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Israel's Medical Achievements

Groundbreaking cancer research

One of European Research Council's latest grants awarded to Israelis is for Bar-Ilan's project targeting Protein Degradation, aiming to revolutionize how cancer and other diseases are treated at th...

How to spot those at risk of genetic diseases

Researchers at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa have rewritten the book on prenatal testing for genetic diseases. The "old" method checks for identical segments (ROH) in the DNA inherited from mother...

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Science & Technology

Historic harvest

Israeli researchers have harvested 20kg of Byzantine-era grape varieties, two years after ancient 1,500-year-old grape seeds were planted at a restored vineyard at Avdat National Park in the Negev ...

Olympiad successes

Thanks to the Maimonides Fund's Future Scientists Center and its partnership with Israel's Education Ministry, Israeli students soared into the world top ten of the Olympiads in 2025 for Math and C...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Cross-border operations

Two critically ill Israelis were saved thanks to the heart and lungs donated by a newly deceased patient in Cyprus. Despite a car breakdown, the organs was transported to Israel within 4 hours. In ...

Yeshiva boys enlist in combat units

Hundreds of young men from hesder yeshivas across the country have reported for duty, to begin their service in the IDF as part of the hesder combat track. They included the sons of two government ...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

100,000-year-old burial site

Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at Tinshemet Cave in central Israel. Well-preserved remains date back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged i...

En garde! A renaissance in Israeli fencing

At the recent World Championships, Israel finished 11th out of 46 in the men's team epee, which is a remarkable achievement. Although the team did not win a medal at the recent Fencing World Champi...

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Economy & Business

Startup investment up 28% in July

Over $900 million was raised by Israeli startups in July, marking a 28% increase compared to last year. The surge in funding is especially notable as only two of the 28 deals exceeded $100 million,...

Handling emergency in seven countries

Israel's Carbyne (see previously) has deployed its incident management technology in nearly 300 emergency centers worldwide, including in 23 U.S. states and six additional countri...

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The Jewish State

Ex-hostages celebrate daughter’s wedding

Shir Siegel waited nearly 2 years for her wedding as Hamas held her parents hostage in Gaza. Mother Aviva was released after 51 days and Father Keith after 484 days. Fellow ex-hostages Emily Damari...

Rabbi locates Israeli missing for 29 years

In 1996, Slava left Israel for Samara, Russia, to care for his sick father. His wife and daughters never heard from him again, despite police searches and media appeals. Then a social media post ab...

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