Jerusalem Post Media Bias

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Herzog meets with future Jewish leaders at Masa Israel Journey summit - The Jerusalem Post

President Isaac Herzog hosted Fellows of the Global Leadership Summit of Masa Israel Journey, founded by the Jewish Agency and the government of Israel on Thursday.The event was hosted at the President's Residence in Jerusalem and was attended by some 100 young Jewish adults aged 21-30 who were selected from over 11 different countries.During the event, the group of Masa fellows had the opportunity to present Herzog with a variety of initiatives to promote global Jewish communities, strengthen ties with the State of Israel and combat antisemitism.
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Supreme Court's Hayut: Netanyahu's judicial plan 'fatal' to democracy - The Jerusalem Post

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The government’s planned judicial reform will “crush” the judicial system, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut warned at the annual convention of the Israeli Association of Public Law on Thursday.“Israel will soon mark 75 years of independence as a Jewish and democratic state. Unfortunately, if the people who made up this plan have their way, the 75th year will be remembered as the year in which Israel’s democracy suffered a fatal blow,” she said. “This is an unbridled attack on the judicial system, as if it were an enemy that must be attacked and subdued.“There is no other way to understand the dramatic press conference [Justice Minister Yariv Levin] chose to hold only a few days after taking ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Male Israeli university students are getting addicted to video games - study

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Many Israeli university and college students, especially males, are addicted to online gaming, according to new research by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheba.The aim of the cross-sectional study published in a prominent journal was to examine the impact of gaming and gaming disorder on the well-being of Israeli male university students and other adults.Gaming disorder – a persistent and recurrent gaming activity associated with a lack of control that may be clinically diagnosed was determined using the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale. Survey participants were recruited from gaming associations, clubs and the gaming community using Facebook.
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Train work on Shabbat to be reduced, Miri Regev announces

Upkeep and electrification work on Israel railway tracks on Shabbat will be reduced and will take place instead overnight on weekdays, Transportation Minister Miri Regev said in a statement on Wednesday after meeting with senior Israel Railways officials.According to the statement, the officials presented at the meeting a plan to reduce work on Shabbat based on the principles of "maintaining the status quo" and "maintaining works that are life-saving." The work plan that was presented at the meeting included "spreading some of the work planned for Shabbat over a number of nights throughout the week." Regev directed the officials to ensure that this does not affect the train's services to the public, the statement concluded.An official who ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location, reports say

Aides to US President Joe Biden have discovered at least one more batch of classified documents in a location separate from a think-tank office he used after serving as vice president, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed source.Biden aides have been searching for additional classified materials that might be in other locations after a set of classified documents were found in November at the Washington-based think tank, according to NBC News.The report said the classification level, number and precise location of the additional documents were not immediately clear. It also said it was not clear when the additional documents were discovered and if the search for any other classified materials Biden may have from his ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Ancient Byzantine church with preserved mosaic floor found near Jericho

An ancient Byzantine church with large and preserved mosaic floors was discovered by the Civil Administration near the city of Jericho in Israel's West Bank, the Civil Administration announced Wednesday.The church in question has been the focus of weeks of excavations by the Civil Administration's archaeology unit. It was likely constructed sometime during the sixth century CE and was found to be around 250 square meters, with the sanctuary's entrance having an over three-meter-long Greek inscription, mentioning individuals who helped build the church.Notably, the construction of the church likely was very expensive. This is because it seems to have been at least partly made out of materials that can't be found in the surrounding area, like marble ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Comet the size of Jerusalem's Old City flying by Earth - and you can watch

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A large newly-discovered comet roughly the size of the Old City of Jerusalem is set to pass by Earth next month, approaching so close that it will be visible to the naked eye.The comet was designated C/2022E3 (ZTF) and it was discovered in early March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility. However, it isn't necessarily new, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) claiming that based on its orbit, the comet may have last passed by Earth around 50,000 years ago, during the end of the last ice age when Neanderthals still walked the Earth and when homo sapiens first started to emerge.The comet in question is estimated to be around a kilometer in diameter, according to Purnea ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Endometriosis breakthrough: Scientists map cellular changes

health

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have mapped the cellular changes linked to endometriosis to help improve therapeutic options for the millions of women affected by the disease.The study was published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Genetics.About 1 in 10 women are plagued by the condition, which occurs when cells similar to those lining the uterus grow elsewhere in the body – most commonly on the ovaries, fallopian tubes and in the abdominal cavity. Patients with the disorder can experience chronic pain, infertility, headaches and fatigue, as well as bowel and bladder dysfunction.
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Israeli, Spanish researchers create an 'iron dome' for cancer - study

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An international team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and the Instituto de Microelectronica in Barcelona have developed metal iron-based biodegradable MAgnetoPlasmonic nanocapsules (MAPsules) to eradicate tumors via remote-controlled local delivery of chemotherapy at ultra-low drug concentrations. This works while also boosting drug therapeutic action and minimizing damage to surrounding tissues.The findings of this study, published in ACS Nano Journal under the title “Efficient Tumor Eradication at Ultralow Drug Concentration via Externally Controlled and Boosted Metallic Iron Magnetoplasmonic Nanocapsules” and featured on the cover of the latest issue, demonstrated positive therapeutic effects of mapsules in animals carrying human breast tumors.A helping hand for chemotherapyProf.
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Obesity can cause macular degeneration, blindness in the elderly

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of vision impairment and blindness in older people around the world – with an incidence of 30% over the age of 70, 40% over the age of 80 and 50% of people over the age of 90 affected by some form of AMD.Now, a Canadian study published in the prestigious journal Science and entitled “Past history of obesity triggers persistent epigenetic changes in innate immunity and exacerbates neuroinflammation” has revealed a new molecular mechanism in which obesity is involved in the disease. The research at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement in Montreal showed how life stressors such as obesity reprogram immune system cells and make them destructive to the eye as it ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

Is Smart AC the key to fighting climate change?

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Everyone likes an air-conditioned home, but as climate change concerns have gradually risen to a head in recent years, it has become apparent that the use of AC is a significant contributor to global warming. This is due to most AC systems’ use of greenhouse gases as refrigerants – most commonly chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons – and their use of electricity.“Something like a third of the world’s energy goes into heating and cooling. It’s a huge amount of energy,” said Ran Roth, CEO and co-founder of Sensibo, an Israeli smart AC company. Smart AC works by using advanced sensors, triggers and AI algorithms to vastly optimize cooling and heating, saving users electricity, money and climate-related guilt.Something like a ...
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023

UK's Conservatives ditch lawmaker for comparing COVID vaccines to Holocaust

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party expelled a lawmaker from its parliamentary bloc on Wednesday for comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust."Andrew Bridgen has crossed a line, causing great offense in the process," said Simon Hart, the chief whip, or head of party discipline, for the Conservatives."Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives. I am therefore removing the whip from Andrew Bridgen with immediate effect, pending a formal investigation."
Jerusalem Post     Jan 13, 2023