Melanie Pogach, MD

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Melanie Pogach, MD

Melanie Pogach, MD

@mspogach

Sleep medicine & critical care doc. Med ed. Passionate about chronic respiratory failure & women’s health. mom & wife. Tweets reflect my own views.🇮🇱💪🇮🇱🎗️

Boston, MA Katılım Haziran 2013
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John Spencer
John Spencer@SpencerGuard·
For those that do not know, the members of the Senate that attempted to block bulldozer sales to Israel were trying to prevent them from receiving (delivery of bulldozers they purchased) the primary device/vehicle (D9 bulldozer) the IDF uses to protect soldiers when entering Hamas/Hezbollah terrain filled with IEDs and ambushes. IMO.
Amit Segal@AmitSegal

Last night, the U.S. Senate voted on a pair of resolutions aimed at blocking arms and bulldozer sales to Israel. Israel and the U.S. did not lose the war to Iran, but Israel is rapidly losing the battle for public opinion. Also, the shekel hits a 30-year high, and Bibi calls the Lebanese president. All in today’s edition of It’s Noon in Israel. open.substack.com/pub/amitsegal/…

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Eylon Levy
Eylon Levy@EylonALevy·
🇮🇱🕊️🇱🇧 ISRAEL-LEBANON JOINT STATEMENT: 1️⃣Israel and Lebanon “have reached an understanding in which both nations will work to create conditions conducive to lasting peace between the two countries, full recognition of each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and establishing genuine security along their shared border, while preserving Israel’s inherent right to self-defense.” 2️⃣“Both countries recognize the significant challenges faced by the Lebanese state from non-state armed groups” and “understand that those groups’ activities must be curtailed.” 3️⃣Israel and Lebanon “affirm that the two countries are not at war and commit to engaging in good-faith direct negotiations, facilitated by the United States, with the objective of achieving a comprehensive agreement that ensures lasting security, stability, and peace between the two countries.” 4️⃣Ten day “cessation of hostilities” to facilitate “good-faith negotiations toward a permanent security and peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon.” 5️⃣Ceasefire may be extended by mutual agreement if there is progress in negotiations “and as Lebanon effectively demonstrates its ability to assert its sovereignty.”
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Mossad Commentary
Mossad Commentary@MOSSADil·
🔴Look at what the IDF found inside a school in Lebanon.
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Eyal Yakoby
Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby·
BREAKING: Multiple civilians have been injured after Hezbollah launched dozens of missiles at Israel, just moments after President Trump announced a ceasefire. If people don’t want Israel striking Lebanon, maybe Hezbollah should stop launching rockets.
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Vivid.🇮🇱
Vivid.🇮🇱@VividProwess·
The mainstream media won’t tell you this, so I will. The terrorist organization Hezbollah has just fired 30 rockets toward Israeli civilians in the last half hour. Israel is fighting on several fronts against the most brutal terrorist organizations worldwide. Stand with Israel.
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StandWithUs
StandWithUs@StandWithUs·
Two people attempted to firebomb a London synagogue early Wednesday morning, hurling two firebombs and a brick at Finchley Reform Synagogue. Neither firebomb ignited and no one was injured, but Counter Terrorism Policing London is now supporting the investigation.
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Vivid.🇮🇱
Vivid.🇮🇱@VividProwess·
BREAKING: The IDF has found Hezbollah weapons inside a hospital in southern Lebanon, just like Hamas uses hospitals in Gaza for their terrorism against Israel. Why is the mainstream media silent about this? Share this.
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Eylon Levy
Eylon Levy@EylonALevy·
This is why we ignore world leaders who say "Israel has a right to defend itself, but not on Lebanese soil." This is an IDF strike on a Hezbollah rocket launcher, loaded and ready to fire. If we listened to European leaders, all we could do is duck.
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Rabbi Poupko
Rabbi Poupko@RabbiPoupko·
In 1946, an American journalist reported on Jewish orphans in France. He took this picture of young Jews playing chess in an orphanage in Paris. The photo was published in an American newspaper when a young woman named Hilda, who thought her brother was killed in the Holocaust, recognized her brother, Elie Wiesel, in this picture. Hilda contacted Ted Comet, an American Jew from Cleveland who was volunteering at the time in a Jewish orphanage in Versailles. Ted traveled to Paris and told Elie his sister is alive and in the USA and put them in touch with one another. One year ago, Ted, the founder of the NYC Israel Day Parade, passed away at the age of 100. May his memory be a blessing.
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Sacha Roytman
Sacha Roytman@SachaRoytman·
Yesterday in Munich, following the attack on the Israeli restaurant Eclipse Grillbar, a Jewish-owned business bombed overnight with explosive devices, a crowd gathered in solidarity with the community. Among them, one sign stood out.
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Henshi
Henshi@HenshiG·
In 1942, Nazi guards believed they had destroyed Viktor Frankl. They stripped the 37-year-old psychiatrist of his name, dignity, and possessions. They shaved his head, tattooed the number 119,104 on his arm, and burned his life’s work — the manuscript for his first book. They were wrong. Months earlier, Frankl had held an American visa in his hands — a ticket to safety. But it was only for him. His elderly parents could not go. Torn by the choice, he saw a small marble plaque on his father’s desk inscribed with the commandment: “Honor thy father and thy mother.” He let the visa expire and stayed. Deported to Theresienstadt, then Auschwitz and Dachau, Frankl witnessed something profound: survival wasn’t determined by physical strength alone. Some strong men collapsed, while weaker ones endured. He concluded that what mattered most was having a “why” to live for. In the camps, he quietly rebelled against despair. He mentally rewrote his burned manuscript. He imagined lecturing about it in Vienna one day. He clung to the memory of his wife Tilly as a lifeline. And he encouraged fellow prisoners by reminding them of their own unfinished purposes. Liberated in 1945, he weighed just 85 pounds. He learned that his wife, parents, and brother had all been murdered. Instead of surrendering to grief, Frankl sat down and wrote Man’s Search for Meaning in just nine days. The book, initially rejected by publishers, went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Viktor Frankl lived until 1997. He proved that even when everything is taken from us, we still possess the ultimate freedom: the power to choose our attitude and find meaning in suffering. The Nazis tried to erase him. Instead, they inspired a legacy that has helped millions endure their own hardships. This book is a “must read” if you haven’t studied it. Hope is eternal.
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Hillel Fuld
Hillel Fuld@HilzFuld·
A guy in a wheelchair rolled into a bagel shop the other day. No, this isn’t the beginning of a joke. It’s the beginning of one of the most inspiring conversations I’ve had in a long time. His name is Ron. Within the first few minutes of our meeting, we discovered we have a lot in common. Both grew up in New York. Both made Aliyah around the same age. Both entrepreneurs. And unfortunately, both tied to this country in a way none of us ever wish for — we both know what it means to lose something deeply personal because of life here. Ron told me his story. “I suffered a critical spinal cord injury as a tank commander in the IDF during the Second Lebanon War. One moment I was 20 years old, king of the world, leading my men in the field… and the next moment I felt like a cockroach that had been stepped on. I had to relearn how to live my life from scratch and rebuild my entire identity.” Spinal cord injuries are about as hardcore as injuries get. They impact literally every aspect of life in ways most people never think about. Ron told me that because he was blessed (or cursed) with a very non-conforming personality, he bounced back to independence very quickly. But there was one thing that kept eating at him. That he could no longer really access Nature. “When someone suffers a major mobility injury,” he told me, “they are basically confined to pavement. The simple, healing moments most people take for granted — walking along the beach with someone you love, camping under the stars, hiking on a nature trail — those things are off limits for the rest of your life.” And then he said something that stopped me in my tracks. “I’m on a mission to make Israel the first country in the world to make nature fully accessible to anyone with a mobility disability.” How? Not by paving more paths. By building a nationwide network of incredible all-terrain wheelchairs that can drive on sand, rocks, dirt — basically anywhere. Think of it like ride-sharing. Docking stations across Israel’s beaches, parks, and national sites. Someone with a mobility disability opens an app, books a chair, shows up, unlocks it, and suddenly… the entire outdoors opens up again. Freedom. Dignity. Independence. The crazy part? It only takes about 200 chairs to cover the entire country. Each chair costs about $36,000 to manufacture and deploy from start to finish. The plan is to fund the chairs through philanthropy. Then Ron goes to the municipalities and tells them: host the chairs and match the donation by covering the operational costs. For the end user, the experience will be essentially free. Let that sink in. A national network of all-terrain wheelchairs that allows people with mobility disabilities to experience Israel’s beaches, forests, deserts, and parks like everyone else. Something like this has never been implemented on a municipal level — let alone a national one. And the total cost to make it happen? $10 million. That’s it. It might sound like a lot, but think about what that money can do and you’ll realize that it’s actually a low price to pay for something so beautiful. Ten million dollars to open the outdoors to more than 500,000 Israelis with mobility disabilities, including 24,000 wounded IDF soldiers. Boom. Just like that, Israel once again becomes a global leader — not just in technology, but in humanity. Ron is leading this initiative personally and transparently. He’ll be in North America this May on a speaking tour to raise the funds needed to make this vision a reality. If you want to invite Ron to come speak at your home or community, you can reach out directly to his personal email or phone - no middle men. Sometimes innovation isn’t about another app or another exit. Sometimes innovation is about giving people their freedom back. And honestly? Those are the ones that matter most. 🇮🇱💙 His number: +972 50‑534‑4335 Link to donate: tevanua.com
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Mossad Commentary
Mossad Commentary@MOSSADil·
🇮🇱 NETANYAHU FULL STATEMENT: “Dear citizens of Israel, my dear brothers and sisters, The term of the campaign has come to an end, but it is already clear that we have historical achievements. I want to remember where we were. Iran tried to catch us off guard. Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Assad regime in Syria, the militias in Iraq, the foreigners in Yemen, Iran itself. They wanted to subdue us, and we are subduing them. They threatened us with destruction, and now they are fighting to survive. We have defeated them, we still have a lot to do, and I will explain this later. But I want to start with Iran itself, with the head of the organization. I have dedicated a significant part of my life to preventing one thing, that this terrorist regime will achieve a nuclear weapon. I have spoken about this at the Congress, the UN, and in various parliaments. But the world has not heard. Many have said, this is not that terrible. I have even heard them within us. And I, as the Prime Minister of Israel, could not accept this. We were the first to break the barrier of fear, operating in Iran itself. If I had told you a year ago that our pilots would fly in Iran, who would have believed it? And that the United States would fight alongside us, shoulder to shoulder, for nearly 40 days—who would have believed it? But all of this happened because we initiated, we acted, we attacked. Iran was very close to obtaining nuclear weapons and the ability to produce thousands and thousands of missiles—two existential threats we were determined to remove. We eliminated 12 of their top nuclear scientists. We attacked their nuclear facilities together with our American friends. We also attacked thousands of missiles and hundreds of launchers. Later, we eliminated eight more nuclear scientists, destroyed the reactor in Arak, destroyed their centrifuge system and uranium production plant. We reached a point where Iran does not have a single active enrichment plant. We also weakened the regime to its lowest level since it was established 47 years ago. We eliminated senior leadership across the regime, struck Revolutionary Guards infrastructure, and targeted their economic and military capabilities. Iran is no longer the same Iran, and Israel is no longer the same Israel. They who dared to destroy us are now fighting for their own survival. In Gaza, we control more than 50% of the territory. In Lebanon, we destroyed the majority of a 150,000 missile arsenal in six hours and prevented infiltration plans into the Galilee. We continue to fight Hezbollah and restore security to the north. As a result of this strength, Lebanon has approached us multiple times to begin direct peace talks—something that has not happened in history. Many countries are now turning to us and to the United States for cooperation. Israel is stronger than ever—small in size, but huge in spirit and determination. These are historic achievements. We bombed the nuclear weapons, we bombed the missiles, we bombed the regime. Together with the United States, we have changed the balance of power. There is still a long way to go. But with our brave soldiers, our fallen heroes, and the strength of our people—we will continue. And with God's help, we will continue to work together, and we will continue to win.” Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
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Eyal Yakoby
Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby·
The Iranian missile attacks on Israel killed exclusively civilians — not a single IDF soldier. Deliberately targeting civilians is a war crime under the Geneva Convention. But when it’s not the West, suddenly those terms disappear.
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Hillel Fuld
Hillel Fuld@HilzFuld·
Israel is doing to Lebanon now exactly what you’d expect your government to do if a country allowed thousands of missiles to be fired into your country from their soul. Period. The same goes for Gaza and Iran. In fact, you’d expect your government to do a lot more. Fact.
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Eyal Yakoby
Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby·
BREAKING: Minutes after Israel and Lebanon announced talks to disarm Hezbollah and pursue peace, sirens sounded across northern Israel as rockets were launched from Lebanon. It’s clear to anyone actually paying attention who is standing in the way of peace.
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Eylon Levy
Eylon Levy@EylonALevy·
This is the third Iranian ballistic missile attack since President Trump announced a ceasefire.
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Arsen Ostrovsky
Arsen Ostrovsky@Ostrov_A·
Notice how all these so-called human rights champions and int'l law experts were so aghast at President Trump's threats against Iran, but have been silent as Iran has been raining down ballistic missiles with cluster munitions against entire civilian population areas in Israel?
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Vivid.🇮🇱
Vivid.🇮🇱@VividProwess·
I don’t know if any mainstream media is reporting on this, but millions of people here in Israel are in shelters after ballistic missiles were launched at us just two hours into the ceasefire.
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Arsen Ostrovsky
Arsen Ostrovsky@Ostrov_A·
🚨 Must be how Iran ‘celebrated’ the ceasefire! Minutes after announcement, they are raining down barrage of missiles at Israel, including JERUSALEM!
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