Israel is Revolutionizing Liver Disease Treatment

Israeli scientists are developing a revolutionary treatment for liver disease.

Reported by Joseph Sherman

 

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a  “silent” liver disease which affects two to five percent of Americans – approximately six to fifteen million people.  Another ten to twenty percent of Americans, thirteen to twenty three million people, have fat in their livers but have not yet developed NASH.  Tens of millions of people around the world also are at risk of suffering from NASH.

Dr. Rachamim at NasVax’s lab in Ness Ziona, Israel

The US National Institutes of Health explains:  ”It resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol.  Continue Reading »

Israel’s PM: Attack on IDF emphasizes importance of border fence

Prime Minister Netanyahu said IDF on Egyptian border prevented attack “that could have been much more deadly”

Sinai-based terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was in response to anti-Islam film.

By HERB KEINON, REUTERS

 

Friday’s clash on the Israeli-Egyptian border that left one IDF soldier and three terrorists killed just proves how important was the decision a couple years ago to build the 24-kilometer fence along the Egyptian border that is now nearing completion, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at cabinet meeting - Photo: Pool/Emil Salman

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at cabinet meeting – Photo: Pool/Emil Salman

Netanyahu, speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, said the fence – and the IDF activities along the fence – prevent not only the entrance of illegal migrants, but also the infiltration of terrorist cells.

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Tehran slams Siemens over nuclear sabotage

Iran accuses German electronics giant of implanting explosives in components for its nuclear program. Siemens denies doing any business with Tehran

By Associated Press

 

Iran accused Germany’s Siemens on Saturday of implanting tiny explosives inside equipment the Islamic Republic purchased for its disputed nuclear program, a charge the technology giant denied.

Siemens HQ Photo: AP

Siemens HQ – Photo: AP

Prominent lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Iranian security experts discovered the explosives and removed them before detonation, adding that authorities believe the booby-trapped equipment was sold to derail uranium enrichment efforts.

“The equipment was supposed to explode after being put to work, in order to dismantle all our systems,” he said. Continue Reading »

Egyptian based terrorist group claims credit over attack on IDF soldiers

Jihadist group, Ansar Jerusalem, says attack was linked to anti-Islam film, & the group ‘determined to discipline the Jews for their heinous acts.’

 

A jihadist group called Ansar Jerusalem has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on Israel Defense Forces soldiers along the Israeli-Egyptian border.

IDF soldiers by Egypt border - Hershkovitz - Sep 21, 2012

IDF soldiers by Egypt border – Hershkovitz – Sep 21, 2012
IDF soldiers by the Egyptian border, September 21, – Photo: Eliyahu Hershkovitz

In a statement published on Sunday, Ansar Jerusalem said the operation was a “disciplinary attack against those who insulted the beloved Prophet,” referring to a video denigrating the Prophet Mohammed that has sparked protests across the Muslim world. Continue Reading »

Israel’s FM Rejects any Amendments to Peace Treaty with Egypt

Foreign Minister Lieberman dismissed any possibility of modifications to Israel’s 1979 peace treaty with Egypt.

By Chana Ya’ar and AFP

 

Israel has rejected the idea of any modification to its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman dismissed any possibility of altering the treaty during a radio interview in Israel Sunday morning. “There is not the slightest possibility that Israel will accept the modification of the peace treaty with Israel,” he said, according to AFP. “We will not accept any modification of the Camp David Accords.

The comments came as tensions rise between Egypt and Israel, with speculation the government of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-backed President Mohammed Morsi is considering a plan to alter parts of the treaty. Continue Reading »

Obama appoints Israeli billionaire’s wife, Dr. Cheryl Saban to UN

Dr. Cheryl Saban will represent the U.S. at the next U.N. General Assembly. She’s wife of Israeli-American media mogul and strong Obama supporter Haim Saban. 

Dr. Saban, “The reason why the U.S. stands behind Israel is the Jewish lobby,”

By Yoni Hirsch

Cheryl Saban, wife of Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban, has been nominated U.S. representative to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which kicks off in New York next week.

Dr. Cheryl Saban, the new U.S. representative to the U.N., and her husband, billionaire Haim Saban. – Photo: Reuters

Dr. Saban is a published author and head of the non-profit organization What is Your Self-Worth, which promotes the empowerment and advancement of women.

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Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front party: Ban Wearing a Kippah

French politician says,“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well,”

By JTA

 

French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen said she supports a ban on wearing kippot in public in addition to a ban on Muslim headscarves.

Boy looks at selection of kippot in shop

Boy looks at selection of kippot in shop – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well,” the French daily Le Monde quoted Le Pen, leader of the National Front, as saying in an interview published on Friday.

Le Pen’s anti-immigrant, anti-Islamist party long has supported a ban on Muslim headscarves, niqabs and burkas.

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Iran: ‘War with Israel will eventually happen’

Revolutionary Guard’s Chief Jafari says both countries will see military conflict in the future but stresses ‘it is not clear when or where’ war will take place

By Dudi Cohen, AFP

 

A war between Iran and Israel “will eventually happen,” Revolutionary Guards commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Saturday.

Mohammad Ali Jafari Photo: AP

Mohammad Ali Jafari – Photo: AP

“Israel seeks war with us, but it’s not clear when the war will occur,” Jafari was quoted by the ISNA and Fars agencies as saying. “Right now they see war as the only method of confrontation,” he said.

Jafari further expressed confidence that the Islamic Republic “will destroy the Jewish state… This cancerous tumor Israel seeks to launch a war against us, but we do not know when it will happen. Continue Reading »

Danny Ayalon says in NY: ‘PA Wouldn’t Last One Day Without IDF’

Deputy FM Ayalon in NY for the PA Donor Conference gives a preview of his speech, telling it like it really is.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

The Palestinian Authority  “wouldn’t last one day” if Israel withdrew from Area B and C of Judea and Samaria, asserted Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon (Yisrael Beytenu). Hamas would take over the PA just as it did in Gaza.

Danny Ayalon

Danny Ayalon – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Fresh off a trans-oceanic flight, the Deputy Foreign Minister gave a far-ranging briefing on Thursday to a packed house at the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations in New York City in anticipation of his representation of Israel at the annual Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Donor’s Conference. Continue Reading »

IDF Inquiry: Terrorists exploited soldiers aiding infiltrators

I.D.F. inquiry reveals terrorists on Egypt border fired on security post as several soldiers left to offer water to African infiltrators. Netanel Yahalomi, 20, of of Nof Ayalon killed in the terrorist attack.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Hours after a deadly terror attack on the IsraelEgypt border, the chain of events which led to the killing of an Israel Defense Forces soldier and three terrorists on Friday afternoon is becoming clear.

An initial military investigation launched into the incident reveals that the terrorists took advantage of the arrival of African infiltrators and the fact that IDF soldiers left their post to offer them water. Continue Reading »

Israeli Physics Students Take Quantum Leap at Int’l Competition in Warsaw

Israel student takes 1st place for his research into energy in unique gases found in charcoal fibers.

By Yael Branovsky

 

Israeli high school students have won first prize at the 20th annual First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics competition, held in Warsaw. It is the first time an Israeli delegation has won the top prize at the international competition.

The Israeli team at the Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center at Ben Gurion University. – Photo: Alberto Dankberg

The competition, held at the Warsaw Institute of Physics in the Polish Academy of Sciences, requires high school students from across the globe to submit research papers in the fields of physics and high-technology. Continue Reading »

Dershowitz & Ross are confident Obama has Israel’s back with regards to Iran

Both high-profile supporters of Israel & Obama tell ‘Post’ they believe US president would support Jerusalem should it strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT

 

WASHINGTON – Dennis Ross and Alan Dershowitz, high-profile supporters of both Israel and US President Barack Obama, told The Jerusalem Post Thursday they were confident the president would support Israel should it attack Iran in a last-ditch effort to stop a nuclear bomb, and that Obama would attack Iran himself if necessary.

Dennis Ross  - Photo: Brett Weinstein/Wikimedia Commons (CC)

Dennis Ross – Photo: Brett Weinstein/Wikimedia Commons (CC)

They also took issue with Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney’s recently uncovered statements at a closed-door fund-raiser in May about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, where he said he doesn’t see much potential

“You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem,” Romney said, pointing to a lack of desire for peace on the part of Palestinians and the security risks Israel would have to take in any two-state deal.

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Anti-jihad ‘savage’ adverts displayed in NYC subway

Pamela Gelle wins court order to post ‘Support Israel. Defeat Jihad’ advert.

Muslim leader: She’s a bigot & a racist

By The Associated Press

 

As violent protests over an anti-Islamic film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed sweep over much of the Muslim world, a conservative blogger’s provocative ad equating Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up in the city’s subway system.

NYC subway train – Photo: AFP

Pamela Geller, who once headed a campaign against an Islamic center near the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack site won a court order to post the ad in 10 subway stations next Monday. Continue Reading »

Washington warns Iran: Time is running out on ‘diplomatic solution’ over nuclear program

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, tells Iran at UN Security Council meeting, Tehran must respond constructively to Western proposals on nuclear concerns.

By DPA

The United States said Thursday that “time is wasting” in seeking a solution to the dispute over Iran’s nuclear activities as Tehran has failed to respond constructively to Western proposals.

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A session of UN Security Council – Photo by AP

“We believe there is still time and space for diplomacy,” U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told a UN Security Council meeting on Iran’s nuclear program.

“However, the onus is on Iran to respond constructively,” Rice said, adding that Washington is seeking a “clear, united resolution” to Iran’s uranium enrichment program, which she said has advanced beyond the 20-per-cent enrichment needed for civilian use of nuclear energy. Continue Reading »

Washington Warns Israel That Striking Iran May Affect Peace

U.S. officials recently alerted Jerusalem that Jordan & Egypt may annul their peace treaties with Israel if it attacks Iran.

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. officials recently warned Israel that Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with the Jewish State if it carries out a preemptive strike against Iran, AFP reported on Thursday based on a report in the Yediot Achronot daily newspaper.

Israel carries out a weapons drill in the Golan Heights

Israel carries out a weapons drill in the Golan Heights – AFP/Jack Guez

Quoting a high-level Israeli official, the newspaper said Washington had warned the Jewish state that Arab leaders would not be able to control an angry public backlash if Israel were to mount an attack on Iran. Continue Reading »