Middle East

OpEd: FDA should approve human cancer trials

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study addresses the challenges of nanoparticle-based cancer-targeting strategies. It also suggests ways of refocusing the collaborative work of cancer researchers and clinicians to move the field forward from “the bench” to the patients. The study follows landmark research published 10 years ago in Nature Nanotechnology […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ohr Shalom salutes Israel with April 18 concert

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Ohr Shalom Synagogue will celebrate Israel’s 70th Year of Independence with a Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha’atzmaut Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18.   The public is invited to join the Ohr Shalom Synagogue and Beth Am Choirs as they lead the audience on a journey through 70 years of Israeli

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Calendar, USA

Now is not the time for U.S. to quit Syria

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Syrian government’s chemical attack on civilians in the rebel-held suburb of Douma this weekend is the complete responsibility of the war criminal Bashar Assad, his Russian bedfellows, and his Iranian bankers. However, the fact that President Trump had announced that the U.S. is nearly finished its mission to defeat ISIS (which is questionable)

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Israel’s African refugee fiasco

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The latest political farce has deepened this country’s status as a cynic’s paradise. Prime Minister Netanyahu, together with Interior Minister Ariyeh Deri, surprised us Monday afternoon with a dramatic announcement that Israel had signed an agreement with the UN Commission on Refugees that a number of western countries would accept

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

A better way to predict temblors?

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) –Earthquake warning and forecasting systems used worldwide are ineffective,according to new research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Sami Shamoon College of Engineering Studies.Their research shows that electromagnetic radiation measurement would be a better predictor,providing hours, or even days, warning before an earthquake. According to the study published

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education