On May 15, 1948, day after the creation of the State of Israel, the armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon invaded the new Jewish state.
South Korea likes Israeli natural pest control
Minister of Agriculture visits Israel’s BioBee to learn how natural predators such as sterile fruit flies can reduce use of chemicals on food crops. On March 9, a delegation led … Read More South Korea likes Israeli natural pest control
Scientific breakthrough as Israelis find cancer-suppressing proteins
The ubiquitin system produces two substances that greatly restrict the development of cancerous tumors. A particular protein that defies the cell’s normal system of tagging and banishing defective or no … Read More Scientific breakthrough as Israelis find cancer-suppressing proteins
A newfangled weather vane for a connected world
Farmers in the US, Australia, Africa, Brazil and Russia are using the new Taranis system to better plan for preventing weather damage to crops. In less than 10 years, the … Read More A newfangled weather vane for a connected world
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963)
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest-serving President of Israel.
