Monthly Archives: January 2012

Powering Europe

Posted on January 29, 2012

Quantum Energy, in cooperation with Greece’s state-controlled power utility PPC, has offered to lay a 2000 megawatt sub-sea electric power cable linking Israel, Cyprus and Greece, to use natural gas to increase electricity production in Israel, and to export electricity … Continue reading →

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Record sale of Israel Bonds

Posted on January 29, 2012

Israel raised a record $225 million in bonds on Jan 22nd, the biggest overnight sale of its debt securities ever. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz thanked the audience at the Israel Bonds annual conference in Miami. He asked them to continue … Continue reading →

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Lapland to learn from Israel

Posted on January 29, 2012

Little is heard about the Lappi minority of Northern Norway who are asserting their rights to their own language and culture. A delegation of the Lappi minority living in northern Norway will arrive in Israel next month for a first-of-its-kind … Continue reading →

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Food for thought

Posted on January 29, 2012

Famous Israeli chef Shaul Ben Aderet embarked on a 24-hour visit to Istanbul in order to cook live on Turkish TV. Aderet said, “Good food created a bridge between cultures and reconciliation to overcome anger.” http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4177943,00.html

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Israeli meets Palestinian Arab he saved in 1967

Posted on January 29, 2012

Miriam Yassin, 60, a resident of the Palestinian Arab village of Anin, was only 15 when she was injured in the six-day war. Hezi Erez, now 75, was an IDF junior commander and dropped everything to take the girl to … Continue reading →

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In Israel, women can teach how to defend the State

Posted on January 29, 2012

Corporal Daniella Stepanoe is an IDF weapons instructor, and travels from base to base training everyone from paratroopers to elite Special Forces units in the use of their weapons. http://israelinsider.net/profiles/blogs/the-idf-celebrates-its-female-weapons-instructors-video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0hm-VBANxA&feature=player_embedded

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And KKL-JNF to teach Palestinian Arabs desert farming

Posted on January 29, 2012

KKL funded Arava Research and Development and Britain’s The Portland Trust are setting up a program, with the Ramallah and Gaza based firm Harvest Export, for Palestinian Arab agricultural students to learn from Israeli experts how to grow products in … Continue reading →

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Helping the environment for Palestinian Arabs

Posted on January 29, 2012

The Civil Administration, part of the IDF, is working with the Palestinian Authority to launch environmental projects and raises awareness in Judea and Samaria. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/152045

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Israeli Arabs had great job prospects before Intifada

Posted on January 29, 2012

Obvious really, but this latest report from the Bank of Israel really emphasises how the Palestinian Arab leadership failed its people by the violent outbreak in 2000. http://www.bankisrael.org.il/deptdata/mehkar/papers/abr/jpe1125e.htm

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Go Galilee

Posted on January 29, 2012

To coincide with the winter bird migration season, please read this lovely article describing the unique qualities of the Hula Valley and the rest of the Upper Galilee as a tourist destination. http://www.jpost.com/Travel/AroundIsrael/Article.aspx?id=255396

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