Just published our Harvard Kennedy School report on how to reboot the Palestinian tech sector. We propose a new development model in the West Bank, driven by a new entity: the Global Palestinian Innovation Foundation #GPIfoundation Avner Halperin Mahmoud Khweis belfercenter.org/publication/ti…

In a new report, Avner Halperin, Mahmoud Khweis, and Ely Sandler present a blueprint for rebooting the Palestinian tech ecosystem by creating a new entity—the Global Palestinian Innovation Foundation (GPI). bit.ly/3RO2yAg

Are home tests failing w BA5? Answer: no F/U: then why are so many symptomatic & testing negative & later test positive? Answer: viral load too low. With the new variants less virus causes symptoms. (symptoms are from immune response, not virus) Home test identify infectious well

Listen to Reid Hoffman's awesome commencement address at Vanderbilt’s Class of 2022! youtube.com/watch?v=kVzAob…

Excellent summary by Haaretz of our policy report on building the Palestinian Tech Ecsosystem: Mahmoud Khweis Ely Sandler Harvard University Belfer Center Harvard's Middle East Initiative

In a July report from Ely Sandler, Avner Halperin, and Mahmoud Khweis, the authors argue that the current model of global philanthropy-driven tech development in the West Bank is not working. Their solution? The Global Palestinian Innovation Foundation. Read more: bit.ly/3RO2yAg

A real opportunity to move Palestinian Tech Ecosystem forward now! Great to talk with with Susan Hughes Harvard Kennedy School on policy report Mahmoud Khweis, Ely Sandler and I published. hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear… #Palestinian #Economy #GPIfoundation #TechForGood

Public Policy is to Economics what Medicine is to Biology. Teaching and research hospitals are needed to advance the medical science and train doctors. The Harvard's Growth Lab tries to do the same for growth policy. hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

Inspiring visit to Sheba Medical Center to see first hand the great work and potential being created for digital technology in health. Thank you EstiShelly, Eyal Zimlichman and all at “ARC – The Centre for Digital Innovation” for your energy and innovation in promoting health.

Has the current crisis in relations between the U.S. and its allies on one side and Russia on the other become more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis? Russia Matters tackles this question and others in their recent publication: russiamatters.org/analysis/does-…

.G42 Healthcare has announced a strategic collaboration with Sheba Medical Center on joint research projects and clinical trials across #UAE and #Israel. zawya.com/en/press-relea…

This past June, Chicago ARC (Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate) was launched based on an innovation model developed by Israel’s #ShebaMedical Center. The organization aims to bring #research and #innovation expertise to communities seeking to address #health inequities.

“Health equity will be a huge issue going forward. Today, there are neighborhoods in the USA where the life expectancy differs from at least 20-30 years!” Prof. Eyal Zimlichman Deputy Director General, Chief Medical Officer, & founder of Sheba's ARC at OurCrowd panel on HealthTech.

.Lawrence H. Summers on Israel: "That particular set of judicial reforms, driven through by a narrow majority, in a hurry, at a fragile political moment, will raise profound questions for the owners and deployers of capital." Watch "Wall Street Week" on Fridays trib.al/SfsL0eV

More and more of our new startups come from Hospital and Academia tech transfer linkedin.com/posts/activity…

Exciting launch of Sheba's Global Entrepreneurship School linkedin.com/posts/activity…

Good meeting with Eyal Zimlichman on future collaboration between Sheba Medical Center and World Health Organization (WHO) to advance digital health across the world.

"Hospitals will be dinosaurs, with most care taking place at home. Patients will only come in for operations that cannot be carried out remotely, such as transplants. For everything else we will send sensors and robots to a patient’s home." thesun.co.uk/health/2306902… Graeme Culliford

אחרי הפרסום בכאן חדשות: הסכים הנציב הרשקוביץ לחתום על נוסח החלטה, שלפיו מעתה רוב המינויים לתפקידי מנכ"לים במשרדי הממשלה יהיו של נשים "כדי לתקן את העיוות שנוצר". בעקבות ההסכמה אושר מינויו של יוסי דיין למנכ"ל משרד האנרגיה. המינוי יגיע לממשלה ביום ראשון מיכאל שמש Michael Shemesh

Proud to share NEJM paper on healthcare collaborations and bridge building even during the war in Gaza /w Dr. Yasmeen Abu Fraiha, Dr. Abdalrahman Ahmed, and Noam Alon nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…