Last week 17 Yemenite Jews were brought to Israel in a covert operation similar to Operation Magic Carpet. The new citizens of Israel were rescued after increasing security threats and anti-Semitic incidents in Yemen.
“Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky said: “Tonight we are privileged to engage in a mission that combined the saving of lives, the reunification of a family and immigration to Israel.”
Highlights:
- Technion scientists have made artificial skin that is sensitive to touch, temperature and humidity.
- The latest Pillcam internal camera is giving new life to Crohn’s sufferers.
- 1 million Palestinian Arabs visited Israel during Ramadan.
- Weizmann scientists have built microscopic wires for more powerful microchips.
- Israeli crops are “the solution to the world food crisis”
- IBM has bought its 13th Israeli company.
- Emotional Israeli reunion for 10 Yemenite children and their parents.