Middle East

Research: Babies born in winter crawl earlier

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–The season of a baby’s birth influences its motor development during its first year of life, a new study by University of Haifa researcher’s shows. Babies born in the winter (between December and May) start crawling earlier compared to babies born in the summer (June-November). The research was conducted by Dr. Osnat […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Columnist slumbers as nearby gas station is torched

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Wednesday morning we woke to our neighborhood in the headlines. My inbox included two notes from overseas inquiring about our safety. “Activists” (“terrorists” is on the other edge of the politically correct; “thieves’ or “vandals” may be correct in this instance) from Isaweea torched the French Hill gas station and looted its

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

For U.S., Israel: Wars not won, simply managed

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Israeli public is in a notably bad mood. The Hamas rockets have, for the time being, stopped; the current cease-fire is holding. The tunnel threat, a strategic one most Israelis had not understood until several days into the war, has been alleviated; many Hamas rocket manufacturing facilities have been

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Protecting micro tubules may prevent Alzheimer’s

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, it kills brain cells mainly in the hippocampus and cortex, leading to impairments in “neuroplasticity,” the mechanism that affects learning, memory, and thinking. Targeting these areas of the brain, scientists hope to stop or slow the decline in brain plasticity, providing a novel way to treat Alzheimer’s.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

German politician would halt weapon sales to Israel

BERLIN, Germany (WJC) –Ralf Stegner, deputy leader of Germany’s governing Social Democratic Party, has told the newspaper ‘Welt am Sonntag‘ that Germany should reconsider its arms exports to Israel and should not deliver weapons to areas of tension and dictatorships. Stegner expressly named Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel as countries that should not benefit from

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International, Middle East

Dan Meridor to head ICFR

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Veteran Israeli statesman Dan Meridor has been appointed as the new president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), a foreign affairs think-tank which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Meridor will succeed former Israeli ambassador Avi Primor. Meridor was born in Jerusalem in 1947. He served in successive

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Middle East

Daish or Putin–which is more dangerous?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The most dangerous challenge.  Is it Daish or Vladimir Putin? For the time being, Israelis are observers of those quarreling whether–or how–to deal with Daish or Putin. With respect to Putin, The reserve of some stems from Ukrainians’ bad name in Jewish history. For others, it results from Ukrainians’ dismal

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East