POSITIVE NEWS FROM AMAZING ISRAEL FROM MICHAEL ORDMAN
https://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/
Israel is at war on the ground with terrorist barbarians and virtually with a hostile media, international academies and ignorant and hypocritical protesters.
Thanks to Michael Ordman we learn about the real Israel which gives the lie to the narrative of the vile cretins who have made an art form of libeling and bashing Israel. Please read it all. rsk
POSITIVE NEWS DURING A WAR
Gap-year students mentor displaced kids. Israeli high school graduates in a pre-army volunteer program are supporting children evacuated due to the war. 60 joined NGO Bakehila (see here previously) mentoring Jewish and Arab kids relocated from Kiryat Shmona to Haifa. Others helped at Bakehila’s Jerusalem’s communes.
https://www.israel21c.org/gap-year-israelis-mentor-kids-impacted-or-displaced-by-war/
Son of Chabad emissary surprises parents. (TY Sam Kramer) Chabad emissaries, who thought that their son was fighting in Gaza, were overjoyed when he was invited to join them on stage at a dinner in Florida. Join Israel Good News Only WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LH48ij0tIvFHnxg0hL8f8T
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386270
Residents of Shlomit return. (TY WIN) Residents have returned to the Israeli village of Shlomit, just a few kilometers from Gaza, five months after having been evacuated following Oct 7. They are building a daycare center, funded by JNF-USA., to show that life has restarted and give strength to all the families in the region.
https://israfan.com/2024/02/29/homecoming-to-shlomit-a-communitys-resilient-return-amidst-ongoing-struggle/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPMs4yIcrwU
Regrowing Israel. Prior to Oct 7, the 40,000 hectares of western Negev agricultural land supplied 70 percent of Israel’s fresh produce. Regrow Israel (see here previously) intends to help farmers rehabilitate the land. It has support from the VIP non-profit, Israel’s Volcani Center, Ben Gurion University. and the MIGAL Institute.
https://www.israel21c.org/farms-deliberately-destroyed-by-hamas-to-get-long-term-rehab/
Aid for the war wounded. After Oct 7, Israel’s largest volunteer organization Yad Sarah went into war mode. It filled container loads of equipment and relocated them outside hospitals where Yad Sarah didn’t have a branch. It then opened “The Soldier Rehabilitation Unit” to aid disabled soldiers physically and socially.
https://www.israel21c.org/war-testing-israels-biggest-medical-aid-volunteer-group/
Massive land purchase discounts to IDF veterans. IDF soldiers leaving the war can qualify for a discount on the land in the Galilee or Negev regions to build a home. A soldier who does not own an apartment will receive a 90% discount and a combat veteran will receive a 95% discount – making it almost free.
https://worldisraelnews.com/idf-vets-to-receive-massive-land-purchasing-discounts/
Ohad goes to Wembley. (TY Yanky) Freed hostage Ohad Munder (see here previously), who spent his 9th birthday in Gaza, travelled to Wembley to watch his favorite UK team, Liverpool, play Chelsea in the cup final. He also met Israeli international and Tottenham striker Manor Soloman.
So many heroes. The Middle East forum mission to Israel met a country of heroes. They included Nova massacre survivors who were in uniform a week later to help clean up houses, feed pet fish, find missing cats and dogs, and empty refrigerators and freezers of rotting food. And the resilience of Israelis was everywhere.
https://www.jns.org/israels-heroes-will-ensure-victory/
Saved by paramedic who trained in his methods. Yonati is CEO at Extreme Solutions that trains elite units and emergency organizations to handle extreme emergency situations. On Jan 8, in Gaza, he was hit by six bullets, one piercing his lung. Luckily, IDF medic Litav had taken an Extreme course and saved Yonati’s life.
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Predicting response to cancer therapy. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) are successful in 40% of cancer patients but are invasive and time-consuming. Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed a tool that predicts the response based on the metabolic activity in the immune system cells. (See also here previously)
https://technionuk.org/news-post/new-tool-determines-cancer-patient-response-to-immunotherapy/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37965137/
Lowering the cost of treatments. The US FDA has approved SIMLANDI – a biosimilar to (and less costly than) Humira for the treatment of adult rheumatoid arthritis and many other autoimmune diseases including IBD. SIMLANDI is a product of the partnership between Israel’s Teva and the multinational Alvotech.
Predicting epileptic seizures. Israel’s NeuroHelp (see here previously) has developed a brain scanner that gives a one-hour warning of an upcoming epileptic seizure. It is working on a more compact device that can be worn during the day and a system called Neurofeedback that can help prevent the seizures.
https://nocamels.com/2024/02/predicting-epileptic-seizures-an-hour-before-they-happen/
Sleep on it. James Leinhardt at Levitex Sleep knows how to get the best night’s sleep. It’s all about posture. Protect your spine and neck, reduce back and shoulder pain, prevent snoring, and increase lung capacity by reading his advice. His specialist mattresses and pillows can also help. James is relocating from UK to Israel.
https://www.israel21c.org/this-man-knows-the-secret-of-how-not-to-wake-up-grumpy/
US approves smart skin patches. The US FDA has approved the Smart Skin product from Israel’s X-trodes (see here previously). The patches have embedded electrodes and can be attached anywhere on the body, to measure brain activity (EEG), heart activity (EKG), eye movements, muscular activity, and other signs.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-fda-approves-x-trodes-monitoring-patch-1001472240
Sheba again at number 9. American magazine Newsweek in together with global data company Statista has again ranked Israel’s Sheba Medical Center as the nineth best hospital in the world. Key factors were the 98% survival rate for battlefield injuries, plus Sheba’s leading role in integrated physical and mental rehabilitation.
https://israfan.com/2024/02/29/sheba-medical-center-a-beacon-of-excellence-and-innovation-in-global-healthcare/ https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2024
And Hadassah is one of the smartest. Newsweek magazine also named Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center as one of the world’s leading hospitals in oncology, cardiology, and smart technologies. It is the sixth consecutive year that Hadassah has been recognized.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386136
Rehab with VR. Tel Aviv’s Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital uses virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) to rehabilitate patients after injury or debilitating illness, even PTSD. It displays a VR or AR scenario, so that the patient performs exercises while immersed in a game or other enjoyable activity or experience.
https://nocamels.com/2024/02/rehab-reality-using-vr-to-overcome-injury-illness-even-ptsd/
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