{image_1} A portable device, developed in Israel, which uses ultrasound to deliver medications painlessly, including local anesthesia, through microscopic pores in the skin, has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and put on the market.
The device—developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—also offers future applications for continuous and painless testing of blood sugar in diabetics, speedy administration of pain medications to cancer patients, and providing influenza vaccines to the general public.
Continue Reading »{image_1} The number of Israeli civilians killed in terror attacks in the last four years is nearly equal to the number killed by terrorists in the preceding 53 years, Shin Bet (Israeli internal security organization) head Avi Dichter told the Cabinet recently.
Continue Reading »{image_1} “O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption.” (Ps. 130:7).
God is moving in the earth to call His people to renewed commitment to Him. Many respected clergy members and intercessors are calling the people of God to a time of consecration and holiness. We feel the Spirit of God stirring our hearts to spend more time with Him, worship Him in holiness, and allow Him to work in our lives.
Continue Reading »{image_1} The first three quarters of 2004 have seen almost a 50 percent increase in Israel’s trade with Arab countries. Despite the Oslo War, Israel’s economic relations with Arab states are apparently warming up. Israel’s trade with the Arab world rose a total of 47.4 percent so far in 2004 to US $169.7 million, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
Continue Reading »{image_1} For the first time in many years, a new, commercially viable oil well has been discovered in Israel. The Lapidot Oil Company recently concluded a drilling in Heletz, northeast of Sderot, and found a deposit of some 750,000 barrels of oil.
Continue Reading »{image_1} Two Israelis and an American won the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their work related to how the human body singles out unwanted proteins for destruction to defend itself from disease.
Continue Reading »{image_1} The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel’s largest reservoir, stands fuller and higher than it has been in previous years at this time. The level of the lake is now 210.5 meters (689.6 feet) below sea level—approximately 20 centimeters (7.9 inches) higher than it was last year at this time, and almost four meters (13 feet) higher than two years ago.
Continue Reading »{image_1} A new Israeli-developed electronic pen enables writing on ordinary paper to be saved to a computer instantly. It also allows handwriting to be entered directly into a computer, cell phone, or personal digital assistant (PDA), facilitating handwritten data to be sent via e-mail.
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There has been an 84 percent decrease in Israelis killed in terror attacks since the completion in August 2003 of the first portion of the security fence: 134 kilometers (83 miles) between Salem and Elkana.
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The Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Peter Hansen, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in October that he was sure members of the militant Hamas organization were on the payroll in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza Strip, but that he did not “see that as a crime.”
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