The Ministry of Tourism announced that a record 262,000 tourists and day visitors entered Israel in June, 1% more visitors than in June 2010. Cruise travel to Israel also reached an all-time high in June with the confirmed arrival of 50,000 tourists and crew docking in the Israel port cities of Ashdod and Haifa […]
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Data released last week by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on imports of goods by country of purchase in 2010 show that the countries of origin from which imports were above one billion US$ were: U.S.A., China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Turkey, India, U.K., Switzerland, France, South Korea, Hong Kong and Russia. Imports from […]
Israel’s cabinet approved last week plans to build at a cost of NIS 1.6 billion ($478 million) the nation’s second international airport, to be located in Timna, in the south of the country near the resort city of Eilat. The existing Eilat airport is a small facility literally inside the city of Eilat. Timna, where […]
As reported in SMH: Israeli researchers trying to unlock the secret of longevity studied a population of Ashkenazi Jews who have lived to at least 95 and found their eating and lifestyle habits are no better than those of the general population. In fact, men in the long-lived group drank slightly more and exercised less […]
Open-heart surgery for people with aortic stenosis – where the heart valve doesn’t open properly – is tricky and dangerous, especially for older patients with existing medical conditions. And a new approach now being reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes with a high chance of stroke on the operating table. However, […]
Ariel Sharon Park, once Israel’s biggest trash heap, is an example of how to take an environmental hazard and turn it into a national asset. Once the country’s largest dumping grounds, the Hiriya Landfill between Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv was piled high with Israeli refuse from 1952 to 1998, when it was closed down. […]
Doctors at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv have performed a rare and complicated life-saving open-heart operation on a 12-year-old Haitian girl. The doctors discovered Amy Mariolata when she came to a primary care clinic outside Port au Prince opened by Israeli medics in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake in January 2010. […]
The application was developed by Snaptu, which Facebook acquired for $60-70 million. Facebook yesterday launched its new mobile application, “Facebook for Every Phone”, based on software developed by Israeli start-up Snaptu Ltd., which Facebook acquired for $60-70 million in March. This was Facebook’s first acquisition in Israel. The application provides fast and easy access to […]
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8817" title="UN" src="http://www.israeltrade.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/UN.jpg" alt=" cheap kamagra ” width=”225″ height=”184″ /> Statements come at UN Economics Commission conference in TA; “Israel good at doing more with less,” says chief economic adviser to PM.Strategists from around the world agreed that “Israel is a laboratory” for eco-innovation and can serve as a platform for larger […]
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Wikimania hits Haifa
Hundreds to discuss how wikis can revolutionize the spread of information. Wikimedia Israel is already exporting knowledge to African schools. Wikipedia writers’ meet-up at Tel Aviv University in January 2010, celebrating 100,000 articles on Hebrew Wikipedia. Deror Lin is to the right of the woman in the pink striped shirt, second row. Wikipedia founder Jimmy […]
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