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“It is up to us — Israelis and Jews around the world — to do everything possible to help injured veterans deal with their experiences and get onto the right path,” says Lt. Ohad Roisblatt, who lost seven of his soldiers during Operation Protective Edge.

A year after he was injured in the devastating armored personnel carrier disaster in Shujaiyyah that claimed the lives of seven of his soldiers, Lt. Ohad Roisblatt has put on his IDF uniform once again, this time as a commander at a military boarding school in Haifa.

Roisblatt was initially discharged from the army due to the injuries he suffered when an anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade hit his APC during Operation Protective Edge last summer.

Two More D Congressmen Against Nuclear Iran Deal (And Nadler For) This week, Democrat Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania’s 13th congressional district announced he will both vote against the Nuclear Iran Deal and will also vote to override President Barack Obama’s promised veto of the measure. Boyle, a freshman in the U.S. House of Representatives, […]

ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Doctors revive mother with amniotic embolism. (TY Phillip) In a first of its kind event, a 43-year-old woman who was declared clinically dead after suffering an amniotic embolism during a C-section has woken up. Doctors at Israel’s Beilinson Hospital removed a massive blood clot from her lungs with the aid of innovative technology. Her new baby daughter is also doing well.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/groundbreaking-israeli-procedure-saves-woman-during-childbirth/

Doctors remove tumor from womb of pregnant woman. A team of doctors at Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital have succeeded in surgically removing a 15cm long tumor from a woman’s womb in the middle of her pregnancy without harming her or the baby. Danielle Skald later had a normal delivery of a baby boy.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4689056,00.html

Israeli medial clowns at Chinese hospitals. Israeli medical clowns from “Dream Doctors” visited seven hospitals and orphanages in Chengdu, southwestern China. In colorful clown costumes and with big red noses, they sang songs, played ukulele, performed magic tricks and blew bubbles in the wards to cheer up the patients.
http://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-medical-clowns-bring-laughter-to-young-chinese-patients/

Bacteria or virus? Israel’s MeMed has discovered a protein in blood called TRAIL that dramatically increases in patients infected with viruses but decreases in bacterial infections. It has developed proprietary algorithms and a blood test called ImmunoXpert that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in Europe alone.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-med-tech-thwarts-superbugs-takeover-plans/
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120012

FDA approval for Rosacea treatment. I reported previously (Sept 2014) on the successful results of the acne treatment from Israel’s Foamix. The company’s Rosacea treatment – Finacea Foam – has just been approved by the US FDA. Rosacea is a skin condition of unattractive dilated blood vessels, often on the face.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/bayer-adapts-israeli-foam-medication-for-skin-disease/

New Center for Autism in Jerusalem. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical Center will establish the first interdisciplinary university-based autism center in the Middle East. The Autism Center will bring together cutting-edge research, clinical services, state of the art training and education for professionals and parents in the community. http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/27508

Liver-on-chip device to replace animal testing. Another liver cell innovation from scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (see Aug 2nd) who have partnered with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute to build a a liver-on-chip device mimicking human physiology. Soon, toxicity tests no longer need performing on animals.
http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/27529

Medical aid for Taipei burns victims. Israel is donating two skin graft meshers worth more than $10,000 each, to Taiwanese hospitals. 498 people were injured (202 in need of skin grafts) following a horrific water park explosion accident in a Taipei water park.
http://www.israel21c.org/israel-donates-medical-aid-to-taipei-water-park-victims/

Thanks to my e-pals Joan Swirsky and Rhoda Haimson for this….rsk

Menachem Begin wrote:

“I believe the lessons of the Holocaust are these:

First, if an enemy of our people says he seeks to destroy us, believe him. Don’t doubt him for a moment. Don’t make light of it. Do all in your power to deny him the means of carrying out his satanic intent. (Note: one month later, Begin dispatched Israel’s Air Force to destroy the Iraqi nuclear facility at Osirak).

Second, when a Jew anywhere in the world is threatened or under attack, do all in your power to come to his aid. Never pause to wonder what the world will think or say. The world will never pity slaughtered Jews. The world may not necessarily like the fighting Jew, but the world will have to take account of him.

Third, a Jew must learn to defend himself; he must forever be prepared for whenever a threat looms.

Fourth, Jewish dignity and honor must be protected in all circumstances. The seeds of Jewish destruction lie in passively enabling the enemy to humiliate us. Only when the enemy succeeds in turning the spirit of the Jew into dust and ashes in life, can he turn the Jew into dust and ashes in death. During the Holocaust it was after the enemy had humiliated the Jews, trampled them underfoot, divided them, deceived them, afflicted them, drove brother against brother, only then could he lead them, almost without resistance, to the gates of Auschwitz. Therefore, at all times and whatever the cost, safeguard the dignity and honor of the Jewish people.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259861/tale-two-timing-terrorist-daniel-greenfield It’s time for Israel to kick two-timing terrorist supporters out of its house. When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Israel’s parliament, he was heckled by Muslim politicians. Netanyahu told the conservative Canadian leader that the presence of a vocal opposition was the difference between Israel and Syria. The leader of the Muslim hecklers […]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259845/sanctuary-city-releases-protects-illegal-alien-michael-cutler Time for congressional subpoenas for the politicians and law-enforcement managers in Miami. Public relations is a vital issue for all companies and government agencies. When public relations professionals twist stories to create a deceptively positive impression, they are said to be “spinning” the story. All too frequently, news releases issued by ICE (Immigration and […]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259852/academic-fascism-ii-walter-williams Last week’s column highlighted college campus absurdities and the ongoing attack on free speech and plain common sense. As parents gear up to fork over $20,000 to $60,000 for college tuition, they might benefit from knowing what greets their youngsters. Deceitful college officials, who visit high schools to recruit students and talk to parents, […]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259863/good-riddance-castro-propagandist-jon-stewart-humberto-fontova “What Walter Cronkite was to an earlier generation — an utterly trusted voice — Stewart has been to Millenials,” recently gushed the Boston Globe. Indeed, Jon Stewart’s educational influence on Americans under 40 has become a cliché — as a boast by liberals, as a jeer by conservatives. And on some issues, at least, Stewart […]

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/422905/print The closest I’ve ever come to glimpsing hell was on Monday, when I read an article in the New York Times headlined, “With High-Profile Help, Obama Plots Life After Presidency.” Reporters Michael D. Shear and Gardiner Harris reveal the “methodical effort taking place inside and outside the White House as the president, first lady, and a […]

The Very Real Economic Costs of Birthright Citizenship By Ian Tuttle — ‘Peter and Ellie Yang,” the subjects of Benjamin Carlson’s fascinating new Rolling Stone essay, “Welcome to Maternity Hotel California,” paid $35,000 to have their second child in the United States. In 2012 Chinese state media reported 10,000 “tourist births” by Chinese couples in […]