Archive for July 7, 2015

MIT Review puts Israeli desalination firm on ‘World’s Smartest Companies’ list

IDE Technologies ranks annual MIT Technology Review list of world’s smartest companies, “offering more affordable water desalination at a scale never before achieved.”

By Barney Breen-Portnoy

 

IDE Technologies, an Israeli water desalination company, has been named by the MIT Technology Review as one of the world’s 50 smartest companies for 2015.

The Sorek desalination plant in Rishon Lezion – Photo: AP

IDE was ranked 18th on the annual MIT Technology Review list. Topping the list was Tesla Motors. Rounding out the top five were Xiaomi, Illumina, Alibaba and Counsyl.

“To make the list, a company must have truly innovative technology and a business model that is both practical and ambitious, with the result that it has set the agenda in its field over the past 12 months,” the MIT Technology Review said. Continue Reading »

Israel outs UNESCO for ignoring Jewish & Christian historical bond to Jerusalem

Israel’s Foreign Ministry director denounces UN body saying, typically, “The resolution is full of distortions & is totally disconnected from reality on the ground.”

By HERB KEINON

 

Israel slammed the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday for adopting a “completely one sided resolution” on the Old City of Jerusalem that “deliberately ignores the historical connection between the Jewish people and their ancient capital.”

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Watch: Just Released Communication Recording & Video From Fateful Gaza Battle

IDF releases video footage from slain comrade’s helmet and the dramatic recording of battle in which Hamas seized Lt. Hadar Goldin later on.

By Ari Soffer

 

To mark one year since the start of Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s 50-day counterterrorism operation in Gaza last summer, the IDF has released previously classified recordings from before and during one of the most infamous battles of the campaign.

IDF soldiers on Gaza border – Photo Courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Among the declassified recordings, which can be accessed below, are the dramatic minutes of IDF radio exchanges during a Hamas ambush in Rafiah in which three IDF soldiers were killed, among them 23-year-old officer Lt. Continue Reading »

European Antisemitism Now Has Scandinavian Jews Buying Homes in Israel

As in Belgium, France & the UK, anti-Semitic attacks in Denmark & Sweden are leading many from the Jewish communities there to invest in Israeli Real Estate. 

By Yael Darel, Calcalist

 

Foreigners purchasing real estate in the center of Israel is nothing new. Over the past year, however, the familiar buyers, from France, Belgium and England, have been joined by new players in the market – Scandinavian Jews, primarily from Sweden and Denmark, who have conducted dozens of real-estate deals in the country of late, focusing on apartments in high-rise buildings in Tel Aviv and Herzliya.

Prime real estate: Rothschild Boulevard in Tel AvivPrime real estate: Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv

 

Some of the buyers have moved into their new apartments, and some are buying for investment purposes or in preparation for a possible move to Israel in the future. Continue Reading »

Waze in Israel Launches Pilot Carpooling Program

A test program running in Tel Aviv using a new Waze application called RideWith, uses the navigation system to learn routes drivers most frequently take to school or work & matches them up with people looking for rides in the same direction.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Google-owned traffic navigation app Waze is launching a carpooling pilot program in Israel in which commuters pay fellow drivers a small fee for a ride to and from work.
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Israel’s Shin Bet busts ISIS Beduin cell that includes 4 school teachers in Negev

The 4, working in Israeli schools, spread the group’s propaganda among their students, family members & associates in hopes they’d join the Islamic State in Syria.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Security forces have arrested six Israeli Beduin men from the Negev town of Houra, four of whom work as school teachers, for allegedly supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization.

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ISIS cell arrested by Shin Bet – Photo: SHIN BET

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed Monday that the men were arrested over the past two months.  They allegedly took part in secret meetings in which they discussed Islamic State doctrine, and spread the group’s propaganda among their family members and associates.
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Report: Jordan thwarts Iranian-planned terror plot

Jordanian security forces reported to have  arrested foreigner possessing 45 kg of high-grade explosives in ‘most serious case in a decade’. 

By Roi Kais

 

The Jordanian newspaper Al Rai reported Monday morning that Jordanian security forces had foiled a terror plot by a member of an Iranian-backed group.

Joint training by Jordanian and US militaries (Archive Photo: Getty Images)
Joint training by Jordanian and US militaries – Archive Photo: Getty Images

According to the report, the suspect belongs to the Iranian Bayt al-Maqdis group – which is unrelated to the identically named Egyptian group has recently changed its moniker sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The suspect reportedly holds Iraqi and Norwegian citizenship, was arrested in northern Jordan, and found to be in possession of large amounts of explosives. Continue Reading »

The Palestinian Authority Arrests West Bank Hamas Group Planning to Attack It

PA security claims it discovered a large Hamas cell in Samaria planning to attack its security apparatus.

By Ari Yashar

 

The Palestinian Authority (PA) claimed its security forces caught a large Hamas cell that was planning to harm the security of Arab residents in Judea and Samaria by attacking the PA security apparatus.

PA Security Forces spokesperson Adnan Damiri said that Hamas had established a cell in the region to undermine security, according to the report on Israel Radio (Kol Yisrael) on Monday.

Damiri added that members of the cell – who were arrested in northern Samaria likely near the PA governmental seat of Ramallah – admitted to planning an attack and training to be able to carry it out. Continue Reading »

Teheran unveils new far reaching radar system to deter Israel assault

Iranian Revolutionary Guard holds ceremony to boast new radar array placed in strategic position parallel to Israel, that can detect approaching IDF aircraft from 600 km away.

By Reuters

 

Iran says it has deployed a new domestically built long-range radar system, signalling a strengthening of its air defences as it holds what may be the final days of talks on a nuclear deal with world powers.

IRGC Ghadir phased radar station
IRGC Ghadir phased radar station

Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) air defence force, unveiled the Ghadir phased-array radar in Ahwaz city in southwestern Khuzestan province near the Iraq border, state television said late on Saturday. Continue Reading »

US Expert: During Gaza War, Hamas Killed Boys on Beach in Propaganda Stunt 

A year after Protective Edge, expert forensic evidence gathered concludes that the sons from a Fatah family that appeared to be killed on a beach were murdered earlier by Hamas in a “Pallywood-style” propaganda stunt.

By Hillel Fendel

 

One of the incidents most widely disseminated as “proof” of Israeli war crimes during its defensive Operation Protective Edge in Gaza last year was the deaths of four Arab youths on a Gaza beachfront used exclusively by Hamas terrorists. Foreign journalists reported as fact that Israeli war planes had bombed a beachfront, killing four youths – and the incident was highlighted in the recent UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry. Continue Reading »

Neo-Nazis Rally in London While Flying Palestinian Flags

Two dozen neo-Nazis and Palestinians gather together for an anti-Semitic rally in London displaying their hateful banners & Palestinian flags.

By Ari Sofer, Matt Wanderman

 

An anti-Semitic neo-Nazi rally was held in central London Saturday, amid tight security and after weeks of speculation and tensions.

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But after a dramatic build up the anti-Semitic initiative turned out to be a damp squib. Some two dozen Nazi demonstrators were vastly outnumbered by around 200 Jewish and anti-fascist counter-protesters, and a phalanx of police officers deployed to ensure no violence erupted.

The demonstrators emphasized their hatred of Jews by carrying Palestinian flags.

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Israeli Scientists Measure Sniff-Response In Children to Detect Autism

Rehovot researchers discover breathing response to foul & pleasant scents in children with autism are different than other children.

By i24news

 

A team of Israeli scientists has discovered autistic children’s unique sniffing habits may help doctors diagnose the condition at a much younger age than was previously possible.

Young girl smelling flower – Photo: AFP/Marty Melville

Doctoral student Liron Rozenkrantz and Professor Noam Sobel of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot believe the key to detecting autism in children may be reliant on the latter’s response to pleasant and unpleasant odors.

The study, titled “A Mechanistic Link between Olfaction and Autism Spectrum Disorder,” examines internal action models (IAMs), brain templates for sensory-motor coordination based on sensory reactions. Continue Reading »

Saudi Prince calls on Arabs “to desist their absurd hostility toward Jewish people”

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sends media tycoon to open direct dialogue with Israel for building amicable ties.

By AWD news

 

The Saudi multi-millionaire media tycoon, prince Talal Bin Waleed, has urged all Arab nations to give up their acrimonious stance toward the Jewish nation and instead continue to strive for a more peaceful , prosperous and homogenous Middle-East.

Saudi Prince Talal

The controversial Saudi prince Talal has openly declared his intention to embark a seven-day pilgrimage to Holy Land and pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque — the third holiest site in Islam located in the Old City of Jerusalem– , reported Okaz , the Arabic Saudi Arabian daily on Thursday. Continue Reading »

UNRWA Schools, Used by Hamas to Indoctrinate Future Terrorists, Goes Bankrupt

UNRWA announces it may have to close 700 schools – that Hamas also used to train & indoctrinate a new generation of Gaza children into terrorism, because of its $101 million deficit.

By Dalit Halevy

 

UNRWA, the UN body tasked with aiding “Palestinian refugees,” has warned that it may have to close its schools as it goes bankrupt after years of falling into debt.

UNRWA school in Gaza damaged from Israeli retaliatory fire after rockets were fired at Israeli civilians. – Photo: REUTERS

Adnan Abu Hasna, UNRWA media adviser, said that the financial deficit may cause the body to close 700 schools in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan at the start of the next school year. Continue Reading »

UN Human Rights Council Ratifies Biased Protective Edge Report

Israel’s UN envoy condemns decision, calls widely adopted resolution ‘an anti-Israeli manifesto’ which ignores multiple int’l law violations by Hamas.

By Itamar Eichner

 

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted to adopt a report made by a UN inquiry commission on Operation Protective Edge in Gaza last summer, calling on Israel and the Palestinians to prosecute alleged war crimes and to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s preliminary investigation. 

The UN Human Rights Council discussing the report – Photo: Reuters

The UN Human Rights Council discussing the report – Photo: Reuters

Forty-one countries voted in favor of adopting the report, five abstained – India, Kenya, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Macedonia – and only one, the United States, voted against, saying it was biased against Israel. Continue Reading »