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Israel Pilots Instant COVID Detection Test, Expected to be Operational by this Fall

A pilot program has been launched for a rapid COVID-19 detection test, employing a revolutionary device that uses light waves to analyze molecular content. Israeli startup Newsight is collaborating with Sheba Medical Center to identify and classify evidence of coronavirus in the body in less than a second, using a sample of fluid – blood serum or saliva. Concrete results of the trial are expected within the coming months.

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Newsight employs spectral technology (using light waves) to develop advanced image sensor chips for 3D machine vision and spectral analysis. The sensors have been integrated in dozens of devices and solutions in various fields including robotics and automotive industrial manufacturing. The use of spectral technology to detect the presence of pathogens is not new, but to date, has necessitated a cumbersome, costly device. The new innovation being piloted with Sheba involves a cost-effective chip.

Experts from Sheba’s Infectious and Tropical Disease departments are already working with Newsight. Initial studies of the device’s ability to identify the coronavirus has shown an accuracy of close to 100%. Newsight and Sheba’s ARC Innovation Center intend to establish a joint company that will make the instant COVID detection test commercially available to the medical community worldwide.

“Newsight is yet another outstanding example of how ARC@Sheba Medical Center and the Israeli start-up ecosystem are working in tandem to reinvent existing technology to battle the scourge of COVID-19,” said Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, Chief Medical and Innovation Center at Sheba.

Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer is the largest medical center in the Middle East. It is the only hospital in Israel that offers treatment for acute care as well as rehabilitation on one campus, and is at the forefront of medical treatments, patient care, research, innovation and education. In 2019 & 2020 Newsweek magazine ranked Sheba as one of the top ten hospitals in the world.

Meet CoronavirusFriendly Tel Aviv Noodle Shop

A Tel Aviv noodle joint thinks that it has found the post-coronavirus business model.

With most restaurants forced to close due to the rising rates of infection, Tel Aviv’s ‘Go Noodles’ has found a novel way to operate: Pre

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venting staff and customers from having any physical contact throughout their dining experience.

Go Noodles’ new setup features a giant touch screen at the entrance of the restaurant that is to be used by customers for ordering. After the food is prepared, it is placed in a glass locker while the code to open it is sent to the customers via SMS.

Done properly, the innovative system ensures that there is virtually no risk of catching the deadly pandemic. Servers do not interact with customers, the store does not accept cash, and all orders must be paid for online.

“I came up with this concept a year ago, with no connection to the coronavirus, from a business and financial need,” said Shmulik Gal, the restaurant’s manager. “As fate would have it, the coronavirus broke out a few months ago and this thing gained major significance.”

Gal had originally come up with the idea prior to the global COVID-19 outbreak. The Tel Avivian figured that with rising overhead costs, operating a “bare bones” system with no servers could save money. But with eateries limited in how they could open for business, Gal realized that the time had come to turn his vision into a reality.

“People are looking for less contact with others, less intermingling, less touching,” Gal said. “I think this thing has a lot of strength and people will embrace it.” Google, Apple, Erase ‘Palestine’ From Maps

Palestinian activists are furious amid claims that both Google and Apple erased the ‘State of Palestine’ from their apps.

As of last Thursday, a search of the word “Palestine” in Google Maps yields only the West Bank and Gaza Strip without any additional identifying information. However, the two aforementioned technology giants had never listed Palestine in the first place.

After the discovery, Palestinian and other left-wing activists circulated an online petition demanding that Google and Apple recognize ‘Palestine’ as a country. “We’re all deleting Google Maps until it acknowledges the #FreePalestine’s rightful place on the map,” tweeted prominent activist Issa Amro from Ramallah.

Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Riyad Al Maliki fired off an official complaint to the tech behemoths that blasted them for submitting to Israel’s “pressure and blackmail.”

“Removing Palestine from the maps was not a coincidence. Rather it was a prelude to the implementation of Washington’s Middle East plan and the last nail in the coffin for the Palestinian issue,” said Maliki.

The minister added that Google and Apple “may be able to remove the name of Palestine from the maps, but they will not be able to remove it from the souls of the Palestinians, no matter how long it takes.”

The Hamas terror group also weighed in, stating through a spokesperson that the two companies are complicit in “a denial of historical facts and a move that contradicts international and humanitarian laws ... making it possible for Israel to continue and violate international laws and decisions.”

The current controversy is not the first time Google has been accused of erasing the State of Palestine. Four years ago, the search engine giant was condemned by the Forum of Palestinian Journalists ‘condemning’ Google for not marking Palestine on its map

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IDF Topples Hezbollah Drone Shooting Music Video

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terror group was producing for its leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The Iranian-backed militia had been using one of its drones to shoot footage of the Hezbollah band per- forming a rendition of a popular an- ti-Israel song. But after the drone crossed into Israeli airspace, hackers hijacked the drone and sent it crashing down to earth. “IDF soldiers spotted and monitored a drone infiltrating Israeli airspace from Lebanon earli- er this evening,” confirmed the IDF in a statement. “We will continue to operate to stop any attempt to violate Israeli sovereignty.”

The IDF reportedly neutralized the drone by deploying a top-secret commando unit whose operatives are schooled in advanced hacking capa- bilities that is meant to be used against tactical drones on the battlefield.

According to Hezbollah, the drone succeeded in capturing footage of IDF positions before it was brought down. Lebanese newspapers published pho- tos showing the deployments of Israe- li soldiers that was videoed from the drone prior to the hijacking.

The IDF has been taking Hezbol- lah’s drone capabilities extremely se- riously and frequently dispatches air force jets and field units to comman- deer the devices before they can enter Israeli airspace. In Syria, Hezbollah has demonstrated its expertise with UAVs and drones, including devel- oping the use of “suicide drones” de- signed to blow up tanks and vehicles on the ground. Bolton Warns That Trump will Turn his Back on Israel

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton warned that President Donald Trump was liable to turn on Israel should he win a second term.

In an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, the former senior Trump ad- ministration official said that a pres- ident without any pressure to be re- elected would be free to embark on policies that would hurt Israel. While acknowledging that Trump had large- ly promoted pro-Israel policies during his first term, Bolton said that this was

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mainly an effort to please his base.

Should he win a second term, Bolton continued, Trump would have more leeway to embrace Iran similar- ly to how he engaged North Korea to the detriment of its southern neighbor. According to Bolton, who has since written a tell-all book about the mer- curial president, Israel needs to act in its own interests until the US goes to the polls in November and disregard any pushback from Trump.

“Trump is motivated much more by domestic American politics which is why if it turns out he is reelected in November, we don’t know what he is going to do once he is freed from electoral constraints,” Bolton said. “Which is why anyone who is con- cerned about what happens in the Middle East should worry about what happens in a second term.”

“I think the next few months are an optimal time for Israel to act in its own national security interests,” Bolton said.

When asked if Biden would be good for Israel, Bolton replied that both the Democrat and Trump were equally bad for the Jewish State’s wellbeing. He also went on record supporting the recent series of sus- picious blasts at Iranian nuclear sites but said that he had no idea who was behind it.

“I don’t claim to have any special knowledge as to how these various events happened. They seem clearly aimed at the Iranian nuclear and bal- listic missile programs,” Bolton said. “I think whoever is doing it, they have my complete support. Maybe it’s dis-

sidents inside Iran, maybe with outside support, maybe a combination.”

“The damage we can see above ground to the building that was a manufacturing facility for their most sophisticated centrifuge appears to be considerable. But we don’t know what is going on in the centrifuge halls below, so I wouldn’t be completely optimistic. But it shows the ayatollahs that somebody can get even into their most sensitive locations.” IDF Arrests Three Terrorists Near Bet El

IDF special forces nabbed three Palestinians in the midst of preparing a shooting attack on Bet El.

The arrest took place on Saturday afternoon, a rare occurrence as the IDF rarely conducts operations in broad daylight and especially not over the weekend when most soldiers are on leave.

Video footage released by the IDF of the arrest showed masked commandos from the IDF’s elite Duvdevan counterterrorism unit racing through narrow alleyways in the Jilazun Refugee Camp near Ramallah.

The terrorists had been in the final stages of a planned attack on Bet El and were caught with an assortment of rifles and automatic weapons. The three gunmen, whose names were not released, had been under surveillance by the Shin Bet internal security over

the last few weeks.

In a statement, the IDF said that the planned attack would have started with “hurling an explosive device from their vehicle toward the community of Beit-El, followed by an attempted drive-by shooting.”

Anti-Netanyahu Demonstrations Turn Violent

Dozens of protesters were arrested after demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turned violent on Saturday evening.

For months, thousands of self-employed Israelis and leftist activists have been rallying on Saturday evenings throughout the country against Netanyahu. In recent weeks, the protests have swelled in both number and intensity amid the country’s worst economic crisis in its history.

In Jerusalem, the protests began in Paris Square and poured into nearby streets. Chanting “Corrupt, Go Home,” throngs of people marched to the Prime Minister’s Residence where they scuffled with law enforcement. Fifteen people were arrested after attacking police officers and were denied bail.

In Tel Aviv, thirteen protesters were taken into custody after blocking traffic, hurling heavy objects at police officers, and lighting dumpsters on fire. Police called in reinforcements after the throngs turned violent and refused to disperse.

The protesters belong to a slew of assorted groups with different objectives. While the “No Way” NGO wants Netanyahu to resign due to his multiple criminal indictments, the ‘Shulmanim’ movement wants increased financial assistance to self-employed Israelis whose businesses were gutted by the coronavirus.

The scenes of so many people crammed together during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic led Likud lawmakers to call for a ban on rallies

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