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Alan Aziz
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Israel owes so much to the brilliance of the Technion
The university has been at the forefront of Israel’s defence even before the state was founded
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Israel’s at war – but keeps on innovating
The start-up nation solves problems to create a better world, even during war time
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Why can’t anti-Israel protesters just stay at home and read a book?
Those who vilify Israel might be surprised to learn that Israel invented the first mobile phone
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Israel’s AI sector is its true intelligence service
From defence technology to gaming and bee husbandry, the start-up nation is buzzing
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Israel is starting to win the battle with cancer
With half of us expected to develop cancer at some point, recent breakthroughs are huge
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Why are there so many Jewish Nobel winners?
Fascinatingly, our association with scientific breakthroughs is a recent development
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Remembering Chaim Weizmann, the brilliant first president of Israel
The renowned polymath and father of the state was a legendary figure in the three different fields in which he left his mark
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Only Israel could create honey without bees
Scientists from the Startup Nation are solving the world’s environmental crises one at a time
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Could the land of milk and honey save the world's bees?
Across the world, the vital insects are dying out, but Israeli innovation offers hope of a cure
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Read all about it? Not when it comes to good news from Israel
Just why do the British media prefer spurious apartheid smears to extraordinary medical and technological breakthroughs?
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The greatest Briton was one of Britain’s greatest Zionists
Churchill had a heart that was “full of sympathy for Zionism”
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How did Israel become a science powerhouse?
There are many plausible theories, but the key is the steady investment in its many students
We deserve more from Amnesty
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