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Israeli Company Fights World Hunger

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Around the world, about one in eight people are undernourished. Over one half to two thirds of the food that is grown worldwide does not reach the market due to poor transportation and storage leading to spoilage. Now an Israeli company, Pimi Agro, has come up with a solution to this universal problem with an all-natural, zero-chemical method of preserving produce.

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The Temple Mount Becomes a Burdensome Stone

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Since the first blood moon at Passover this year, the situation in Israel seems to be becoming intensified by the minute, with angry Arab mobs attacking cars with stones and firebombs and other acts of terrorism occurring almost daily. On Monday, two young Israelis died in two separate stabbing incidents. Three others were wounded. In the first incident, an 18-year-old Palestinian repeatedly stabbed an Israeli Defense Forces soldier in a Tel Aviv train station. The assailant was trying to get the soldier's automatic weapon. A passerby who intervened was also injured. The soldier later succumbed to his wounds.

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Parasha Vayera (And He Appeared): A Covenant and an Inheritance

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This week’s Parasha contains more angelic activity than any of the other parashot. Angels appear to Abraham as men, bringing messages to him and Sarah of events to come. They also save Lot from a hostile mob, lead Hagar to water for her son, and comfort Hagar with the promise of Ishmael becoming a great nation. Later in the parasha, the angels also prevent Abraham from sacrificing his son, Isaac.

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Southern Israel Tenses After Hamas Fires Rocket Into Israel

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On Friday night, a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip into Eshkol, Israel. In response, Eshkol Regional Council Chairman Haim Yellin expressed concern saying, “The military achievement of [Operation] Protective Edge is slipping away, without a political strategy to give real quiet to southern residents and all the citizens of Israel."

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Tikkun Olam: Israelis Advance Unmatched Medical Technology

Among His wonderful deeds for mankind, God has given the keys of countless medical secrets to the doctors and researchers of Israel, who have improved or have been developing treatments for ills such as paralysis and cancer. One of the most recent advancements is the treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Haifa-based Pluristem Therapeutics, alongside the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has been working for eight months to tap the tolerant cells of the placenta tissue for use in countering ARS, using donated placentas from a hospital in northern Israel to build its proprietary method of cell therapy.

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Netanyahu Rejects Undue Criticism of Building in Jerusalem

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Several international bodies recently lashed out at Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued approval for building in Jerusalem. "For some there is a never a convenient time to build homes in Jerusalem, and if it had depended on them, we would never have built one home during the last 60 years because it was never the appropriate time," he said at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) on Monday. "There is wide agreement among the public that Israel has the full right to build the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Every Israeli government in the last 50 years did that, and it is also clear to the Palestinians that those places will stay under Israeli control in any mutual agreement," he said. "The French build in Paris, the English build in London, the Israelis build in Jerusalem. Should we tell Jews not to live in Jerusalem because it will stir things up?"

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Rivlin Visits Poland for Opening of New Jewish History Museum

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin flew to Poland this week for the opening of a Jewish museum in Warsaw, amid meetings with Polish heads of state to whom he stressed the need for a strong Polish-Israeli relationship. The museum is built on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. It is the first museum to showcase the 1,000-year history of Polish Jews, who made an indelible impression on the identity of Europe.

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