TA prof’s breakthrough could reverse Alzheimer’s harm; Escaping N. Korea; Israel sees warmer ties with new India; PA blamed for soaring anti-Semitism

2014. május 18 19:16

 

TA prof’s breakthrough could reverse Alzheimer’s harm; Escaping N. Korea; Israel sees warmer ties with new India; PA blamed for soaring anti-Semitism

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Israeli discovery could reverse Alzheimer’s damage
 
TAU professor has uncovered a protein that may protect brain cells from harm by dementia-based diseases
 
By DAVID SHAMAH
 
Prof. Illana Gozes (Photo credit: Courtesy)
 
 
A rally in North Korea. (photo credit: Shutterstock)
 
How to escape from North Korea
 
The heavily-fortified DMZ can’t be breached, so those wishing to flee use a massive underground railroad across Asia. Defying the risks, thousands make it out
 
By DEBRA KAMIN
 
 
 
Yechiel Eckstein
 
Ending the plague of fear in Ukraine
 
YECHIEL ECKSTEIN At Lag B’omer, terrified Jews in Kiev and Donetsk find hope in a Jewish-Christian aid group
 
 
Libbie Snyder
 
Meeting The Green Prince
 
LIBBIE SNYDER The thrill of a close encounter with a Palestinian spy and his handler, heroes who did the right thing
 
 
Nicholas Saidel
 
NATO – Turkey out, Israel in
 
NICHOLAS SAIDEL Ankara’s dalliance with Iran and clampdown on civil freedoms should disqualify the Turks from the Treaty
 
 
Annie Blumenfeld posing with Teddy, her furry inspiration. (Courtesy Annie Blumenfeld/JTA)
 
Jewish teen on a crusade to keep pets healthy
 
TEEN HEROES 16-year-old Annie Blumenfeld raises $15,000 for her organization Wags 4 Hope, an awareness campaign about heartworm disease
 
 
Former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson (screen capture: YouTube)
 
NYT publisher defends removal of top editor
 
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. denies reports that ouster was due to gender bias
 
 
Hezbollah fighters attending a rally in Beirut, November, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
 
Lebanese president urges Hezbollah to leave Syria
 
Michel Suleiman completes his six-year term next week
 
 
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Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv's Head Coach David Blatt, 3rd from right, hugs an unidentified team member as players celebrate after the Euroleague playoffs basketball match, group D, round 4, between Emporio Armani Milan and Maccabi Tel Aviv on April 23, 2014 at the Nokia stadium in Tel Aviv (photo credit: AFP/Jack Guez)
 
Hoops and dreams
 
Peace talks might be dead, but they’re not buried in the papers; the press becomes a basket case for basketball after Maccabi Tel Aviv makes the Euroleague finals
 
 
 
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Israel anticipates warm ties with new Indian PM
 
Netanyahu calls to congratulate Narendra Modi on his win; big business delegation due here next week
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF and AP
 
Supporters shower flower petals on opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi as he arrives at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (Photo credit: AP)
 
 
PA incitement behind soaring anti-Semitism, Netanyahu says
 
Prime minister says distortion of Israel is why West Bank and Gaza have highest rates of anti-Semitism in the world
 
By ARON DóNZIS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90/File)
 
 
 
Top cop guarantees quiet during pope’s Israel visit
 
‘Price tag’ extremists will not spoil pontiff’s trip to region, says Danino; Vatican envoy says Francis not worried about security
 
By AFP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Pope Francis at the Vatican (photo credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
 
 
 
Liberman: US ‘mistaken’ in blaming settlements for failed peace talks
 
FM says he’s presented PM with ‘alternative plan’ which goes beyond conflict with Palestinians, deals with regional developments
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
 
 
 
US denies Indyk ‘bashed’ Israel in ‘nasty tirade’ at DC hotel bar
 
Washington Free Beacon cites source who claimed to overhear Kerry’s envoy slamming Israel, and only Israel, for failure of peace effort
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
US special envoy Martin Indyk (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
 
 
Palestinian bomber could be deported from US
 
Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, who killed two in Jerusalem in 1969, failed to disclose her past when applying for citizenship
 
By AP
Rasmieh Yousef Odeh (photo credit: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
 
 
300 treated at Mount Meron during Lag B’omer celebrations
 
300,000 people converge on site for Jewish holiday marking kabbalist sage’s death
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Ultra Orthodox Jews gather around the bonfire during celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'omer in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, outside of Tel Aviv on May 17, 2014. (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
 
 
‘New NSA document highlights Israeli espionage in US’
 
Newsweek, in 3rd article on issue, says Israel’s is third most aggressive intelligence service after Russia, China
 
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden in Russia, October 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
 
 
Iran’s Zarif says nuclear deal still ‘possible’
 
Latest round of talks break up Friday with little signs of progress; huge gaps between Tehran and the West
 
By AFP
Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Margaret Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif attend the so called EU 5+1 talks with Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna, on May 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Dieter Nagl)
 
 
In this photo taken Thursday, May 15, 2014, the green sea turtle, named "Hofesh," the Hebrew word for "freedom," receives a new prosthetic fin at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Michmoret, Israel. (Photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
 
Israeli team’s prosthetic fin saves ‘Freedom’ the turtle
 
Design modeled after wings of a US fighter jet; reptile had two flippers amputated due to fishing net damage
 
By ALON BERNSTEIN