Updates on Israel's politics, technological innovation, defense against terrorism and support for human rights
Using technology originally intended to find deposits of subterranean water on Mars, Israeli start-up ASTERRA’s satellite-image analysis software can now detect deposits of lithium under Earth’s surface from space. Currently one of the tech manufacturing market’s most sought-after minerals, lithium is used in electric vehicles, semiconductors, chips, cell phones -anywhere you find a battery, you’ll probably see lithium in use.
IDF was able to eliminate some of the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) terrorist group’s most seasoned and senior field commanders, tracking them down in their hiding places and sending them on to the next world with precision strikes in the heart of Gaza that nonetheless minimized civilian casualties. On the home front, the Iron Dome anti-missile system’s interception rate was a remarkable 96 percent, which saved countless Jewish lives and limbs. The operation was carried out so quickly and smoothly that most of the international community did not even have enough time to, once again, berate Israel endlessly for having the nerve to defend itself against the continuing aggression against its homeland. Even though Operation Breaking Dawn coincided with the anniversary of Israel’s 2005 pullout from Gaza and the callous expulsion of its Jews, there was nary a mention of this painful irony in the media’s breathless coverage.
An Israeli company is combining artificial intelligence with satellite data in a potentially game-changing method for measuring carbon absorption on land — and eventually also at sea. In doing so, Albo Climate, comprised mainly of Israeli tech specialists partnered with environmental experts from overseas, looks set to contribute to the battle to curb global warming and climate change by helping to scale up the removal of carbon from the atmosphere.
Tel Aviv University (TAU) announced on Sunday the launch of a new scholarship program for international student-athletes, the first of its kind at an Israeli university. The first recipients of the International Sports Scholarship Fund will arrive on campus the next academic year, according to TAU’s press-release.
Even the military government in Cairo that regards Israel as a vital ally in its own struggle against the Muslim Brotherhood and its Hamas allies is afraid that public opinion in the Arab world’s most populous country is still far too drenched in Jew-hatred to publicly stand up for its neighbor.
Researchers at MIGAL Galilee Research Institute have developed a way to produce avocado starts in sterile tissue cultures- a global first.
