The Miracle Continues...Walk Tall Israel

1.Taking aim at cancer: Israeli-Danish team finds a new way to zap malignant cells

According to a series of experiments by a team at the Ariel University Center, the treatment significantly limits damage to healthy cells, to the point where doctors are able to “turn up the heat” on cancerous cells and destroy them far more effectively. The results of this very early-stage research has meant that the project has already received funding from several foundations, including the Carlsberg Foundation and Denmark’s Fraenkel Foundation, which supports research in cardiology and cancer treatment. Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/taking-aim-at-cancer-israeli-danish-team-finds-a-new-way-to-zap-malignant-cells/

2.It's the what that matters, not the why

Guy Seeman: When asked the question, “Why does Israel spend thousands a month on Haiti?” I find myself at a loss of words. The same question could be asked when we talk about Nepal, El Salvador, Malawi, Chad, East Timor and so on. The number of countries with Israeli development teams in 2011 was approximately 110. For a country with only 7.7 million inhabitants and a GDP of 242 billion dollars, that is quite impressive.

COMMENT: I'm impressed!

3.Israeli Innovation Hopes To Make Water Drinkable In Africa


In a world where freshwater resources are becoming increasingly scarce, Israel–a country that is two-thirds arid–has become a leader in developing the necessary technology for making salt water potable. The Israeli desalination company, IDE Technologies, which has been in operation for more than 40 years, has made many advances in desalination technology, installing over 400 desalination plants in 40 countries including the Caribbean Islands and United States. IDE Technologies has also won major contracts with Cyprus, India and Australia, and last year with China.


4."Reuters": Israel to mass produce cardboard bicycles

The durable bicycle, will have no metals parts and retail for $20.
Izhar Gafni, 50, an Israeli inventor, amateur cyclist and expert in designing automated mass-production lines is the man behind the revolutionary idea. He told "Reuters" that after much trial and error, his latest prototype has now proven itself and mass production will begin in a few months. Read more: http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000790238&fid=1725

5. TAU-led project maps out first brain ‘atlas’


The healthy brains of 120 living people – not members of the Knesset, but other Israelis and some Europeans – have been scanned with a magnetic resonance instrument (MRI) to build the world’s first “atlas” of the microstructure of white matter. Led by Prof. Yaniv Assaf of Tel Aviv University’s neurobiology department and the Sagol School of Neuroscience, the CONNECT project could eventually help identify the first signs of neurological and psychiatric diseases at an early stage in life so they could be treated early on. Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=288131

COMMENT: The MRI would probably self destruct if requested to map The brains of Ahminedjad and the Mullahs of Iran.

6.Traitor or Hero? Christian Arab in IDF Makes History


On Wednesday night, a twenty year old Christian Arab is set to make history, as she becomes the first female Arab commander of an IDF combat unit.  Mona Abdo, who grew up in Haifa, but now lives in Kiryat Haim, will take her place at the graduation ceremony for the IDF commanders training course, where surrounded by family and fellow Jewish Israeli soldiers, she will become a commander in Caracal, the first of her sector to ever accomplish something of this magnitude. Read more: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/161039#.UIxEt7TYfHg

COMMENT: Any bets you wont see or hear of this on CNN!

7. Russia protects Israel from UNESCO condemnations


Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) intervened on Wednesday to defer voting on a series of condemnations of Israel.
UNESCO was due to vote on five resolutions condemning Israel proposed by Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Syria. Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-protects-israel-from-unesco-condemnations/

COMMENT: It's worth noting the slow movement by Russia towards Israel after the visit by Putin earlier this year.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point - C.S. Lewis

The Miracle Continues...Walk Tall Israel

1. Israeli wins World Food Prize for 1st time in history


The World Food Prize Foundation, in the presence of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced Prof. Hillel as this year’s winner of the World Food Prize at a ceremony in Washington. Established in 1987 by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Norman Borlaug, the $250,000 prize recognizes “individuals who have contributed landmark achievements in increasing the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.” Read more http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=273671


2. Foreign direct investment in Israel doubles

According to the UN World Investment Report, investment in Israel totaled $11.37 billion in 2011, 106% more than in 2010. COMMENT: The numbers speak for themselves. Must be all that cash that was intended for Egypt and Syria.

3.IAI signs 2 Italian contracts for $932m

IAI will supply the Italian Air Force with two G-550 Gulfstream airborne early warning planes and an observation satellite. IAI president & CEO Joseph Weiss said, "Italy is an important European country and we are proud of strengthening our relationship with it. The Airborne Early Warning aircraft and the observation satellite are two of IAI's strategic products. Beyond the financial and occupational aspects, this deal represents a significant collaboration with the European industry."

4.Honeywell awarded $735m Israeli jet trainer engine contract

Honeywell Inc. (NYSE: HON) has announced that it has been awarded a $735 million contract by Israel's Ministry of Defense for jet trainer engines, through its unit International Turbine Engine Company LLC, a joint venture with Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. 

COMMENT: Looks like Israel is a full partner in this partnership.

5.Majors vie for stake in Leviathan gas field

Avner Oil, Delek Drilling, and Ratio say they have offers from leading international gas companies for up to 30% of their rights in the field. Market sources believe that French oil major Total SA and Russia's Gazprom JSC are in a race to acquire rights to Leviathan, which is the largest natural gas discovery of the past decade. Gazprom's interest in Leviathan would be to prevent competition to its own hold on the European natural gas market. 

COMMENT: We wonder how the Palestinian arabs are viewing these developments.

6. S&P affirms Israel's rating

International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's has affirmed its foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Israel at A+/A-1, and its local currency ratings at AA-/A-1+, with a stable outlook. In its announcement, S&P said, "The Israeli economy continues to generate solid economic growth and enjoy a net external asset position, even though the current account has temporarily turned negative. The stable outlook reflects our view that there is sufficient political will to prevent a sizable increase in the government's debt burden, and that major security risks will be contained."

COMMENT: Israel continues upwards and outwards. On the other hand, though..Israel's enemies....At the bottom of the barrel....big time!

7. IAI in $958m Indian UAV upgrade deal 

The Indian media reports Israel Aerospace Industries will upgrade Searcher and Heron UAVs for the Indian armed forces. Collaboration between the Indian armed services and IAI has greatly expanded in recent years. Deals include a $1.4 billion contract signed two years ago for the supply of Barak ship defence missiles and other systems. IAI refused to respond to the report.

COMMENT: How the world has changed over the last decades. Anybody remember Arafat at the UN, gun at hip and holding up the olive branch, threatening..."dont let the olive branch fall from my hand". So where is Arafat today? And where is Israel!

Things are only impossible until they're not - Jan-Luc Picard