July 2012
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June 2012
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Venture launched by Israeli high-tech companies...
Cisco Systems Inc. CEO and Chairman John Chambers made the announcement at the Israeli Presidential Conference. The campaign will help create 12,000 high-tech jobs in Israel’s Arab sector over the next four years.
Arabs make up roughly one-fifth of Israel’s 8 million citizens. While they enjoy full citizenship rights, they are generally poorer and less educated.
“If we can move to 12,000 (new...
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Egyptian women sexually attacked in Tahrir Square...
Scary and Sad. My heart goes out to all the Egyptian women next door who want to live in a society where they are valued, where they have the same freedoms as their male counterparts, and where they do not live in fear of harassment
By Aya Batrawy and Sarah El Deeb -Associated Press
Attackers got through a cordon of protectors. The victims were protesting sex abuse.
CAIRO - A mob of...
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May 2012
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Famed global trendsetters, Coolhunting, take on...
Discloses 7 secret hip spots across the city.
by Perrin Drumm for Coolhunting.com 3 May 2012
Rothschild 12
Located on the well-known Rothschild Boulevard, the multifunctional Rothschild 12 is anything and everything you want it to be. For the morning it’s an excellent cafe to see and be seen and then later on a nice bar for an early afternoon drink. At night it’s a lounge-like music venue...
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Israel's 2nd law against animal cruelty passes...
The Knesset (Israel’s law-making government body) approved its first reading of a bill that would strengthen the authorities that patrol animal cruelty, making significant amendments to the current Animal Welfare Law.
The new bill would grant additional powers to inspectors to ensure that people are complying with the Animal Welfare Law. Included in the bill are mandates for surprise...
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Like the idea of cultures fusing together to...
Photo: Barak Weiss
Re-posted from Midnighteast.com
If you like your hip hop with vodka, and move your feet to Arabic-Russian-Kurdish-Amharic-Hebrew rhythms dance your way to the Glocali Festival at the Barby Club on Thursday, May 24, 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Now in its 3rd edition, Café...
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How to bring peace to the Middle East? Duh...How...
Somewhere in the West Bank….the small Jewish community of Beit Arieh inaugurated its new soccer field on Sunday and it celebrated by inviting their Palestinian neighbors and residents of the neighboring village Al-Laban for a friendly football (or soccer for those in the U.S.) match in celebration of the new field.
The game was the latest in a series of cooperative activities that have...
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Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection...
Israel’s Ministry of Environment Protection (similar to the U.S.’ Environmental Protection Agency) has launched a free online game and iphone app called Thinking Green, aimed at promoting eco-conscious consumerism. The game is available in English, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian. So no excuses not to download and start making better decisions about what you’re consuming!
I actually...
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Israel-Arab swimmer to represent Israel in EU...
Jowan Qupty, an Israeli Arab swimmer, will represent Israel in the EU swimming championship. Jowan Qupty holds the top place amongst Israelis in the 100m breaststroke.
Qupty was born and raised in his hometown of Jerusalem, where he swam with other future Israeli Olympians such as Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or. Qupty first fell in love with swimming at the Jerusalem YMCA, where his team was a mixture...
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New Google study finds: Israeli-Arabs blog more...
A new study funded by Google Israel and carried out by academics at the School of Media Studies at the College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) in Rishon Lezion, the study entitled ‘Israel in the Digital Age 2012,’ questioned more than 1200 respondents ranging in age from 12 upwards and from all different sectors of the population.
The study found that Israeli-Arabs blog more than any...
Guide to the Israeli Electoral System. How it...
Speculation has it that Israel is just about to begin it’s electoral process. FYI: it’s a parliamentary system, meaning when the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) dissolves it session, elections will be held to elect a new government and lawmakers.
Guide to the Israeli Electoral System
Democratic processes kicking in for anticipated elections
Jewish and Arab voters will cast...
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Indian Cultural Festival taking place in Israel...
Photo: Rajasthan Josh
The Celebrating India in Israel Festival is continuting this year for all of those who love Indian culture. The festival consists of musical performances, film (Bollywood), yoga, literature, and of course, yummy Indian food. For more information, see the link above.
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Fundraiser event for Israel's Arab-Jewish Youth...
Ahinoam Nini/Photo: Ronen Ackerman
Ahinoam Nini will be the guest of honor at a festive evening celebrating the Arab-Jewish Youth Orchestra on May 17, 2012 at the Holon Theatre.
The Arab-Jewish Youth Orchestra is composed of talented young musicians, aged 16 – 26, from all over Israel. Celebrating a decade of...
April 2012
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Israeli Arab to form new pro-Israel party.
Founder of new political party says other Arab parties serve only ideology and not the real interests of the 1.5 million Israeli-Arabs.
With over 22% of Israel’s population identifying themselves as Israeli-Arab, and as their birthrate, economic prosperity, and varying interests are increasing, the need for new parliamentary representation are forming in the Israeli political sphere. The...
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Gay Palestinians travel each month from West Bank...
Photo from outside of the event (courtesy of Michal Shmulovich)
Inside the Secret Life of Gay Palestinians hiding in Tel Aviv.
“Now hundreds show up each month. People travel from all over: Ramallah, East Jerusalem, small Arab villages in northern Israel, Yafo, everywhere”
Interesting to see how Gay Palestinians (both outside Israel and within) travel each month to Tel Aviv under...
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Today is Holocaust Rememberance Day. Do one kind...
I still can’t get over the fact that millions died due to egomaniacs & a hate so strong that it rationalized the systematic killing of innocent people (Jews & non-Jews alike). In honor of this day, please do at least one kind deed to help one person, that you don’t know or maybe wouldn’t ordinarily help. And if you do, please comment and let me know about it.
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Check out the highlights from Tel Aviv's art...
To celebrate the completion of three major cultural projects, which include a new building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art - an impressive concrete and glass structure, designed by Preston Scott Cohen, which opened last November - a new wing at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and the newly renovated Habima National Theatre, the city of Tel Aviv has declared 2012 ‘art year’. To...
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Israel military officer who spied for Hezbollah...
A Bedouin Israel Defense Forces lieutenant colonel, Omar al-Hayeb, convicted of espionage and drug trafficking was released after serving less than 10 years of his 15 year prison sentence. If this would have been the other way around…if Hezbollah were to have found an Israeli spy, he would have been killed immediately. Just like the other terrorist organization Hamas did last week for...
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UN-commissioned report finds Israel ranked as 14th...
Things aren’t as bad as it seems [in the media]. As someone who has been living here for a year, it’s difficult to swallow the realities from the myths. If I was to believe everything I read in the media (or blogs for the matter) were true, the reality would be extremely glib. While the reality still stands: rockets attacks, constant threat of terrorism, innocent people forced to...
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Israel’s Arabs, living a paradox
Keep in the theme of understanding the Israeli-Arab population in Israel. Here’s an op-ed by Daniel Pipes on his latest visit to Israel. Published in the Washington Times.
Can Arabs, who make up one-fifth of Israel’s population, be loyal citizens of the Jewish state? With this question in mind, I recently visited several Arab-inhabited regions of Israel (Jaffa, Baqa al-Gharbiya, Umm...
March 2012
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Why Arabs & Muslims keep trying to move to Israel,...
The media wants us to perceive Israel as a country full of war, injustice and fear. The reality on the ground in Israel is that life for the most part is good, the country is growing in all areas, and the diversity of its people help make it the successful country it has become. This article I thought highlighted that misperception, if Israel is so horrible, why do so many people want to come...
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Elvis themed tour for your next Israel trip?
Found this on the web….so it must be true….
Photograph by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Fans of Elvis and fans of Israel have finally come to an intersection.
Israel Theme Tours starts selling tickets for the Elvis Presley Holy Land Tour—a $3,995 trip to Israel for 100 people—starting March 28. The group will be accompanied by three gospel-music artists who worked with the...
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Israeli-Arab columnist, novelist, and TV writer...
A Conversation with Israeli-Arab Writer Sayed Kashua
The award-winning novelist, columnist, and TV writer discusses his latest novel “Second Person Singular” and other topics of Israeli society and culture
Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Dodd Hall Auditorium, Room 147 UCLA Campus
Co-sponsored by Writers Bloc
Sayed Kashua is an Israeli-Arab author, journalist, and TV...
Read about Galil Jewish-Arab school, a bilingual...
What is the Galil Jewish-Arab School?
Galilee Jewish-Arab school, sponsored by the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish Arab Education, is a bilingual multicultural school in Israel, where students come from Jewish and Arab families.The school aims to build a generation with respect and empathy for each other.
Hand in Hand Center for Jewish Arab Education is a not-for-profit organization dedicated...
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Israel Government to invest 5 billion in...
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office director-general Harel Locker on Tuesday announced that the government will invest NIS 5 billion for the advancement of the Israeli-Arab sector. The funds will be primarily earmarked towards improving education, transportation and employment, he said in an interview on Israel Radio. According to Locker, the purpose of the funding is to increase the...
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Local Israeli-Arabs & Israeli-Jews playing hockey...
A member of the Canadian-sponsored Arab-Jewish ice hockey team during practice in Metulla, Israel. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
METULLA, Israel (AP) — An Arab-Jewish hockey team has become an unlikely icebreaker in this remote corner of northern Israel, overcoming barriers of language, culture and conflict.
In the arid Middle East, hockey is virtually unheard of, and relations...
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And now to happy news...Israel surpasses US,...
Israel collected about 77% of all beverage containers in 2011, exceed the government’s target of 73%
Israelis recycled 50 percent of the country’s plastic bottles in 2011, overtaking Europe and the United States, with figures of 48% and 29%, respectively, the ELA recycling company reported.In total, Israel collected about 77% of all beverage containers – plastic and glass – requiring...
