{"id":652039,"date":"2026-10-20T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/652039\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:40:10","slug":"science-prodigy-16-from-belgium-heading-to-israel-to-do-university-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/652039\/","title":{"rendered":"Science prodigy, 16, from Belgium heading to Israel to do university research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>He\u00a0is currently doing\u00a0a degree in medical science and it is his ambition to find a way to extend life.<\/p>\n<p>Simons, who isn\u2019t Jewish, is reported to have a good relationship with the Israeli Embassy in Belgium and, last week, he was hosted at Israeli ambassador David Saranga\u2019s home ahead of his upcoming move.<\/p>\n<p>Saranga said: \u201cContrary to the impression that has been created, Israel has many friends in Belgium. They come from all parts of society, different religions, backgrounds and age groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of them is Laurent Simons. These are voices that are also important to recognise and make heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing Simons\u2019 move, he said: \u201cIt&#8217;s a combination of genuine love for Israel and admiration for scientific research.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u00a0is currently doing\u00a0a degree in medical science and it is his ambition to find a way to extend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,141],"class_list":["post-652039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}