The prevalence of IgG-antibodies reactive with an Israeli strain of Rickettsia conorii (Israeli strain 487), the agent of Israeli spotted fever, was examined in humans and dogs from two rural villages in Israel where the disease has been reported in humans. Sixty-nine of 85 (81%) canine sera and 14 of 136 (10%) of human sera had anti-R. conorii antibodies. No direct association could be made be...

Despite the burden of an enormous defense budget, the absorption of immigrants, its tiny size and the scarcity of natural resources, Israel’s economy, albeit with considerable financial aid from abroad, was able to achieve impressive growth rates. This was to a great degree accomplished by putting a heavy emphasis on education and by rapidly achieving a high degree of industrialization through ...

The Israeli science education at the junior high school level has undergone a major change during the last several years. This change stemmed from a decision to merge the different scientific disciplines, which were formerly studied independently, together with technology, to form a new curriculum named “Science and technology” (The Israeli ministry of education, 1996). In addition, it was deci...

Joel Peters is Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA. From 1992-96 he as an Associate Research Fellow in the Midde East Programme at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), London, where he directed a research project on the Multilateral Arab-Israeli Peace Talks. He is the author o...

The Ethiopian-Jewish community in Israel is an immigrant population numbering 131 400 as of 2012. Many arrived from 1980 to 1992 by airborne operations coordinated by the Israeli government. Immigration was prompted by Israeli recognition of the community's Jewish citizenship eligibility status. This period in Israel's history saw the First Lebanon War, the First Intifada, the Gulf War and the ...

The one-state reality has dramatically changed the discursive landscape of movement Israeli settlers and their supporters who have waged a half century campaign to prevent territorial compromise as basis for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Analysis discourse Sovereignty movement, reflected in pages its journal, Ribonut , traces these changes highlights new challenges posed annexationist project by p...

This paper describes and explains the informal influence of Israeli political culture on the public policy process. I will demonstrate how informal elements are rooted in Israeli society and are an integral part of its public policy and administration. Specifically, I explain the impact of a particular type of political culture, called "alternative politics" in the Israeli literature, on public...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the incidence and clinical features of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) among Israeli Arab adolescents and to determine the HLA typing profile in affected subjects. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Junior high school in the largest Arab town in Israel. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred seventy-seven Israeli Arab junior high school students filled out a ques...

BACKGROUND Ongoing conflict in the Middle East poses a major threat to health and security. A project screening Arab and Israeli newborns for hearing loss provided an opportunity to evaluate ways for building cooperation. The aims of this study were to: a) examine what attracted Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian participants to the project, b) describe challenges they faced, and c) draw lesson...