Archive for July 31, 2012

| July 31, 2012
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Lebanon: Cosmetics & Medical sector flooded with Israeli products

‘Campaign to Boycott Israel’ Supporters in Lebanon learn that beauty market has been ‘invaded’ by Israeli-made wares.

By Ynetnews

Therapeutic and cosmetic laser surgery is an integral part of a booming medical tourism industry in Lebanon. But unknown to most patients, the Lebanese market hosts a wide variety of medical equipment originating in Israel.

Beauty before boycott?

Beauty before boycott?

According to Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar online newspaper, the boycotted products make their way into the Lebanese market disguised as imports from the US, Europe, and Dubai. They are marketed through reputable local distributors authorized by Lebanon’s health ministry.

The issue is under investigation and scrutiny of the Campaign to Boycott Israel Supporters in Lebanon, which found that the Lebanese market has been “invaded” by four such Israeli companies. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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No Injuries after IDF Force Attacked by Gaza Mortars

Gaza Terrorists fired 5 mortar shells at an IDF force operating near central Gaza on Monday. No physical injuries or damage.

By Elad Benari

 

 

Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists fired five mortar shells on Monday afternoon at an IDF force that was operating near the Kissufim crossing in central Gaza.

The IDF Spokesman said that there were no physical injuries or damage. The soldiers fired shots towards suspicious areas after the attack.

The terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza have upped their attacks in recent days. An Israeli woman suffered light injuries while running for shelter during a Sabbath rocket attack on the city of Sderot. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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Son of Munich Victim Reveals Horrific New Details of the Massacre

Der Speigel: German detective novelist Willi Voss provided the Palestinians with fake credentials, including passports, and aided the terrorists in obtaining weapons. He also drove the Palestinians around Germany to meet with various co-conspirators.

By Ezriel Gelbfish

 

New information has surfaced concerning the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany.  Guri Weinberg, whose father Moshe was an Israeli wrestling coach killed at the Games, recounted on FoxNews.com, the details of the massacre and his family’s attempt to institute a commemorative minute of silence at various Olympic events since the Games in Munich. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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China: Romney’s Pro-Jerusalem Views May Spark War with Regional Arabs

China has refused to challenge Iran & Syria and now goes  to bat for the Regional Arabs

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

China, which has refused to buck Iran and Syria, now goes to bat for the Arab world and warns that Mitt Romney’s pro-Jerusalem remarks could even “reignite a war between Palestinians and Israelis.”

The presumptive Republican presidential candidate stated in his visit to Israel Sunday and Monday that Jerusalem is the country’s capital, a designation the international community does not accept because of the Arab world’s opposition.

“The U.S. presidential hopeful’s dangerous words should be carefully watched,” wrote the Chinese news agency Xinhua Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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Israeli Technology Promises to Create Composite Portraits from Forensic DNA Samples

Researchers promise that within a year, they will be able to use a DNA sample to create a composite portrait of any criminal suspect, establishing reliable facial and detailed body-structure characteristics.

By Adi Hashmonai from Maariv

 

 

Police investigators hunting criminals tend to search for the perpetrator’s DNA sample at the crime scene, or for an eyewitness to help piece together a composite portrait. But breakthrough research presently underway at the Tel-Hai Academic College is meant to spur a revolution in the field by combining the two methods: within a year or so, researchers say that genetic samples will be able to indicate the offender’s facial and body structures.

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| July 31, 2012
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Is this a taste of things to come?

Obama is at a disadvantage when it comes to Israel. His famous Cairo address in 2009; calling on Israel to halt construction in east Jerusalem, and of course, the symbolic fact that he did not include Israel on his itinerary every time he visited the region.

By Danny Danon

 

The U.S. presidential elections are around the corner. We have now entered the final leg – the last 100 days – of the campaign and the candidates are working overtime to win over voters, including U.S. Jews. President Barack Obama, who time and again has turned a cold shoulder toward Israel and adopted a pro-Palestinian posture, is running against the Republicans’ Mitt Romney, who has repeatedly communicated his pro-Israel world view, including on Sunday night, when he vowed to back Israel’s policy on Iran and on other issues.

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| July 31, 2012
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Ben-Gurion University scientists have overcome ‘blood brain barrier’

‘V-Smart technology’ unique targeted drug delivery system technology could improve treatment of neurological diseases.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

After eight years of intensive work, a team of Ben-Gurion University scientists has overcome the “blood brain barrier” that prevents drugs from passing into the brain and reaching specific targets to fight disease.The system of synthetic nanoscale structures, called V-Smart drug delivery technology, also allows oral medications to pass through the epithelial tissue of the intestinal wall and other biological membranes; thus, the Beersheba researchers hope that injectable-only drugs for a variety of diseases could eventually be made in pill form.
BGU Team

Team of Ben-Gurion University scientists
Photo: Dan Michalis/BGU

The breakthrough technology, which uses microscopic, bubble-like membranous structures known as vesicles, was developed by the interdisciplinary team of emeritus Prof. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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Romney: Future Borders will be decided by Israel and PA

In interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Romney says Jerusalem & Ramallah must find a way to negotiation borders; adding issue of settlements will be ‘discussed in private’ between the allies.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – GOP’s presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Monday that he supports the two-state solution, in that Israel and the PA should be the ones to decide their future borders, sans external intervention by a third party.

In an interview with CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” taped during Romney’s visit to Israel this week, the republican candidate was asked about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“I’m on foreign soil, and because it’s long been a policy of both political parties to leave politics at the water’s edge, I’m not going to go through specific foreign policy prescription,” he said. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2012
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Video: White House Rejects Romney Naming Israel’s Capital

The White House criticized Romney for seeking  a position on Jerusalem that is contrary to previous administrations.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The White House criticized Mitt Romney on Monday for adopting a policy on Jerusalem that is different from previous administrations’.

White House press conference
Photo: YouTube screenshot

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee declared in Jerusalem that the city is the capital of Israel, while the Obama administration and predecessors have refused to do because it includes areas of the city unrecognized by the United States.

Josh Earnest, White House spokesman, responded at a press conference to a reporter’s question on Romney’s remarks and criticized the Republican candidate for disagreeing with previously stated policies. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Let My People Know: Barack Obama Is Not Good for Israel

At a recent press conference when insistent journalists asked James Carney, Obama’s press secretary, what the White House considered Israel’s capital, Carney, adamantly evasive, refused six times to say Jerusalem.

By Aliza Davidovit

 

There is the old joke that if you have two Jews in a room you will have three opinions. But thanks to President Barack Obama, he has been able to accomplish what even Moses couldn’t do, create a consensus among Jews, well at least Israeli Jews. They have by a strong majority united on one thing: They don’t like President Obama. A recent poll commissioned by the Begin Sadat Center at Bar Ilan University and the Anti-Defamation League revealed that only 32% of Israelis have a positive view of Obama as compared to 2009, when his likeability among them was at 54%. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Each year More Germans bequeath their estates to Israel

2012 sees peak in number of aging Germans leaving their money to the State of Israel, due to guilty conscience.

By Itamar Eichner

In recent years it happens more often: a courier enters the Israeli embassy in Berlin carrying a letter from an old German citizen who recently died. In the letter he declares his wish that his estate be donated to the State of Israel. Embassy officials estimate that sometimes these are people who suffer from a guilty conscience over Germany’s dark past.
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This phenomenon has been going on for years with increasing frequency and this year sees a peak in donations, Yedioth Ahronot has learned. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Australian Jewish leaders observe Munich Olympic memorial, In solidarity with Israel

Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC, taken to task for holding ‘moment of silence’ outside of public eye.

By JTA

 

 

Australian Jewish leaders observed a minute’s silence in honor of the 11 Israelis murdered 40 years ago at the Munich Games.

West German border police helicopters that carried armed terrorists and nine Israeli Olympian

West German border police helicopters that carried armed terrorists and nine Israeli Olympian hostages, at Fuerstenfeldbruck air force base about 20 miles west of Munich, Germany on Sept. 7, 1972. Photo by AP

Vic Alhadeff, chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, at the gathering last Friday at the Jewish community center in Sydney recounted the tragedy and lauded governments and their leaders around the world who supported the call for a minute of silence at the opening ceremony in London. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Court Order Lifted: Golan Druze Spied for Syria

Druze resident from the Golan Heights has been charged with aiding Syria by turning over intel on IDF patrols & activities.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

 

A Golan Heights Druze resident has been charged with aiding Syria by turning over information on IDF patrols and giving Syria equipment for wiretapping. A gag order on the arrest was lifted Monday.

Golan Druze resident Juri indicted for spying

Golan Druze resident Juri indicted for spying
Israel news photo: Israel Security Agency

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Golan Heights police arrested Iyad Jamad Assad Juhri of the Druze city of Majdal Shams, located adjacent to the Syrian border. He has admitted to gathering information  for Syrian intelligence and to transferring to Syria equipment that might be used for wiretapping. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Forget going for the Olympic ‘gold’, Israel will go for Beijing ‘green’ in 2013

Students & researchers from 20 countries will submit their entries in the Solar Decathlon China competition set to take place in August, 2013 • The Israeli team has developed a green house that generates more electricity than it uses.

By lan Gattegno

 

An Israeli team will submit an entry for the prestigious Solar Decathlon China competition scheduled for August 2013. The competition will include academic teams from 20 countries who will compete for the title of champion of ecological construction. The Israeli team, including members from Tel Aviv University, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education, and the College of Management Academic Studies, will present an innovative ecological (“green”) house that will generate more electricity than it needs to function.

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| July 30, 2012
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Latvian boy’s right hand now fixed by Israeli surgeons

Kyril, a 12 year old boy from Latvia whose congenital defect made it impossible for him to use his right hand, will soon to return home.

 

Kyril, a 12-year-old boy from Latvia whose congenital defect made it impossible for him to eat, scratch or do anything else with his right hand, is now able to function normally and return home, thanks to surgeons at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

KYRIL lived until now with only one working hand
Photo: Courtesy Rambam Medical Center

Kyril suffered from brachial plexus palsy, a defect that occurs in one in 3,000 to 5,000 births.

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