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February 7, 2010  Science Centric

‘The Mediterranean Sea has a stable and constant dolphin population off the coast of Israel. Any resolution concerning the sea must also consider the dolphins,’ says Dr Aviad Scheinin of the University of Haifa, who carried out the study. Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean. This has been shown in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa’s Department of Maritime Civilisations. ‘Unfortunately, we turn our backs to the sea and do not give much consideration to our marine neighbours,’ states researcher Dr Aviad Scheinin.

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February 8, 2010  Israel News Agency

A public survey which is conducted annually by joint researchers from Haifa and Ben-Gurion Universities states that there is an increase in the level of satisfaction with the Israel defense establishment among the citizens of Israel. The research poll conducted by two professors, Prof. Eran Vigoda-Gadot, head of the School of Political Science at Haifa University and Prof. Shlomo Mizrachi of Bar Ilan University’s Public Policy Department, illustrates that the level of trust in the Israel Defense Forces is 3.89 out of 5 (compared to 3.61 in 2008) and 4.01 (compared to 3.88 in 2008) in the Israel Security Forces (ISA).

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February 8, 2010  Arutz Sheva (INN)

Prof. Nitza Nachmias of the Jewish-Arab Center in Haifa University says that if it wasn’t for UNRWA and its half-billion dollar annual budget, the Palestinian refugee problem would have been solved long ago. “In essence,” she told Arutz Sheva’s Shimon Cohen on Sunday, “there’s no such thing as Palestinian refugees. If people would stop calling the places in which they live ‘refugee camps,’ then they would see that these places are just like villages and towns anywhere else, and the inhabitants are totally rehabilitated…

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A century after Amedeo Modigliani painted the Portrait of Maud Abrantes, the mystery behind the painting might be solved. Ofra Rimon, Director and Curator of the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa, discovered that hidden in the painting is the portrait of another woman. “Modigliani was probably not happy with that painting and decided to paint over it in favor of a portrait of Maud,” she claims. Continue Reading »

February 5, 2010  TopNews (India), Prokerala (India)

Rampant fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean, says a new study. Aviad Scheinin, who specialises in Maritime Civilisations at the University of Haifa, conducted a study supervised by Ehud Spanier and Dan Kerem, and examined the competition between the two top predators along the Mediterranean coast of Israel: the Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and bottom trawlers.

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February 7, 2010  Arutz Sheva (INN)
A joint study undertaken by Haifa University and Ben Gurion University showed that public trust in the security forces went up meaningfully in 2009. Of all branches of public service, the security forces enjoy the most trust, and of these services – the one that enjoyed the greatest improvement in public faith was the IDF.

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February 7, 2010  Haaretz

“Processed foods aren’t an adequate substitute,” says Galit Goldzak-Kunik, a senior dietitian with Clalit Health Services in Haifa and a doctoral student at Haifa University. “I’m not saying you can’t eat preprepared food once or twice a week. But if it becomes a daily habit, it’s a problem. These foods don’t contain all the nutritive components the body needs, and the components they do contain aren’t always high quality. Consuming small amounts of processed foods probably won’t do harm. But when you eat large amounts, it’s another story.”

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Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean. This has been shown in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa’s Department of Maritime Civilizations. “Unfortunately, we turn our backs to the sea and do not give much consideration to our marine neighbors,” states researcher Dr. Aviad Scheinin. Continue Reading »

January 28, 2010  Science Daily

Has the almond tree developed a unique way of drawing potential pollinators? A group of researchers at the Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Science Education at the University of Haifa-Oranim speculate that the toxin called amygdalin that is found in almond tree nectar is in fact an evolutionary development intended to give that tree an advantage over others in its surroundings.

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February 1, 2010  Science Daily

The sea level in Israel has been rising and falling over the past 2,500 years, with a one-meter difference between the highest and lowest levels, most of the time below the present-day level. This has been shown in a new study supervised by Dr. Dorit Sivan, Head of the Department of Maritime Civilizations at the University of Haifa. “Rises and falls in sea level over relatively short periods do not testify to a long-term trend. It is early yet to conclude from the short-term increases in sea level that this is a set course that will not take a change in direction,” explains Dr. Sivan.

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