Just because we are used to great scientific advancements emanating daily from Israel doesnt mean we should cease being amazed at all the useful technology
Check out the below video of an amazing medical advancement from Argo Medical Technologies based in Haifa. They developed an exo-skeleton that attaches to the legs of a parapalegic and give him the ability to walk around and go about his day as would anyone. The patient in the video had been confined to a wheelchair for 20 years before this invention. Now he can even walk up and down stairs!! Amazing.
So, it had come down to this. Tomorrow, Israel will send back the murderer, Samir Kuntar, 4 Hezbollah fighters captured in the 2006 Lebanon War along with the bodies of almost 200 Hezbollah fighters, the release of an as yet undetermined number of Palestinian prisoners and a report on Iranian diplomats kidnapped in the 1980’s.
What is Israel getting in return? Well, if you believe the reports from the Lebanese media, Read more »
In the wake of the lone madman (so say the police) who took a bulldozer on a joyride and took 3 lives and injured dozens more, and also in contrast to it, things are going wrong for Israel on a non-lone madman level. The more orchestrated campaign against Israel took 2 turns for the worse today and as usual, no one has any good solutions for it.
Although we aren’t privy to the agreement signed by Olmert and Nasrallah, we can be pretty sure that the swap is on course. Today, the IDF Rabbinate confirmed they have begun exhuming the bodies of fallen Hezbollah fighters from a cemetery near Kibbutz Amiad. The deal is expected to go through very quickly with the culmination in about another week and 1/2.Read more »
I’m sure by this point, everyone has heard just about everything there is to hear in regards to the attack on Yaffa Street yesterday. 3 people (I had said 4, sorry) were laid to rest yesterday and today and scores more are still injured, physically and emotionally. We’ve heard cries for knocking down the terrorist’s house from Olmert and others and hand-wringing from the family members. A few things stuck out in my mind:
In a horrific terror attack today, an Arab resident of Israel commandeered a bulldozer that was being used in the construction of the Jerusalem Light Rail and went on a rampage at the corner of Yaffa Street and Sha’arei Yisreal Street. The bulldozer was taken from the construction site and plowed into 2 buses (Routes 13 and 60) and a multitude of cars before a soldier and elite police on the scene were able to put a bullet where it belonged (WATCH) and stop the terrorist in his tracks. (In a twist of fate, the soldier is the brother-in-law of IDF officer David Shapira, who killed the terrorist in the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack)Read more »
In yet another case of some Haredim having way too much time on their hands, the latest crusade has been against MP4 players that are pre-loaded with content being sold in Mea Shearim. There was a discussion/ruling on this at and by the ‘Orthodox Righteous Court of Law’Read more »
In contrast to the awful deal approved the other day for the return of the bodies of Regev and Goldwasser, the Knesset finally did something intelligent they should have done a long time ago. They finally approved a law (52-24) that prevents any MK from traveling to an enemy country (as defined by Israel). Doing so prevents them from running for Knesset for the next 7 years (and from the Jpost article it seems to infer that it may be somewhat retroactive)
On the day after the prisoner swap, there has been a ton of hand- wringing in the media. Did Israel or didn’t Israel do the right thing? Was too high a price paid or was this the only move they could have made? There were some surprises. Read more »
I was a little sad to wake up this morning and see that the prisoner swap was passed by a huge majority of the cabinet over the objections of the Mossad and the GSS. I can’t say I 100% blame them for going that route. This puts an end to another chapter for both Israel and Lebanon. Israel gets back Goldwasser and Regev (and we get to see if they are actually alive) and some information on Ron Arad’s whereabouts. Read more »
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So, it had come down to this. Tomorrow, Israel will send back the murderer, Samir Kuntar, 4 Hezbollah fighters captured in the 2006 Lebanon War along with the bodies of almost 200 Hezbollah fighters, the release of an as yet undetermined number of Palestinian prisoners and a r
In the wake of the lone madman (so say the police) who took a bulldozer on a joyride and took 3 lives and injured dozens more, and also in contrast to it, things are going wrong for Israel on a non-lone madman level. The more orchestrated campaign against Israel took 2 turns for the worse today and as usual, no one has any good solutions for it.
I’m sure by this point, everyone has heard just about everything there is to hear in regards to 
In a 
In yet another case of some Haredim having way too much time on their hands, the latest crusade has been against MP4 players that are pre-loaded with content being sold in Mea Shearim. There was a discussion/ruling on this at and by the 
In contrast to the awful deal approved the other day for the return of the bodies of Regev and Goldwasser, the Knesset finally did something intelligent they should have done a long time ago. They finally 
I was a little sad to wake up this morning and see that the