Positive news from Israel
Former Israeli pres. Katsav gets 7yrs in jail for rapeThe conviction of a former president on rape charges is virtually unheard of anywhere in the developed world. The conviction and sentence is being held up as a victory for women’s rights in Israel. |
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Israeli extends helping hand to sick Palestinians
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Israel overpowers deadly blaze after four-day battleFirefighters have overpowered the deadly blaze which tore through a forest in northern Israel after a four-day battle aided by aircraft from around the world, officials said on Sunday. |
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Israel and Palestine Declare War… Against Climate ChangeIsrael and the Palestinian Authority are among 15 Mediterranean nations who have just signed a historic agreement to work together to combat the effects of climate change, one month ahead of the next United Nations conference on climate change, meeting at Cancun in November. |
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Coral Oasis Found In Mediterranean DesertThe exploration vessel Nautilus, with a team of experts of the University of Haifa's Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences , headed by Prof. Zvi Ben Avraham, discovered for the first time an area of reefs with deep-sea corals in the Mediterranean, offshore of Israel. |
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Enemies unite for world record hummusIsraeli Arab and Jewish chefs have served up a world record for cooking hummus in the name of Middle East peace. |
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Planned City “Rawabi” Draws on Palestinian Enterprise and Israeli ExperienceFor many Palestinians, the norm is tight-quartered living with barely a garden in sight, no defined sidewalks and a poor water system. But this is about to change with an ambitious plan for a new way of living. |
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Sweet smell of nostalgiaWhether freshly cut grass or school dinners, there are certain odours that have lodged themselves in our emotional memory, instantly invoking a wave of nostalgia on first whiff. |
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One of the World’s Oldest Synagogues Uncovered Near the Sea of Galilee in IsraelA 2,000-year-old synagogue from the Second Temple period was discovered this month during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Migdal near the Sea of Galilee. |
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Killing Cancer Like A Vampire Slayer: New Drug Cuts Off Blood Supplies To Starve Cancer TumorsLike vampires, cancer tumors require an ample supply of blood to stay alive ... Without fresh blood for sustenance, cancer cells shrivel up like raisins and die. |
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News from the Middle East
- A sporting victory for equal rights
- Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’
- Saudi women to get right to vote
- Internet activism stop F1 race in Bahrain
- Former Israeli pres. Katsav gets 7yrs in jail for rape
- Israeli extends helping hand to sick Palestinians
- Pneumonia vaccine ‘to save thousands of lives’
- Ambitious project to green the desert to begin in Jordan
- Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad Making Their Own Light
- Israel overpowers deadly blaze after four-day battle