Very Good News Israel (2026)

19/04/2026

This issue of Israel's positive newsletter contains several Israeli sporting achievements. But alongside these are many examples of how Israelis are so eager to go above and beyond what is necessary to help others, while fighting an existential battle against terrorists. Such good sports!

The photo is of the Netanya sports stadium, with a view towards Jerusalem. Picture was taken from my wife's hospital room. Thanks to your prayers, my wife Lynette is coming home from hospital this week. She will need much time and effort to fully recover. Please continue to pray for Etka Gita bat Yocheved.

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This issue's highlights include
- Israel used Iran’s surveillance cameras to fight the regime.
- Israeli researchers can identify the faulty gene causing illness.
- Israeli startups fight “bad” drones and protect “good” drones.
- Israel’s economy is still in good shape despite the war.
- The world’s most valuable company is 100% with Israel.
- Israelis strike gold in three sports events.
- A 19th century Haggadah reminds of better relations with Persia.

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12/04/2026

The Torah / Bible says in Leviticus 26:4-5: "I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and the vintage shall overtake the sowing...".

This newsletter is full of examples of how bountiful Israel has become. Even in wartime there are weddings in shelters, huge donations to support the less fortunate, dozens of medical breakthroughs, the 7th best hospital in the world, and 80,000 Muslims allowed to pray peacefully on the holiest Jewish site.

Israel has become the most powerful nation in the Middle East. It is reaping the benefits of alliances with India and Taiwan, and sharing its bountiful water technology with Somaliland. Israel is a leading light in the development of Artificial Intelligence. Its battle-proven defense systems have just been purchased by the US, Germany and Greece, providing Israeli defense companies with billions of dollars of orders in the pipeline. 20,000 Californians are sharing in the bounty from jobs created by Israeli-founded companies, and investment in Israeli startups is at record levels.

Meanwhile a new Israeli TV series has been plucked by Apple TV, and Israeli sporting successes just keep flowing. No wonder that thousands of new immigrants have come to share the bounty.
Finally, one Israeli couple has had an extremely bountiful crop - one baby born every year for 21 years.

The photo is of an avocado tree here in Netanya. It has ripe avocados ready to be picked alongside buds beginning the growth for next season's fruit. "and the vintage shall overtake the sowing.."

Thanks to your prayers, my wife Lynette continues her recovery and may be coming home soon. Please continue to pray for Etka Gita bat Yocheved.

29/03/2026

The upcoming Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover) celebrates the Biblical account of freedom of the Children of Israel from slavery in the Land of Egypt. Thankfully, the State of Israel provides a perpetual place for all its citizens to enjoy freedom from existential threats, in every generation, from those who wish to destroy us.

In this issue of Israel's Positive Newsletter:
- Children of foreign workers can now join the IDF.
- Israelis have found genetic links to skin diseases and aging.
- Israel provided ambulances and medical treatment to Syrians.
- Israel is using underground technology to build new railway lines.
- Huge demand for Israeli bonds and startups.
- Israelis made history at basketball and judoka.
- The number of Israeli weddings has soared.

The photo is of a flight of parakeets taking to the air in the freedom of my wife's rehabilitation center in Netanya. Thanks to your prayers, Lynette continues her recovery Please continue to pray for Etka Gita bat Yocheved.

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22/03/2026

The resilience of Israelis under constant attack from rockets and drones is amazing. They are still the eighth happiest nation in the world. While sirens are blaring, they protect Arab children. Under constant pressures, they fund events for orphans, conduct life-saving research, fight cancer, and transplant organs. Women command missile boats, and even soldiers with disabilities are eager to enlist.

While rockets fall and drones explode, Israelis embark on projects to turn seawater into drinking water, generate renewable energy, construct buildings more efficiently, and explore the universe. Meanwhile, their efforts attract huge amounts of foreign investment to continue the incredible work of the Startup Nation.

The photo is of Israel's national bird - the dufichat (hoopoe). This one is happy to search for its food on the central reservation of one of the busiest streets in Netanya. No fear!

Thanks to your prayers, my wife is slowly recovering. Please continue to pray for Etka Gita bat Yocheved.

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25/01/2026

Many of Israel's positive achievements and activities in this week's newsletter could make you catch your breath in amazement. Medical discoveries of how cells re-generate can treat burns victims or prevent cancer from returning. How positive thinking can improve the response of the immune system. How to detect the onset of an IBD flare, and a portable device to transport cooled blood to the severely wounded.

Fill your lungs with the knowledge that Israeli activities have gained much recent international respect, from Golani and Syrian Druze, Lithuanian health officials, Dutch Christians, UAE Educators, marine food analysts, foreign investors, the wine industry, Artificial Intelligence developers, and US and NATO defense leaders.

Don't hold your breath if you visit the Friends of Zion museum in Jerusalem and speak to holograms of some of Israel's 14 Prime Ministers. Breathe normally if treated by some of the 1,000 doctors who immigrated to Israel in the last two years. No more coughing or sneezing if you receive the new influenza remedy invented by Hebrew University scientists. And say "Aahh! when you read about the rare black-footed penguin that hatched at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo.

Finally, some readers may gasp that a brand new hospital just 16 miles from Gaza saved 96% of the hundreds of severely injured it treated in the recent war. Then exhale with a smile with the news that one of those injured has just got engaged to his rehabilitation nurse.

The photo is of an Israeli entertaining drivers at one of the busiest junctions in the Sharon region of Israel. How he kept his cool, even when the lights changed, was breathtaking to watch.

I am now publishing only every two weeks as I have to spend more time with my sick wife. If you all can pray for Etka Gita bat Yocheved I am sure that she will recover quickly. Apologies if I am unable to respond to your good wishes.

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11/01/2026

This first newsletter of 2026, published on 11/1 (or 1/11 if you prefer) contains a number of firsts for Israel. The first engagement of two ex-hostages. The first concert of an ex-hostage. The first time Israeli-developed skin cancer treatment has been re-engineered to treat blood cancer. The first center to research into the interface between AI and the brain. And the first Israeli baby of 2026 (born in the first minute of the year).

The first Arab-Muslim Israeli police commander. The first military defense plan between Israel and Morocco. The first delegation from Chile to visit Israel. The first country in the world to recognize Somaliland. And the first visit to Israel by the son of the ex-Shah of Iran.

The first Israel-developed supercomputer for Nvidia. The first system to connect multiple drones. Israel's first launch pad for vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The first comprehensive border-protection system. The first technology to recycle mixed construction debris into end-product building materials. And an Israeli university that is first of its peers in generating founders of billion-dollar companies.

The first direct airline service from Israel to Vietnam. The first view of a million-year-old Israeli cave system. And the first family of an American Ambassador to discover buried treasure in the Jewish State.

The photo (TY Sharon) is of Iranian protest posters in the Jerusalem museum of Islamic Art. They were first exhibited in 2016 and we hope that their messages will inspire the Iranian people one decade later.

I am now publishing only every two weeks as I have to spend more time with my sick wife. If you all can pray for Etka Gita bat Yocheved I am sure that she will recover quickly. Apologies if I am unable to respond to your good wishes.

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28/12/2025

As we say goodbye to 2025, we hope that 2026 will see many new Israeli innovations, medical breakthroughs, scientific achievements, economic successes, as well as peace and security.

This edition's highlights include:
- Israeli Rabbis were able to enter synagogues in Syria once again.
- Israelis have found a molecule that helps destroy bacteria.
- Israeli Jews & Christians peacefully celebrate seasonal holidays.
- Four latest examples of Israeli beneficial AI systems.
- Israel benefits from low inflation, plus huge gas & defense exports
- Israeli firsts - MLB coach and US women’s soccer league player.
- Ancient menorah in Jerusalem shows Jews defied the Romans.

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14/12/2025

Israel continues in its mission to be a light to the nations. Tonight Jews around the world will light the first candle of the festival of Chanukah / Hanukah and hope that some of that light will illuminate the darkness in the world. Wishing everyone who celebrates it, a Chanukah Sameach.

In the latest Positive Israel newsletter, the highlights include:
- An ex-hostage had his phone stolen, but he wasn’t unhappy.
- A tragedy resulted in a new center for research into child cancer.
- Over 1,000 Evangelical Christian pastors visited Israel.
- Israeli scientists have developed drought-resistant cacao.
- Funding for Israeli AI startups rose to nearly $8 billion in 2025.
- Gal Gadot's $1 million Genesis prize will help heal Israelis.
- In time for Hanukah – three major Hasmonean discoveries.

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07/12/2025

Israelis are known for their fast response to incidents, threats and opportunities. This week's Positive newsletter reports on how quick Israeli startups were to integrate their innovations into Israel's defense technology to help with the war effort. Israeli doctors were ultra-fast to use their skills to save a soldier with a bullet in his heart and transfer the organs of a deceased boy into four desperate patients. And Syrian Druze were very quick to thank Israel for saving them from jihadis.

In Technology, Israel is accelerating its development of hypersonic aviation. It also is ensuring that it can speed up the construction of new buildings to accommodate the anticipated rush of immigration from Europe and New York City. In business, Air India and easyJet are speedily returning to Israel and expanding their routes. Startups are fast boosting their revenues, and nearly all countries are placing orders for fast delivery of Israeli defense systems.

Finally, Israeli athletes are fast becoming world champions in so many sporting disciplines that require speed and agility; and special thanks to an eagle-eyed newsletter subscriber who was very fast to spot my mistake in last week's newsletter. Please respond swiftly to any (hopefully rare) errors you may see.

This week's photo (TY RJstreets.com) publicizes children's events at the National Library of Israel during the Jewish festival of Chanukah, which is fast approaching.

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30/11/2025

Several of last week's positive Israel stories involve circles of one kind or another. How Israel's IDF Chief of Staff came full circle to attend the wedding of the baby he saved from a terrorist 22 years previously. While one critically wounded IDF soldier recovered sufficiently to run a marathon circuit, another danced in circles at a friend's wedding. And the wheels of emergency NGO United Hatzalah vehicles are getting smaller with the launch of their new ambu-scooters.

They say "what goes around, comes around", which links the news that a biotech from boycotting Norway has teamed up with an Israeli startup to develop a new cancer treatment. And Israel's Technion has Roger Waters to thank for their discovery that Pink Floyd's music vibrates cells sufficiently to allow medication to circumnavigate the blood-brain barrier!

Watch an Israeli robotic system rotate cars to keep Tel Aviv drivers from going round in circles looking for parking spaces. And see other Israeli robots conduct hundreds of circuits while stacking shelves in a warehouse.

Israelis won an wheelchair international dancing competition, and an Israeli spun her wheels to win a global motorcycling championship.

Finally, a viral video is circulating showing a Belz Hassid hugging his daughter as she enlisted in the IDF.

This week's photo is of a parakeet that circles the balcony of our apartment daily on its breakfast rounds.

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