legal steps” after this action. “Israel is weighing the possibilities...

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Groundbreaking new diagnostic technique used on firefighters at Ground Zero identifies dangerous particles inhaled by firefighters, factory workers, dental technicians,and kids with asthma. Microscopic foreign particles in the lungs of firefighters, welders, industrial workers and children cause respiratory problems of great concern to Prof. Elizabeth Fireman of the Institute for Pulmonary...

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On January 1, Fatah, the largest Palestinian political movement, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its first terror attack, a January 1, 1965 attack on Israel’s national water carrier in the Israeli city of Beit She’an. Fatah has published a number a number of images to celebrate the occasion. Imagery and wordplay...

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The combined valuation of the Initial Public Offerings (IPO) and buyouts of Israeli companies this year reached a record of nearly $15 billion The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday. Throughout the year, 70 companies either got bought out or had initial public offerings, reaching a five-year high. The average value of...

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President Obama held out hope that Iran has “a chance to get right with the world,” by coming to a nuclear agreement with the West in an interview with NPR, Reuters reported yesterday. “They’ve got a chance to get right with the world,” Obama said in the interview, which was...

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Leading textbook publisher HarperCollins admitted that it omitted Israel from maps distributed in the Gulf States due to “local preferences,” The Telegraph reported today. HarperCollins, one of the world’s largest publishing houses, sells English-language atlases to schools in the Middle East that omit Israel. Collins Middle East Atlases show Jordan and...

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A Palestinian resolution calling to impose a peace settlement on Israel failed in a United Nations Security Council vote tonight, garnering only eight votes, one short of the number required to have forced a promised veto from the United States. The New York Times reports: The United States and Australia...

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Preserved remains of a prehistoric submerged village off the coast of Haifa yields amazing archaeological finds. A water well that may be the oldest wooden structure ever found, and the oldest evidence of an ancient olive-oil industry, are among the preserved remains of a prehistoric village discovered underwater by Israeli...

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A reciprocal purchasing agreement worth $550 million was recently signed between the Industrial Cooperation Authority at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and the Intel Corporation, bringing the scope of the chip manufacturer’s investments in Israel to over $6 billion since 2006. The new agreement which runs through 2020, is the...

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