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Dispatch from Jerusalem

To Stop Cancer: Block Its Messages

The average living cell must transmit a constant stream of messages quickly and efficiently from its outer walls to the inner nucleus. But this communication system leaves itself open to mutations that can give rise to a “spam attack” that promotes cancer. Prof. Rony Seger of the Biological Regulation Department [Weizmann Institute] and his team

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Whole New Light Technology

Oree Advanced Illumination Solutions, a revolutionary Israeli lighting company, coincidentally is based in a Ramat Gan office building called Beit Or (House of Light). Oree’s core product is LightCell, a small, thin panel spread uniformly with LED (light-emitting diode), which directs light across its flat surface. “What’s unique is how thin it is, just four

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Shoes That Fit Like a Glove

In recent years Israel has become known as the “start-up nation.” It is an incubator for companies that have been born out of the new and innovative Israeli technologies developed in a wide variety of fields. However, it is also the land that produced Teva Naot—a company whose humble beginnings 70 years ago have led

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There Is a Priest in Nazareth, Standing for the Jewish State

There is a priest in Nazareth standing for the Jewish state of Israel. Locals there have not yet thrown him off a nearby cliff, but many would like to do so. Reviled and despised by childhood friends, Arab politicians and Christian Palestinian leaders, Father Gabriel Naddaf, a Greek Orthodox priest, has received more death threats

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Christian Zionists Support God’s Plan for the Ages

Zionism could be defined as the belief that the Jewish people have a political, historical and/or moral right to self-determination and a peaceful existence within the borders of their ancient homeland, today known as Israel. At times a social, political and nationalistic movement, it is deeply rooted in Judaism, and calls for the return of

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Egyptian Culture Follows Israel

“The Israelites left Egypt; however, it seems that even years after their return, Egypt did not leave the Israelites and their descendants.” Speaking at a press conference, Amir Ganor, director of the Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), referred to the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery

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Golden Treasure Hoard

The treasure discovered in the Caesarea National Park harbor The largest treasure of gold coins ever discovered in Israel was found on the seabed in the ancient harbor in Caesarea National Park, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced. A group of divers from the local diving club in the harbor reported the find to the

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Cave Yields Rich Secrets

An official of the IAA and members of the Israeli Caving Club searching for more finds in the cave The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) revealed that a group of friends from an Israeli Caving Club had discovered, in a stalactite cave in the north of Israel, a cache of rare coins and silver and bronze

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Iran Is Building a New Persian Empire

Photo credit: Steven Blandin/shutterstock.com The first Persian Empire is well-known to students of the Bible. Its founder, King Cyrus the Great, is lauded as the ruler God used to return the Jewish people from 70 years of exile. It is also portrayed by the book of Daniel as one of the world’s most powerful and

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Israel’s Grim Projections for Pending War with Hezbollah

Photo credit: IDF/flickr.com For the first time in Israel since 2007, the Home Front Command and the Planning Directorate have drafted a new “reference scenario”, visualizing a potential Third Lebanon War that includes an average of 1,200 rockets per day launched from Lebanon and hundreds of Israelis dying over the course of the battle. The

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