'I’m proud of my players, this was a tough game, a cup championship,' said coach Ofir Haim. Israel now faces Brazil.

'This was a heroic win, maybe the greatest match in the history of Israeli soccer,' says coach Ofir Haim.'This is for all of Israel, I dedicate this to you.'

Training Bedouin to save lives; The first Israeli to star solo at MSG; Six days of miracles; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Successful skin cancer treatment A small trial of Alpha DaRT from Israel’s Alpha Tau (see here previously) was 100% successful in treating 10 patients with skin cancer. All were 100%... Read more »

Israel's historic gene therapy helps 4-year-old from India, Israel’s TrainPain wins the Grand Prize, Israel’s SofWave Medical wins 2 international awards, and much more!

Israeli partnership to bio-print organs; Off-road vehicles on road to success; Redefining meat at the supermarket; and much more by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Historic gene therapy operation Doctors at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center made history with a 7-hour operation to deliver Upstaza gene therapy directly to the brain of a 4-year-old girl from... Read more »

Inbar Lanir scores surprise victory in women’s under-78kg category, overpowering France’s most medaled female judoka.

Israeli soldiers rescue trapped camel, Eurovision contestants plant saplings in Israel, helping to feed the vulnerable, and much more!

Edison award winner; A breath of fresh water; Lucy Dee’s heart; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Israeli surgeons perform innovative skin cancer treatment For the first time in Israel, plastic surgeons and oncologists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center used electrochemotherapy to treat skin cancer tumors. An electric current disrupts the... Read more »

Super-paramedic; Five examples of Israeli Jewish-Arab partnership; Israel’s largest solar project; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Cancer therapy breakthrough Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed nanoparticles containing RNA that silences the protein CKAP5 – essential to the stability of many types of cancer. The therapy causes the cancer cells to... Read more »

Israeli hospital implants pacemaker in 102-year old, Artificial Intelligence helps Israel's paramedics, PTSD treatment gets US FDA clearance, and much more!

102-year-old receives pacemaker; Securing the perimeters; High flying deliveries; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS HBOT is effective for fibromyalgia Tel Aviv University researchers have found that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is more effective than medication in reducing fibromyalgia pain caused by a traumatic head injury. 40% of the HBOT group were... Read more »

ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Breakthrough discovery about pancreatic cancer An international study let by Hebrew University researchers has discovered that pancreatic cancer spreads (metastasis) due to reduced levels of the RNA controlling protein RBFOX2. The finding provides a new target for pancreatic cancer treatments. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-735101 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05820-3 How the gut impacts cancer treatment A Weizmann Institute-led international... Read more »

Preventing migraines; Treating the poor in Brazil; New family of snakes identified; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS A vaccine against bacteria For the first time worldwide, researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against plague bacteria, lethal... Read more »

A sampling of great Israeli hikes that let people in strollers or wheelchairs fully join the fun.

BackStreet Boys are back, Guns & Roses returns to Tel Aviv, Music from Kyiv to Israel, and much more!

Keeping an eye on your loved ones; Cocoa in Israel; Israel and Taiwan tech ties; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS A new target for protection against Alzheimer’s Researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University found a new approach for treating Alzheimer’s disease. The developed a new molecule VBIT-4 that prevents the over-expression of... Read more »

Preventing kidney failure, sniffing out cancer, better than antibiotics, and much more!

Preventing kidney failure; Women in science; Speeding up on-line shopping; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Sniffing out cancer Israel’s SpotitEarly (see here previously) has just reported a 93% success rate in its study using a combination of dogs, sensors, and AI software to detect and identify breast, lung, colon, and prostate cancer.... Read more »

Best children's hospital in the world, Radical new approach to treating Alzheimer's, Dental care for the disabled, and much more!

Non-animal testing in Dubai; From Startup Nation to WaterTech Nation; 90 more Ukrainian Jews come homel; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Proteins in focus for AMD Tel Aviv Universit+y researchers have identified two genomic proteins LHX2 and OTX2 that affect the chances of contracting Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). The discovery is... Read more »

Esther Cohen escaped to pre-State Israel in 1938, helped establish IDF Oketz Unit; new apartments in historic Jerusalem neighborhoods, Educating on Zionism in the US, and much more!

Chad opens Embassy in Israel; Clean fusion energy; Japanese alliance for auto security; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Cell therapy to treat disease Israel’s Minovia Therapeutics (see here previously) is testing mitochondria augmentation therapy (MAT) on children with rare, untreatable mitochondrial diseases. It has had some success with Pearson’s Disease sufferers. It... Read more »

Running in Antarctica for Israeli education, Israeli musicians perform in London, 'brutalist' tourist site, and much more!

ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Preventing cancer from spreading Researchers from Israel’s Bar-Ilan University have developed a peptide (small protein) that prevents the triggering of metastasis – secondary cancer. In the laboratory, it had 90% success on solid cancers and could be used in combination with other therapies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366206 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41388-022-02481-w https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-say-substance-prevents-cancers-spread-in-mice-with-90-success/ Heat treatment for terminal cancer patients... Read more »

From a robot for elders to an automated vehicle inspection app, TIME editors love these Israeli innovations.

Tooth extracted from child's lung, medical suit for heart patient, 1,000 knee implants - and more!

Global solutions; Best sports-tech startup; See the desert bloom; Find your Israeli relatives; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Medical suit for heart patients The new Israeli-developed Microclimate Suit is successfully eliminating congestion in heart failure patients at Israel’s Rambam hospital. It evaporates body fluids, alleviating symptoms of heart failure by reducing... Read more »

Loads of building projects in Jerusalem, Israeli singers one of world's best, and more!

New way to cure pulmonary embolisms; Iranian invasion; Jewish women of consequence; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Israelis live longer Israelis have the world’s 10th highest life expectancy, according to the Worldometer’s Life Expectancy of the World Population – a project by NiceR that helps Americans access affordable prescription medications. The... Read more »

Israeli influential Covid-19 studies; More funds for Arabs to work in hi-tech; Millions for sustainability research; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Cancer therapy that could change the world Allocetra from Israel’s Enlivex (see here previously) saved many patients suffering from Covid-19 and sepsis. Clinical trials have now begun, using it to treat... Read more »

Christians in the Middle East, Autism no obstacle to joining IDF, Israel promotes Arab entrepreneurship, and much more!

Autism is no obstacle in the IDF; Generators and radiation suits for Ukraine; 4 top “intelligent” startups; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Novel cancer treatment begins trials Israel’s Nectin Therapeutics (see here previously) has started human trials of its NTX1088 cancer treatment. NTX1088 blocks the protein PVR expressed by tumors to suppress... Read more »

MK Moshe Solomon's maiden Knesset speech, Ginat chanukiah at the Western Wall, long walk to Jerusalem, and much more!

Two lives saved; Success story of an Israeli female CEO; More funding for hi-tech training; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AI to diagnose cancerous biopsies Many tumors express the protein PD-L1, which allows them to circumvent the immune system. Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed neural networks that use “deep... Read more »

Saved by his Book of Psalms, Gap Year in Israel for students with disabilities, UN exhibit of Jewish exodus from Arab countries, and much more!

Haredim in hi-tech; Israel Earth Prize; Energy deal with Morocco; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Nano-magnets to repair damaged brain cells Scientists at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University have developed breakthrough technology that could repair damaged neuron (brain cell) functionality. Using iron oxide, magnetic fields, and collagen, they created cells that developed into... Read more »

1st social networking app for Jewish mothers to learn and connect; Virtual walk across the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; Ben-Gurion Day in the US, and much more!

Hear from a top Israeli scientist; Going green at FoodTechIL; Partnership to save lives on the road; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Computer-designed anti-cancer antibodies Israel’s Bar-Ilan Prof. Yanay Ofran has invented antibodies to attack tumors, using computers and then produced them from amino acids in a process akin to 3D... Read more »

You don't have to be Jewish to be successful in Israel, Israel at the Bahrain airshow, Mauritanian infant saved, and much more!

Connecting patients with the same condition; Urban innovation conference; 14,000 to join Masa Israel programs; and much more! by: Michael Ordman ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Peptides with anti-cancer potential Scientists from Israel’s Technion Institute and from Japan have discovered peptides (short proteins) with the potential to destroy cancer cells. The scientists made the discovery while researching... Read more »