El Al, Israel’s flag-carrying national airline, is prospering from the Hamas war, recording its best first and second financial quarters of the fiscal year in the firm’s history. That is not as cringe-worthy as it seems at first glance. The company’s revenue in the first quarter of 2024 was 48% higher than the first quarter of 2023, with profit topping $80 million. In the second quarter, it broke another record, posting a net profit of $147.4 million.When other major carriers erratically canceled flights and ultimately ghosted Israel after Hamas invaded, El Al swiftly added routes. Planes were packed with…
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In a recent interview with triANGLE INVESTOR, Dr. Marc Faber, a seasoned market analyst and publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report, addressed a critical question for investors: "Is gold over-owned?" His resounding answer, backed by decades of market observation, was a firm "no," arguing that gold remains significantly undervalued relative to the world's burgeoning monetary assets.The interview delved into the intricacies of current market dynamics, with Faber offering a stark assessment of the global economic landscape. "In any event, the gist of this discussion is, is gold in short supply or is gold over-owned?" Faber stated, emphasizing…
Shay Gal, the vice president of external relations at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), says that keeping the company in the public eye is critical to its success.In an interview with The Jerusalem Report, Gal recalls joining MK Amir Peretz in 2018 and accompanying him in his various positions as chairman of the Labor Party and minister of economy. Peretz’s term at the Economy Ministry took place during the coronavirus crisis. Gal accompanied Peretz in his actions to save the Israeli economy and ensure that in a period of economic uncertainty, owners of small and medium-sized businesses could continue to…
The letter in which Sir Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060 remains on display at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. First exhibited to the public in 2007, the letter became widely known in 2003 when the BBC aired the documentary Newton: The Dark Heretic, which showcased these manuscripts for the first time.Newton, renowned for formulating the laws of motion and gravity, dedicated part of his life to the study of religious texts. He believed that the Holy Scriptures contained a message from higher powers about the future of the world and was particularly interested in the Book…
History was made tonight on the surface of the moon: Firefly’s robotic Blue Ghost lander successfully landed safely on the moon’s surface, making Firefly the second private company in history to complete a soft landing on the moon. The landing occurred at 2:35 AM (Central US time), after a journey that began in January when the lander was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket.The mission, carried out as part of NASA’s CLPS and Artemis programs, is part of the American effort to use robotic landers to map the moon and collect data as part of preparations for the return of…
Jewish students at British high schools are being prepared in workshops for the likely barrage of hate they will experience at British universities following their graduation from Sixth Form, The Times reported on Saturday.The workshops come as a Times analysis found increased instances of Hamas praise, and celebration of the October 7 massacre on university campuses. The investigative efforts also found that a number of societies at Russell Group universities had openly peddled antisemitic tropes.Robert Halfon, a Conservative former universities minister, told The Times that the levels of intimidation and antisemitism on campus were a “shocking stain on our…
At least 10 people were killed in Missouri as a series of tornadoes hit the US Midwest and Southeast overnight, raking a path of destruction that was still being assessed early on Saturday, police said.Twenty-six tornadoes were reported but not confirmed to have touched down late on Friday night and early on Saturday as a low pressure system drove powerful thunderstorms across parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri, said David Roth, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center."Today there is a high risk for more tornadoes across Alabama and Mississippi. The chance is 30%," he…
Meshulash Aperol SpritzWhile I admittedly am not known for my cooking, I am somewhat famous among a select group for my cocktail prowess.I probably should keep up the mystique that I am a master mixer, but the truth is I adhere to the KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) philosophy: Cocktails shouldn’t be overly complicated to make, just meduyak (precise) – so measure out the exact ingredients.I fell in love with the Aperol Spritz during a trip to Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Every day at 5 p.m. sharp, cafés and bars would fill with the thirsty, sipping on an outrageously orange…
While Israeli hostages of Hamas terrorists were consistently put on starvation diets of little or no food or water at all and even a quarter of a pita or seawater, a new study found that Israeli authorities allowed in a wide variety and more-than-adequate amount of food for Gaza’s 1.8 million people.The data, covering the period between January and July 2024 was shown to exceed international caloric and nutritional standards. Israel had no responsibility or ability to influence the food’s distribution – Hamas constantly interfered by stealing supplies and selling them back to civilians, thereby obstructing equitable distribution. The…
A new tablet that combines albendazole and ivermectin has shown to be both safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating soil-transmitted helminths, according to the ALIVE clinical trial. This study was conducted by the STOP consortium and led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by 'la Caixa' Foundation, and the findings were recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are caused by four species of parasitic worms—Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Necator americanus—and are transmitted through contact with contaminated soil or water. These infections affect around 1.5 billion…