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| March 7, 2014
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Israeli hospital receives 1st of 7 Ukrainian wounded in demonstrations

 

Israeli surgeons at Kaplan Hospital ready to reconstruct Alexander S.’s shrapnel-ridden hand.

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A Ukrainian wounded on the streets of Kiev in clashes between protesters and police arrived for treatment in Israel on Wednesday and six more expected were to arrive Thursday, according to a report by Walla news website.

Ukrainian Alexander S. hospitalized in Israel

Ukrainian Alexander S. hospitalized in Israel. – Photo Courtesy: Kaplan Hospital

Surgeons at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot will attempt in the next couple of days to reconstruct the crushed and shrapnel-ridden hand of 20-year-old Alexander S., the first Ukrainian to arrive in Israel after riots and demonstrations that brought down the country’s president.

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| December 18, 2013
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Sheba Medical Center save Syrian refugee boy’s life in heart surgery

 

First time ever: 4 yr-old Syrian boy with a rare heart condition undergoes life-saving surgery at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center.

After the successful surgery, the boys father was quoted as saying, “The Israeli doctors saved his life and I am happy to have met this country.”

By Adi Rubinstein

 

 

A 4-year-old Syrian refugee from the besieged city of Homs underwent surgery recently at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, the first time a Syrian has been operated on at the pediatric cardiology ward.

Heart-warming success: 4-year-old Syrian heart patient Mohammed Hamudi with his father and Dr.

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| December 5, 2013
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Nobel Laureate: Torah is Key to Intellectual Pursuit

 

 

“Torah study is an intellectual pursuit, and honoring this ultimate value transfers to other pursuits as well,” Nobel Laureate Robert John Aumann.

By Aviel Scheider

 

 

After two Israeli professors living in the US won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year, it begs the question: Why have Jews been so successful in this realm, despite their proportionately small population?

: Bible is Key to Jewish Genius

Nobel Laureate Robert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

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| November 25, 2013
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West Bank ‘Settlers’ also Among 1st Responders to Aid After Philippines Typhoon

Hatzalah YOSH was among the 1st organizations arriving in the Philippines to offer medical attention following typhoon Haiyan’s destruction.

By Yoni Kempinski, Ari Yashar

 

The Hatzalah YOSH organization, established to provide emergency medical treatment in Judea and Samaria (sometimes referred to as the “West Bank”), was among the first to arrive in the Philippines and save lives following the typhoon Haiyan natural disaster.

'Rescuers Without Borders' in the Philippines - Photo: Arutz 7 screenshot

‘Rescuers Without Borders’ in the Philippines – Photo: Arutz 7 screenshot

Video from the Judea and Samaria based rescue mission in the Philippines shows the group’s activities in the devastated landscape:

Aryeh Levi, a medic with Hatzalah YOSH and manager of “Rescuers Without Borders,” spoke to Arutz Sheva about his organization’s rescue efforts. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2013
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Germany’s Council of Jews honoring Pastor, a dedicated defender of Jewish right’s

Council of Jews in Germany is honoring the Protestant pastor for his support of Jewish life in Germany, his dedication to Israel & his “unconditional solidarity in the circumcision debate”.

 

BERLIN — The Central Council of Jews in Germany is giving its highest honor to a pastor who defended the Jewish right to ritual circumcision.

Nikolaus Schneider, president of the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany

Nikolaus Schneider, president of the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany

Nikolaus Schneider, 66, president of the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany — the country’s main Protestant body — will receive the the Leo Baeck Prize on Thursday in Berlin.

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| November 20, 2013
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Berlin club hosts Israeli-Iranian DJ group that ‘Spins for Peace’

Dance parties in Berlin show the world that Iranians & Israelis need not be enemies.

BERLIN (JTA) — It’s 4 a.m. at the famous Kater Holzig club and hundreds of beautiful young people are going crazy on the dance floor to the sound of heavy electronic beats.

Israeli DJ Roy Siny, left, and Iranian DJ Afagh Irandoost at the first No Beef party in Berlin, Aug. 17, 2013. (Boaz Arad)

Israeli DJ Roy Siny, left, and Iranian DJ Afagh Irandoost at the first No Beef party in Berlin, Aug. 17, 2013. (Boaz Arad)

 

To the casual clubber, it’s just another ordinary night out in Europe’s hottest city. But this gathering is far from ordinary. Many of those dancing are immigrants from two countries whose ongoing tensions could explode in the world’s face at any given moment.

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| November 18, 2013
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Israeli medical personnel delivered 12 babies in the Philippines

The 12 babies, most premature, were delivered in Israel’s field hospital. The newborns are being cared for in incubators brought by the IDF as part of their field hospital.

 

 

JERUSALEM — At least 12 babies, most premature, have been delivered in Israel’s field hospital in the Philippines — including one named Israel.

screenshot – NBC News

The hospital is seeing about 300 patients a day, many injured in last week’s Typhoon Haiyan or unable to care for chronic conditions due to lack of running water or electricity.  The premature babies are being cared for in incubators brought by the Israel Defense Forces as part of the field hospital.

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| November 16, 2013
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View NBC News clip on Israeli treatment in the Philippines

Israel’s delegation of IDF emergency medical personnel in the Philippines have treated over 300 wounded.

NBC reporter impressed, in ‘Awe’ and publishes report praising IDF humanitarianism.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Since the IDF delegation to the Philippines landed last Thursday, the unit has treated over 370 wounded – 150 of them children – in a hospital in the city of Bogo.

IDF doctors at Bogo’s hospital have performed operations, used advanced medical equipment, and overseen 5 births – including one Cesarean section and one birth where the mother went into labor en route to the hospital.

Provincial governor Hilario Davide III visited the hospital Saturday to tour the grounds, meet the medical staff, and thank Israel for sending the medical team to the country, which was hammered by Typhoon Heiyan last week. Continue Reading »

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| November 14, 2013
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Philippines Thank Jerusalem for Disaster Relief

 

 

Philippine Ambassador thanked Israel for dispatching hundreds of doctors & medical staff to set up advanced field hospital in his disaster-stricken country.

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

Philippine Ambassador to Israel Generoso D.G. Calonge said his nation is most grateful for the immediate and overwhelming support provided by the Jewish state in the wake of super-typhoon Haiyan, which killed an estimated 10,000 people and left another 800,000 without food, water and shelter.

Philippines Thanks Israel for Disaster Aid

Members of the IDF Home Front Command Search and Rescue Unit depart for the Philippines.- Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office

“I can’t describe the feeling right now… that my host country cares about our stricken people,” Calonge told The Jerusalem Post. Continue Reading »

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| November 13, 2013
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IDF sends 148-member team, field hospital & 100 tons of aid to Philippines

IDF officers from the National Search & Rescue Unit of the Home Front Command plus senior doctors from the IDF Medical Corps are part of the Israeli team.

 

JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces has sent a 148-member humanitarian delegation to the Philippines to provide search-and-rescue and medical services to areas hard hit by Typhoon Haiyan.

148 IDF soldiers are boarding an airplane for the typhoon-struck Philippines. – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson Office

The team left Israel on Wednesday equipped with a field hospital as well as about 100 tons of humanitarian and medical supplies, according to the IDF.

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| November 12, 2013
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IDF field hospital sent to the Philippines

 

The Foreign Ministry announced that Israel would send a search & rescue team with experience in searching damaged buildings, as well as medical staff and a field hospital.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

The IDF will send a humanitarian mission to assist victims of the Typhoon in the Philippines, army sources said.

Soldier preparing supplies for the Philippines – Photo Courtesy IDF

The mission, headed by Col. Ramtin Sabati, who commands the National Rescue Unit, will contain medical staff and a field hospital, and will head out to the storm-stricken areas on Wednesday. The decision came following an evaluation meeting held by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Continue Reading »

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| November 12, 2013
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Jews worldwide unit in providing aid for Philippine relief

U.S. & U.K. Jewish groups raise donations for relief assistance.

Israel sends IsraAID, medical experts to Typhoon Haiyan disaster zone to evaluate how to best deploy search & rescue, and deployment of field medical teams.

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The Israeli military dispatched a small team of rescue experts on Sunday night to the storm-stricken Philippines to “determine the best rapid response the IDF can provide.”

Typhoon Haiyan

Residents clear the road of a fallen electric post after Typhoon Haiyan hit Daanbantayan town in Cebu Province, central Philippines November 11, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The team will prepare the ground for the possible arrival of a larger contingency of emergency responders in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history. Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2013
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Israel sends IsraAID advance medical team to Philippines

 

Israel sent its first advance team of 7 medical professionals to the storm-ravaged Philippines on Saturday night seeking to understand and evaluate scale of injury.

By HAYLEY MUNGUIA
 

 

The IsraAID humanitarian organization sent a team of 7 medical professionals to Tacloban City in the storm-ravaged Philippines on Saturday night.

“It’s really hard to get any accurate numbers as far as [the scale of the] damage is concerned,” IsraAID founding director Shahar Zahavi said. “Since the area is so hard to reach right now, there’s a lot of doubt about the actual statistics. It’ll take a few days, but right now the most I can say is that people are comparing it to the 2004 [Indian Ocean] tsunami” that killed 230,000 to 280,000 in 14 countries.
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| November 11, 2013
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Man holding knives arrested outside Israeli embassy in Belgium

 

Iranian national arrested for lurking across the street, spying on Israeli Embassy a few hours after armed Belgian arrested with hidden knives  at the embassy’s entrance.

By Itamar Eichner

The Shin Bet has recently declared a state of enhanced readiness in Israeli embassies across Europe, in the wake of a security incident which took place in Israel’s Belgian facility.

A few days ago, security agents stopped a Belgian national who had converted to Islam at the entrance to embassy grounds. During a physical search conducted on his person, the agents discovered knives on his body and the man was then transferred to Brussels police for interrogation. Continue Reading »

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| November 10, 2013
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IDF reports Israeli emergency responders heading to Philippines

1st responders are medical professionals, trauma & relief specialists. A larger team is expected to land by the end of the week, according to IsraAid.

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli disaster relief organization IsraAid is sending an emergency response team to the Philippines to the areas hardest hit by Typhoon Haivan.

IsraAID Team on its way to Typhoon-hit Philippines

The team of medical professionals and trauma and relief specialists are scheduled to arrive in the Philippines on Monday, working primarily in Tacloban City in Leyte. A larger team is expected to land by the end of the week, according to IsraAid.

The death toll in the typhoon, which made landfall in the central Philippines on Friday, could be at least 10,000, according to reports that emerged Sunday, citing local officials.

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