Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, IDF Former Chief of Staff, Dies at 68
Former Israel Defense Force Chief of Staff, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, died this Thursday after a long battle with cancer, at age 68. He was a significant figure in Israeli history, and will be remembered as a kind, one of a kind person.
“I remember that day when he called me and told me about his illness, after he found out that one of the newspapers was going to publish it as a scoop,” recalled Benayahu. “I think he beat the illness and not the other way around. It played hide and seek with him and he was able to avoid it for more than 20 years. And I think he left a great legacy behind.”
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Israeli-Developed Breast Cancer Treatment
A new form of treatment, developed by the Israeli company IceCure Medical, will provide doctors with a new, non-surgical way to treat breast cancer patients. This will be made possible through a technique that freezes the tumors, thereby destroying them.
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Yay! Rain!
Wish you were here this weekend! My hometown, Raanana, looked like Venice with all that rain, and my car was practically swimming on the road. But the best part of this wet weekend was sitting in front of the television, covered in a blanket, with the rain pouring outside. Blessed rain, indeed.
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Israeli delegation to New Delhi advances urban water collaboration
Last February, Jerusalem had signed an agreement with New-Delhi to cooperate in an urban water management project. Last week, an Israeli delegation of expertise arrived in New-Delhi in order to further collaboration.
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Model UN Style
Check out the Israeli Model UN parody of “Gangnam Style”!