Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Palin Explains. Gabbard Leaves. Ombudsman Mass media Deserts and Erdman has Good News. Will They Nail The Big Guy? Bureaucrat Weapons.

A young Arab boy asks his father "What is that strange hat you are wearing?"

The father said: "Why, my son, it is a 'chechia.' In the desert it protects our heads from the intense heat of the sun.

"And what is the long flowing robe you are wearing?" asked the boy.

"Oh, my son!" exclaimed the father "It is very simple. This is a 'djbellah.' As I have told you, in the desert it is not only very hot, but the sand is always blowing. My djbellah protects the entire body,"

The son then asked: "But Father, what about those ugly shoes you have on your feet?"

"These are 'babouches' my son," the father replied. You must understand that although the desert sands are very beautiful, they are also extremely hot. These babouches' keep us from burning our feet."

"So tell me then," added the boy.

"Yes, my son..."

"Why are you living in Vancouver and still wearing all this shit?

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Breaking: Sarah Palin Explains What’s First On Her Agenda If She Wins

Meanwhile,

 Gabbi explains why she is leaving the rancid party.
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Delaware Supreme Court Hands Democrats Major Loss. Election integrity/sanctity is critical.

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Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Biden won’t be happy about this.

Delaware’s Supreme Court just handed President Biden and the Democrats a major loss by ruling that universal vote by mail and same-day registration were entirely unconstitutional.

This is a major win for Senate Republicans who have been fighting for more voter integrity

According to Fox, the court ruled that the two moves conflict with registration and absentee voter categories which were detailed in the State’s constitution.

Instead the Delaware Supreme Court upheld prior ruling made by the state’s vice chancellor which rejects the vote-by-mail law and they threw out the Election Day registration law.

Delaware’s GOP chair and former attorney general Jane Brady recently celebrated the decision by their Supreme Court and said she was “very pleased that the court upheld the language of the constitution.”

“This is a win for the rule of law,” Brady added.

Brady then explained, “Anyone who has voted in a general election in the past can vote the same way they always have, because there have been zero general elections held since those laws were passed, and they’ve never had any impact on a voter’s conduct. The court’s ruling essentially maintains the status quo and the same laws that have always been in effect are in effect on November 8.”

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https://creativeplanning.com/insights/why-disciplined-long-term-investors-will-survive-this-economic-cycle/

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As I have said myself:

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Democracy’s watchdog has abandoned its role

American voters have been left ignorant of the peril posed by Biden's two-faced approach to both Israel and Iran. Op-ed.

By Melanie Phillips


(JNS) It has often been said that the media is a pillar of democracy because it keeps our politicians honest.

Lifting the veil of secrecy in which authorities like to cloak themselves, revealing inconvenient truths that expose the inadequacies and worse of government actions and subjecting all politicians to forensic questioning without bias—this is how the media acts in the public interest.

But when the media doesn’t deliver, truthfulness goes out of the window, propaganda and ignorance take over and democracy stumbles.

We see this in much Western coverage of Israel, with newspapers often delivering nothing more than thinly disguised Palestinian Arab propaganda. So, people with no knowledge of Israel or Jewish history get a wholly false impression.

It’s in America, however, that we see most graphically and frighteningly the media’s abdication of its professional role.

The most influential mainstream media outlets have turned into brazen shills for the Democratic Party and became willing accomplices in the attempt to remove President Donald Trump via the bogus Russian conspiracy smear, which involved elements of the FBI, Justice Department and the Democrats.

At same time, the media refused to report troubling revelations of corruption involving President Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s dealings with Ukraine, which implicated Biden senior as well.

And they have left Americans largely in the dark about the acute peril into which Biden’s policies are putting America, Israel and the West.

Ever since a wave of attacks in the spring that killed over 20 Israelis, Israel’s security forces have been conducting a concerted military operation in the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria. They have arrested more than 2,000 terror suspects, killed a number of terrorists in shootouts and say they have prevented hundreds of imminent terror attacks.

Yet while U.S. State Department Spokesman Ned Price acknowledged the “more than 20 Israelis and other civilians” who have been killed in terror attacks, his comments to reporters mostly focused on the fact that “more than 100 Palestinians have been killed in the /West Bank/ and more than 30 in Gaza” (the British embassy expressed a similar view).

The State Department called on all sides to avoid escalating the situation and to restore calm. Such apparent even-handedness actually tells Israel to stop defending itself, which is morally bankrupt.

This is of a piece with the Biden administration’s refusal to acknowledge the innately murderous and rejectionist reality of the Palestinian Arab cause, which it promotes by paying lip-service to Israel’s fundamental need to protect itself while persistently undermining that defense.

Yet the media does nothing to highlight and condemn such moral bankruptcy. Nor does it highlight and condemn the Biden team’s craven appeasement of and now brazen hypocrisy towards the Iranian regime.

For four weeks now, Iran has been convulsed by astonishing protests. Women have taken to the streets in vast numbers after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for allegedly wearing her hijab, or headscarf, in a way that offended Iran’s sinister “morality police.”

These protests quickly morphed into broader calls to overthrow the Islamic republic.

Female students have been chanting “death to the dictator” as they rip a picture of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini from their textbooks. Girls at a school that brought in a speaker from the feared Basij paramilitary organizations welcomed him by taking off their headscarves and chanting, “Get lost, Basiji.” The disappearance and death of a 16-year-old girl who was among the protesters in Tehran has unleashed yet more demonstrations.

This is the biggest wave of protests against the regime in almost three years, despite the brutal response by the security forces that has killed at least 154 protesters and seen hundreds arrested.

A revolt by the Iranian people that brings down the regime is the best chance of avoiding Iran menacing the world with nuclear weapons.

Previous such revolts have fizzled out. But this one is broader, longer and even more determined. There are reports that the regime’s websites, portals, servers and computers in many different areas have been destroyed.

Biden has praised the “brave women of Iran” and signaled that he’ll announce more sanctions against those responsible for violence against protesters.

Yet he is even now still intent upon doing a nuclear deal that would lift sanctions on Iran and empower this murderous regime. His spokeswoman is still parroting the inane mantra that Iran’s repression of its people has nothing to do with the deal, which she asserted would prevent a nuclear Iran.

In fact, it would enable a nuclear Iran after a short delay. And it would funnel billions in sanctions relief into repressing the ongoing revolt, as well as into building drones and missiles to attack Israel and the West.

Moreover, by appeasing Iran, the Biden administration would also assist Tehran’s new best friend, Russia—which surreally is the mediator in the nuclear talks, where the Iranian regime won’t even allow the Americans into the room.

If this wasn’t a Democratic president, the media would be yelling blue murder about all this.

Just imagine the uproar if Trump had done a profitable deal with Putin or proposed to shore up Saudi Arabia or North Korea.

Or contrast this silence over Iran with the outrage over OPEC’s announcement that, from next month, it will cut oil production by two million barrels per day.

Just look at the response to this from Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), who raged that the Saudis will “do what we let them get away with doing.”

“We have to stop acting like the suckers in this relationship, and reestablish that the services we provide to these countries require them to take our legitimate interests and concerns into account,” he added.

Precisely these savage points could and should be made about the Iran nuclear deal. Yet the Democrats are instead pushing that deal, and the media is silent about this staggering double standard, just as it is silent about double standards applied to Israel.

This silence, month in, month out, is one reason why so many American Jews continue to support Biden in the teeth of the threat he is posing to both Israel’s and America’s safety.

Most of this support comes, of course, from American Jews who support the Democratic Party as an unshakeable article of faith. Such minds are frighteningly closed to anything that might disturb that faith and cause them to consider voting Republican.

But it’s also true of some American Jews who are far more conservative and yet nevertheless think that Biden is doing just fine. This has got others scratching their heads in puzzled horror.

A major reason why all these Jewish voters think like this is because the media doesn’t tell them what’s really going on.

Most people don’t think very deeply about political developments abroad. They pick up the prevailing mood music and go along with that. They really have no idea of the extreme dangers of the situation—whether over Iran or the Palestinian Arabs—because no one is telling them.

True, since their tunnel vision is illogical and emotional, many would remain impervious even if they were told. But no one likes to be fingered as supporting those who are empowering evil.

If the media were to be hammering home that Biden is not only empowering the deadly enemies of Israel and America but also furthering the repression of the Iranian people to whom he pledges such hypocritical support, this would leave his partisans with nowhere to hide.

The reason why the Biden administration is getting a free pass over its lethal idiocy is that the media has abandoned its role as democracy’s watchdog. And the free world is being imperiled as a result.

Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her personal and political memoir Guardian Angel has been published by Bombardier, which also published her first novel The Legacy. Go to melaniephillips.substack.com to access her work.

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https://nypost.com/2022/10/07/the-chilling-numbers-that-reveal-the-scale-of-joe-bidens-border-disaster/ 

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Erdman's Good News (edited.)

The Jewish New Year 5783 is only 2 weeks old and already Israeli ingenuity is reaching new heights of innovation and recognition.  Israeli satellite and space technology is literally "out of this world"; Israel's electric plane had a successful maiden flight; and Israeli drones are harvesting fruit in Israel, the USA, and Italy.


Israeli scientists have made major medical breakthroughs in cancer treatments and disease diagnostics. Delegates from 53 countries flew into Israel for a World Health Organization conference and Israel began flying in war-wounded Ukrainians for medical treatment. Meanwhile Israel's United Hatzalah flew volunteer medics to aid hurricane victims in Florida and Puerto Rico.


Israeli relations are soaring with the UAE, Morocco, Argentina, and South Korea. Israel won two vital international soccer games in high drama. And after the High Holidays, Israelis will soon be looking up to the skies from their outdoor tabernacles.

The photo (TY Sharon) is of sukkot (tabernacles) clinging to the sides of buildings high over the Jerusalem streets in preparation for the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.  Wishing all who celebrate it, a very good Chag Sameach


In the 9th Oct 22 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
 

 

 
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
 
Nanotech to deliver precision chemotherapy. Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed a nano-material that can deliver different toxic cancer therapies directly to tumors, without harming healthy cells. Robot chemistry was used to test different materials. The breakthrough can vastly reduce chemo side effects.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-can-reduce-side-effects-and-increase-range-of-cancer-drugs-scientists/  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142961222004409?dgcid=author
 
Detecting tumors via fungi. Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have discovered that most tumors have fungi growing inside them. They have also documented their types using records from 17,000 cancer patients. DNA from fungi is detectable in the blood and can be used to develop a new cancer screening method.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fungus-is-telltale-cancer-sign-possibly-screenable-by-blood-test-israel-us-study/
 
Diagnosing CJD. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) was well known during the “mad cow” epidemic. But it can also be caused by an inherited gene mutation. Tel Aviv’s Sourasky (Ichilov) Medical Center is one of only a dozen hospitals globally to use a 92% accurate spinal fluid test for early onset CJD.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cutting-edge-test-for-fatal-brain-disorder-now-available-in-israel/
 
AI startup to assess new treatments. AION Labs - the Israeli innovation lab for startups (see here previously) has itself launched a startup.  OMEC.AI aims to predict if a new treatment will succeed following pre-clinical trials. Its next-generation computational platform will gauge effectiveness and expose safety issues.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-innovation-lab-backed-by-pharmaceutical-biotech-giants-mints-1st-ai-startup/  https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/aion-labs-launches-ai-startup-addressing-drug-trial-improvement-301635181.html
 
AI engine thinks like a doctor. Israel’s Kahun (see here previously) has expanded from merely a Covid-19 diagnosis system to a full “digital medical advisor”. Its XAI engine bases its clinical reasoning decisions on Kahun’s proprietary map of over 30 million evidence-based medical insights.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkswkgqmo
 
CE Mark for AR ophthalmic exoscope. Israel’s Beyeonics Vision (see here previously) now has European as well as US approval for its Beyeonics One™ ophthalmic exoscope. The augmented reality (AR) surgical headset gives eye doctors vastly enhanced abilities when performing eye surgery (e.g., cataracts).
https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/beyeonics-vision-has-completed-the-ce-mark-registration-for-its-beyeonics-one-ophthalmic-exoscope-301636525.html
 
Matricelf wins 3rd place in Startup World Cup. Israel’s Matricelf (see here previously) was placed third out of 17,000 contenders for the 2022 Startups World Cup in San Francisco. Matricelf developed the technology for the heart 3D-printed by Tel Aviv University scientists in 2019 (see here).
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/r1vns800fo
 
WHO conference in Tel Aviv. For the first time, the World Health Organization came to Israel to hold its 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. 53 nations attended the conference from Sep 12-14 during which Israel signed bilateral health cooperation deals with Germany, Croatia, Cyprus, and Kazakhstan.
https://www.jns.org/opinion/heart-of-the-middle-east-israel-a-medical-and-ethical-leader/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvOeu-ETf0  
 
 
ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL
 
No child goes hungry at school. Last year, Israeli charity Nevet-Breakfast for Every Child, discreetly distributed 1.8 million sandwiches for their 10am snack to 11,000 children at 238 schools throughout Israel. (See here previously). The children were from all sectors including secular, Haredi, Arab, Bedouin, and Druze.
https://www.jns.org/nevet-ngo-works-to-ensure-that-israeli-children-dont-spend-the-school-day-hungry/
 
Israeli Arab is Intel VP. Intel has named three Israelis to Intel Fellows – technological Vice Presidents. They include global engineering group’s Fadi Aboud who is the first Arab engineer to have been appointed to such a senior position at Intel. Aboud has worked at Intel for 31 years, developing processor performance innovations.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjwkzkabi
 
What the Pakistani delegation saw. (TY Myer Green) Here are some details of the recent six-day visit to Israel by a delegation of Pakistani community leaders. They toured the country as part of a regional peace initiative designed to foster deeper ties between the two countries, which do not have diplomatic relations.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/visiting-israel-pakistani-delegation-promotes-vision-of-peace-one-step-at-a-time/
 
Energy cooperation with Morocco. Israel and Morocco have signed an agreement for energy research cooperation. It incorporates 20 groups from Moroccan universities and 33 groups from seven leading Israeli academic institutions. It covers rechargeable batteries, hydrogen, recycling, solar, storage and transportation.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360558
 
Israeli tech on display in Buenos Aires. More than 700 people attended the Expo Atid (Future) exhibition in Buenos Aires. They were given a complete overview of Israel’s latest technology, including water management, agriculture, and alternative energies.
https://www.israel21c.org/israel21c-presents-picture-of-future-at-buenos-aires-expo/
 
More Ukrainian aid. Israel just donated more than one million dollars’ worth of critical medical equipment to the children’s hospital in Kyiv. Israel has also allocated millions of shekels to rehabilitate up to twenty injured Ukrainians and amputees in Israel. Two of the wounded are already at Sheba Medical Center.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israel-sends-1-million-in-equipment-to-ukrainian-childrens-hospital/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360395
 
Helping hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. Just before Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year), medical and psychological experts from Israel’s emergency medical organization United Hatzalah flew to the south of the island of Puerto Rico. They will provide medical care to victims of Hurricane Fiona and resulting floods.
https://www.israel21c.org/israelis-offer-psychological-medical-aid-in-puerto-rico/
 
Aid to Florida. Israeli voluntary emergency response organization United Hatzalah has dispatched a second relief team, this time to assist Floridians following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian. The organization previously sent relief missions to Florida after Hurricane Irma in 2017 and the Surfside disaster last year.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-relief-workers-rush-to-aid-florida-hurricane-victims/
 
Shabbat Shalom from space. International Space Station (ISS) Commander Samantha Cristoforetti posted photos of Israel on her Twitter account last Saturday, punctuated with a "Shalom,".  The Italian astronaut is the first woman to command the ISS. https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-space-station-commander-snaps-nighttime-photos-of-israeli-city-lights/ https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/technology-science/1664734480-astronaut-posts-photos-of-israel-taken-from-space
 
 
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
 
Detecting water leaks in 65 countries. (TY Hazel) Israel’s Asterra (see here previously) is currently finding water leaks in 65 countries. Its satellite-mounted radar technology is combined with algorithms that look for the signature of drinking water mixed with soil. In the UK, Asterra saves 83 million liters of water every day.
https://nocamels.com/2022/10/satellites-spot-leaking-water-pipes-from-way-above-earth/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiG_1lIIYZ8
 
Next-gen satellite communications. Israeli-founded Scorpio Space is developing affordable and powerful Satcom terminals for space. Its technology allows low-orbit (LEO) satellites to receive and transmit numerous communications beams at once, reducing the cost and power consumption needed to operate them.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1zsw9tzs  https://scorpio-space.com/
 
To the Moon. Israel’s Ramon.Space (see here) and Lulav Space are building the navigation system for Israel’s SpaceIL Beresheet 2 lunar lander. Ramon’s radiation-hardened computers will run Lulav’s vision-based landing sensor and algorithms. SpaceIL’s first experiment will examine critical medicines in lunar conditions.
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-717218
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-718219   https://lulav.space/
 
Israel in Space. Ben Gurion University is hosting a virtual webinar “Israel in Our Lives - Innovation & Impact” featuring Israeli scientists who are pioneering innovations in space. Oct 25 12 noon PT.  Register here.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-65HsZw2QYm43NSZoMkNXQ
 
Alice in “wonderland”. Alice - the all-electric plane from Israeli-US startup Eviation - successfully completed its maiden flight from Grant County International Airport, Moses Lake, in Washington State. The plane rose to 3,500 feet during its 8-minute flight. The test pilot commented that Alice’s engines were completely silent.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/first-of-its-kind-israeli-electric-plane-takes-flight-in-us/
https://www.eviation.com/wp-content/themes/eviation/videos/First%20Flight_Option%20A.mp4
 
Israel’s climate tech on display. This article describes Israel’s first-ever climate tech conference in Tel Aviv. It features Tomorrow.ioSeeTreeTerra Space Lab, which have been previously in this newsletter. New to the newsletter are Solato (ice cream machine) and Cellomat (refurbished smartphones). See links & videos below.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-booths-of-recycled-waste-israels-fast-growing-climate-tech-sector-holds-confab/   https://www.solato.com/  https://vimeo.com/560530434  
https://www.kioskmarketplace.com/articles/cellomat-mobile-phone-repair-service-kiosk-comes-to-the-us/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha0QL4lmxR8
 
Robot fruit picker is flying high. Israel’s Tevel Aerobotics Technologies (see here previously) now deploys autonomous drone fruit pickers in Israel’s Golan Heights (Asian pears), Italy (apples, peaches, and nectarines), and California (nectarines and plums).  Next markets are Spain, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
https://nocamels.com/2022/09/flying-robots-pick-fruit-24-7-and-know-exactly-when-its-ripe/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzOf4-WaXzE
 
Vegan food to be produced in Australia. Israel’s plant-based vegan food company Vgarden (see here previously) is to build its first overseas production facility - in Brisbane, Australia. Vgarden’s customers include Papa John’s, Domino’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, Costco, and Woolworths.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-plant-based-vegan-food-company-to-build-production-facility-in-australia/
 
3 Israeli FoodTech startups shortlisted. The second edition of the UAE’s FoodTech Challenge received 667 entries from 79 countries. Of the 30 short-listed, three are Israeli. Neolithics (see here), FreezeM (insect protein farming), and Yeap (protein from yeast).  The four eventual finalists will win prizes worth up to $2 million.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjoiftgfi  
https://www.freeze-em.com/ https://yeap-proteins.com/
 
New Israeli fruits. Israel’s Ben Dor Fruits (see here previously) has developed unique varieties of stone fruits in its Hula Valley orchards. The latest creations are pomegranate plums, watermelon plums and black apricots. All the new fruit varieties offer added resistance to harsh climate conditions.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/black-apricots-and-watermelon-plums-israeli-farm-grows-unique-hybrid-fruits/
 
Saving “ugly” veg. Israel’s Anina (see here previously) has created the Anina pod - a complete meal made from vegetables that have been rejected for sale due to a less-than-perfect appearance (a major source of fresh produce waste). Each whole meal-in-a-pod is all-natural and full of nutrients.
https://www.labiotech.eu/trends-news/anina-reshaping-the-future-of-food-by-upcycling-rejected-vegetables/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmGL_04tUeg
 
Connecting the emergency services. Unlike most countries, Israelis call separate numbers for medical (101), police (102) or fire (103) emergencies. They connect to a service representative who can immediately begin to help the caller. Now, new AI software will automatically decide if any of the other services are also required.
https://www.jns.org/new-ai-software-will-link-israeli-police-ambulance-and-fire-services/
 
Dyslexia inspires language app developer. When dyslexic Michael asked his dyslexic father how he learned English, his answer was “from the songs of John Lennon and Bob Dylan”. Michael then developed Singit - software for learning English, now used by 60,000 students in 800 Israeli schools.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyhesik11i
https://welcome.singit.io/english-pages/home-teachers-en  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovp-z59MYnM
 
The eyes have it. Israel’s EyeJets is developing a platform that will enable the projection of digital information directly into the retina, replacing the need for computer or smartphone screens. The eye-tracking technology will use regular-looking glasses to uniquely align the display, even when the eye is moving around.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/axq23c0k5  https://eyejets.net/
 
3 European grants for Prof Haick. Professor Hossam Haick of Israel’s Technion Institute has won three prestigious European research grants totaling 4.2 million euros for his research group. He will also serve as chairman and coordinator of one of the projects that has 22 partners and a total funding of 14 million euros.
https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2022/08/hossam-haick-grants-horizon-europe/
 
200-year-old problem solved. Over 200 years ago Theodor Grotthuss proposed a theory of how a proton moves through water – the Grotthuss Mechanism. Scientists have tried since to prove or disprove the theory. Now Prof. Ehud Pines of Israel’s Ben Gurion University has discovered and proved the actual mechanism.
https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/pages/news/grotthuss_mechanism.aspx
 
 
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
 
Free trade with South Korea. A free trade agreement (FTA) between Israel and South Korea goes into effect on Dec 1st. The FTA was signed by Israeli and Korean officials in May (see here previously) and has now been ratified by both parliaments. Over 95% of Israeli goods will be duty free – a NIS 0.5 billion economic boost.
https://worldisraelnews.com/south-korea-ratifies-free-trade-deal-with-israel/
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-ratifies-free-trade-agreement-with-south-korea-1001410267
 
UAE Ambassador opens Tel Aviv Stock Exchange session. (TY Nevet) The opening of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by UAE’s Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja was another sign of the close ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.  A rare positive article about Israel, from the BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63045930
 
Funding breakthrough healthcare solutions. Israel’s OurCrowd and the World Health Organization Foundation have launched a $200 million joint Global Health Equity Fund. It will focus on breakthrough technology solutions that can improve healthcare around the world.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/emergency-assistance-health-equity-for-those-who-need-it-most/  
https://info.ourcrowd.com/ghef/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgQN6emqZVI
 
A rival to Visa and Mastercard. Israel’s SensePass is using the hi-tech revolution to innovate the credit card business. Its payments network operates around any digital payment method or digital wallet. It services the unbanked and younger generation, while reducing costs for retailers.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1ifdxvgi
 
Exits, takeovers and mergers to 9/10/22: Israel’s Guesty acquired Europe’s YieldPlanetSpain’s Kigo and Australia’s HiRUM
 
Investment in Israeli startups to 9/10/22: OX Security raised $34 millionCytoReason raised $20 million from Pfizer; Kahun raised $8 millionLayerX Security raised $7.5 millionOnyxia raised $5 million; Anina raised $3.3 millionSensePass raised $3 million;
 
 
CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT`
 
Free Jerusalem. Here is an up-to-date list from NoCamels of 18 free activities in Jerusalem. Old City, Teddy Park, Knesset, Supreme Court, Wohl Rose Garden, Bird Observatory, Yad Vashem, Mount Herzl, Gazelle Valley, Montefiore Windmill, Skate park, Ein Karem, First Station, Sacher Park, Machane Yehuda and more.
https://www.israel21c.org/top-18-things-to-do-in-jerusalem-for-free/

 
Israeli at Life-saving World championships. (TY ILTV) Two Israeli athletes were chosen to represent Israel at the World Lifesaving Championships for the first time ever. The championships take place every two years - this year in Italy. Watch one of the athletes, Sarah Vanunu, discussing the historic tournament on ILTV.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-israel-joins-lifesaving-world-championships-for-the-first-time/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ307j4W-2I
 
Tennis superstar’s love for Israel. Novak Djokovic won the Tel Aviv Open - the athlete’s first time back in Israel since 2008. He talked about the warm welcome has had in the Jewish State and wrote in a guest book at the airport terminal, “Shalom Israel. I am very happy and excited to be back in Israel.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/novak-djokovic-wins-tel-aviv-tennis-tourney-for-89th-career-title/
https://unitedwithisrael.org/love-love-israel-embraces-tennis-champ-who-adores-the-holy-land/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbqqRWcsvD4
 
Partnering Chicago Bulls. Israeli-founded global multi-asset fintech group Plus500 has announced a new major multi-year sponsorship agreement to become an official global partner of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Back in 2015, Plus500 had a successful 7-year partnership with Atletico Madrid (see here previously).
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkzetrdfs
 
Israel qualifies for Euro youth soccer championships. Israel’s Under-21 soccer team beat Ireland 3-1 in a penalty shootout to qualify for the under-21 European Championships.  See them celebrate the deciding goal.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-youth-soccer-squad-defeats-ireland-to-win-spot-in-european-championships/   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0LTG11o54&t=252s
 
Israel wins UEFA soccer playoff place. Israel’s senior soccer team beat Albania 2-1 to win a place in the UEFA 2024 qualifying playoffs. Israel’s Tai Baribo scored the decisive goal, two minutes into injury time.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-soccer-team-beats-albania-2-1-securing-spot-in-2024-play-offs/
 
 
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800 orphans celebrate Bar and Bat Mitzvah. As last year (see here previously), 800 children who lost one or more parents celebrated their bar and bat mitzvah at Israel’s Superland amusement park. Israel’s National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) Rehabilitation branch sponsored the event together with Colel Chabad.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360580
 
100 babies born at one hospital on Rosh Hashana. 100 babies were born on the Jewish New Year, at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem - 51 girls and 49 boys. Prof. Sorina Grisaru, Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, said "… there is no greater happiness than starting a new year with a new baby in the family.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360399
 
Circle of Life. 50-year-old Eyal, a father of five from Holon, received a stem cell transplant to save his life from an Israeli donor who was a perfect match on Ezer Mizion’s bone marrow database. Eyal’s daughter was so grateful, that she registered with Ezer Mizion and her stem cells recently saved the life of a baby.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360719

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Jonathan Isaac: Why I Refused to Kneel for the National Anthem

NBA player and bestselling author Jonathan Isaac never caved under pressure to kneel for the National Anthem. Growing up in the Bronx, NY, his parents taught him tenacity and integrity, yet an abrupt move at a young age started his struggle with anxiety. His life was transformed when he finally put God first, which gave him the strength to publicly stand for what he believes, even though it went against BLM and the NBA culture.

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