Israel Active

Ooo – another rare, positive article about Israel in the New York Times.

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli will play a sly seductress in a new movie called “Kidon” about the 2010 assassination of a Hamas terrorist in Dubai. Rafaeli told reporters, “I would love to be in the Mossad and maybe I am. Who knows? I think that being a famous model is the best cover.”

I know some of you love the Israeli youtube film clips I post. The first was produced by a non-Israeli company to advertise a film channel. The second is an Israeli response. Enjoy!

Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich won their 15th career title together and their first in 2012 with a 4-6, 6-2, 10-6 win over Martin Emmrich and Andreas Siljestrom in the final of the Serbia Open tennis tournament in Belgrade on Sunday.

According to his message in the guest book of Jerusalem’s King David Hotel, Bono likes Israel’s capital city. And he left a thoughtful poem to share his hopes for future peace.

Organizers of a rowing competition for the disabled in Italy forgot to bring the CD with the national anthem, "Hatikvah," to the awards ceremony. Israel’s Moran Samuel won the competition and then took the microphone and sang the national anthem to great applause.

The Star of David was on show during the London Marathon. Three athletes were running to raise money for Magen David Adom and one even carried the Israel flag.

Water was the theme of the Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebrations at Mount Herzl. And the subsequent spectacular Israeli TV show transformed popular water-themed songs into a cascading extravaganza of music and dance.

Israel's Arik Ze'evi made history by winning his 4th gold at the European Judo championship in the under 100kg category. At 35, he is also the oldest ever champion. The Israeli team won another three medals at the European championships, held this year in Russia. Arik now goes on to compete at the 2012 London Olympics.

Israeli sharpshooter Sergey Richter won the silver medal in the 2012 Shooting World Cup held in London. Richter won 701.1 points and was a mere half a point from winning the gold. The win also represents a personal record for the 23-year-old from Raanana.