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Dispatch from Jerusalem

Cell Therapy Reduces Amputation

{image_1}When two middle-aged American men paid a visit to doctors at the University of Michigan Medical Center, they could barely walk for more than five to six minutes at a time. Both suffered from blocked arteries in their legs. Balloons or stents could not help, and they were likely to lose their legs. Instead, they took part in a trial of a new form of cell therapy developed by Israeli company MultiGene Vascular Systems (MGVS), and now both are up and about.

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Cell Therapy Reduces Amputation

{image_1}When two middle-aged American men paid a visit to doctors at the University of Michigan Medical Center, they could barely walk for more than five to six minutes at a time. Both suffered from blocked arteries in their legs. Balloons or stents could not help, and they were likely to lose their legs. Instead, they took part in a trial of a new form of cell therapy developed by Israeli company MultiGene Vascular Systems (MGVS), and now both are up and about.

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Divide Jerusalem? A Dangerous Decision!

{image_1}Jerusalem, city of prayer, piety, and passion; city of controversy, confrontation, and community; city of war, peace, and holiness; sacred city; City of Gold! Zionism has been at the center of the spectacular creation and development of Eretz Israel (Land of Israel) in modern times. Zion takes its name not from the state, but from “The City of Zion”—Jerusalem! Jerusalem is without doubt the most hotly contested city on earth. Throughout history, it has fallen to invading forces more than 20 times.

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Waterspout: A Submergible Helicopter

{image_1}Seven students from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in cooperation with four students from the Pennsylvania State University, have won first place in an annual undergraduate student design competition.

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Adding Insulin to Baby Formula

{image_1}In the first 24 hours of life, a nursing baby gets a big zing of power from its mother’s milk, especially insulin. “Insulin is 100 times more concentrated in the first milk a mother gives her baby than in the blood,” says Professor Naim Shehadeh, head of the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic at the Rambam Medical Center and on the faculty of the Technion Institute Medical School.

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Adding Insulin to Baby Formula

{image_1}In the first 24 hours of life, a nursing baby gets a big zing of power from its mother’s milk, especially insulin. “Insulin is 100 times more concentrated in the first milk a mother gives her baby than in the blood,” says Professor Naim Shehadeh, head of the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic at the Rambam Medical Center and on the faculty of the Technion Institute Medical School.

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MK Elon’s Palestinian Solution

{image_1}Israeli Knesset (Parliament) Member Benny Elon has a new way of approaching the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and his plan has received international endorsement from US Senator Sam Brownback, a Republi-can presidential hopeful from Kansas. Elon’s “Israeli Initiative” would provide humanitarian aid for the Palestinian refugees, as well as Jordanian citi-zenship for Palestinians in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria). This would eliminate the political solution of a Palestinian state and would place the West Bank under Israeli sovereignty.

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Second Temple Quarry Uncovered

{image_1}A large 1.23-acre quarry has been discovered in Ramat Shlomo, a north Jerusalem neighborhood. The Israel Antiquities Authority believes that stones from the quarry were used in the construction of the Second Temple. The stones reach up to 26 feet (7.9 meters) in length and are consistent with stones found in the bottom layers of the walls surrounding the Temple Mount, known to be placed there by King Herod. Several clay objects, tools, and coins found at the site confirm that it was in use during the first century AD, when the new Temple complex was still being built.

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Vladimir Putin—A Czar in the Making!

{image_1}By the time author Joel C. Rosenberg published his nonfiction book Epicenter, his earlier fictional works had already caused a stir. Though Rosenberg has never claimed to be a prophet, he wrote about a kamikaze-type attack on the United States, war with Saddam Hussein, and the death of Yasser Arafat before any of them happened. Their ultimate fulfillment attracted the attention of the major US TV and news networks, which suggested that he had “inside information.” He also wrote about a nuclear threat against Israel.

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Gold in the Negev?

{image_1}Geological explorations conducted in deserted mountainous areas north of Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat have shown high concentrations of gold—0.14 ounce [4 grams] per ton of earth. The find could attract investors to open a gold mine there. The explorations were conducted by KiTov Resources, a company owned by Jewish Australian businessman Abraham Rod Salfinger.

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