As reported in PORT2PORT: Transportation Minister Israel Katz informed the cabinet last week that the Nevatim Air Base, located southeast of the city of Be’er Sheva, has been selected as the most logical site for a new international airport facility. The airport, which is slated to be Israel’s second biggest airfield, will be built in […]
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As reported in Globes: Israel’s unemployment rate fell to 5% of the civilian labor force in October 2011, an all-time low, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. The Central Bureau of Statistics also revised its unemployment figures for the preceding months, indicating a steady monthly decline of 0.1-0.2% in the unemployment rate since January. […]
As reported in Israel21c: Every patient, nurse, doctor and visitor to a hospital knows the drill: hands get a splash of antibacterial fluid found at every bedside, entrance and exit. Keeping hands clean can prevent some infections, but superbugs — those sometimes deadly bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics — can outwit the best hygiene practices. […]
According to preliminary estimates, Israel’s gross domestic product grew by 4.8% in 2011, following a similar rise in 2010, and a 0.8% rise in 2009, when Israel crawled back out of the recession. GDP per capita is expected to have risen 2.9% to $31,100.
Two high-level American delegations reached out to Israeli business leaders in December as they explored cooperation in renewable energy, aerospace, medicine and other technologies. The American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) brought 25 heads of business representative bodies from American and Canadian cities to Israel, while a separate group of seven elected officials from New […]
Tourism to Israel in November rose 2% from the corresponding month in 2010 to 316,000 arrivals, and was the highest number of tourists for any November. As part of an initiative to boost the tourism sector, including construction, renovation and conversion of existing buildings into hotels, six new hotels will open in Jerusalem, Haifa, Rosh […]
Cornell University and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have been chosen to build a cutting-edge NYC Tech Campus that will serve as a global magnet for tech talent and entrepreneurship. The NYCTech Campus will combine cutting-edge technologies to create one of the most environmentally friendly and energy efficient campuses in the world. Cornell […]
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Israel’s VisionMap makes advanced 3D aerial photo systems for applications from disaster relief to security to urban planning. If you’ve successfully located a specific pizza parlor; the source of a forest fire; or an accident victim needing rescue, VisionMap may be the company to thank. The Israeli company founded by a computer-science whiz kid makes […]
Identical twins were separated in their mother’s womb through an innovative treatment in Israel. The twins were dying when their 25-year-old mother arrived at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem and were saved through a procedure that penetrated the uterus and separated the twins’ shared blood vessels. “We are talking about identical twins sharing the same placenta, and […]
PM Netanyahu congratulates Technion on New York campus decision (Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Technion Executive Vice President and director General Dr. Avital Stein and congratulated her on the selection of the Technion, along with Cornell University, to build an applied science and engineering campus in New […]
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