Mnuchin and Friedman held multiple strategic business meetings this week with companies mainly in the country’s center. Foreign investors should have confidence in investing in Israel today, even amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, former US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Mnuchin came to Israel …
Read More »Meet 007: The cell with a license to kill cancer, created by an Israeli startup
Edity is programming the body’s own immune cells to carry therapeutics to places where treatment normally cannot reach To protect itself against disease, the human body has immune cells that patrol like police officers, entering disease cells and destroying them. But some dangerous cells, including some solid tumors, operate in …
Read More »Israel Announces $27b. High-Speed Rail Project
The line, which is to run from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, could in the future link Israel to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. (JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a mammoth 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) plan to link the north and south of the country by rail. …
Read More »Israel Seizes Cryptocurrency Wallets Linked to Terrorists
Thanks to a recent court ruling, Israel can now seize all digital assets linked to any wallet that has ever funded terrorist activity. The war on terror is going increasingly digital, and not just in regards to cyberattacks and counter-terror surveillance, but also when it comes to the funding that …
Read More »Israel to Protect Archaeological Sites in Judea and Samaria
Government budgets 120 million shekels to protect ancient heritage from Palestinian destruction. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that the government will safeguard and rehabilitate archaeological sites in the biblical heartland that have been vandalized by Palestinians. The infrastructure investment at the archaeological heritage sites follows decades of neglect, damage …
Read More »CIE Hosts Webinar on Israel’s Civil Society
Panelists laud the “miracle” of Israel but worry about its future. As part of its year-long focus on Israel for its 75th birthday, the Center for Israel Education held an hour live webinar, May 7, to discuss not only the country’s unlikely birth and survival, but also its current viability. …
Read More »Israeli Researchers Target Ovarian Cancer
The Tel Aviv University team focused on metastatic cancers. The executive director of the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance is excited about the latest research coming out of Israel that indicates a new potential treatment for aggressive and metastatic cancers resistant to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. “For years, Israel has been on …
Read More »With tobacco use on rise in Israel, kids and teens see their health go up in smoke
Bright colors, fruity flavors, and nicotine are getting kids as young as 12 hooked on vaping, while adults’ outdoor secondhand smoke is embedding itself deep in children’s bodies In recent months, two Israeli teenage boys were hospitalized with collapsed lungs caused by vaping, or smoking electronic cigarettes. One recovered, but …
Read More »Israel clinches 3rd place in soccer’s U-20 World Cup, capping thrilling run
National team bests South Korea 3-1, wrapping up its inaugural appearance in the tournament on a high; Uruguay tops Italy for first-ever crown Israel’s national Under-20 soccer team clinched third place in the youth World Cup tournament on Sunday, ending its unprecedented run in the global competition with a 3-1 …
Read More »Report: Netanyahu says US and Iran in talks for a ‘mini-deal’ Israel can live with
Agreement said to stipulate that Tehran will limit uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday informed officials about the details of a potential nuclear deal between the US and Iran that Israel would be able to accept, according to reports in Hebrew media. Netanyahu …
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