Hugh Jackman in israel, in an Israeli Air force base .
(via eretzyisrael)
Source: manuben2
“From May 21 to 23rd, twenty-four Palestinian officials, mostly agricultural engineers, attended a three-day seminar on agricultural technologies, plant protection, and fertilisers in Netanya. The lectures were delivered by Israeli experts, professors and officials from the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture.”
“The Palestinian Contractors Union announced a boycott of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday for allowing Israeli firms to place bids on construction work regarding water desalination stations in Gaza.”
An interview with Israel’s most popular band, The Young Professionals. They talk about their music and identity.
“In February, Arava was granted the first-ever license for a solar project in the Bedouin community; it is being funded by the U.S. government.”
“An Israeli mountaineer abandoned his dream to reach the summit of Mount Everest just 300 meters from the peak in order to save an injured Turkish climber.”
“Ironically, those who would get harmed the most by the move are some 15,000 Palestinian workers who are employed in these factories and depend on them to make a living.”
“US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said this week his nation’s military is ready to execute ‘the military option’ on Iran’s nuclear program if need be. Makor Rishon reported that Shapiro, speaking at a meeting of the Israel Bar Association for Tel Aviv and the Central Region, said that not is an American military option available, but that made all necessary preparations to carry it out were complete.”
CNN iReport documents the new fad in Tel Aviv: silent raves.
“Over 12,000 soldiers are taking part in the war games, representing 19 countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Australia.”
No Israel.
“Battleship” director to Israeli journalist: “Join the IDF motherf—!” He exclaimed this during the interview after talking about the threat of Iran. He then found out the journalist dodged the draft.
I think I am going to watch the movie fifty times to support this guy.
News article in Arabic chronicling an Arab shopkeeper’s decision to sell only Arab Palestinian goods and the resulting loss of sales and reputation he suffered from Arab Palestinians! BDS fail!
“The unity deal which brought Kadima into Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition was criticized by the leftist parties in the Knesset and led to protests against MK Shaul Mofaz. Despite all this, however, a new poll shows that the move seems to have played in Netanyahu’s favor. Not only that, the poll also found that Netanyahu continues to be the leading candidate were elections to be held in the near future. The poll found that 43 percent of the Israeli public believes Netanyahu is best suited to serve as Prime Minister. Mofaz, Netanyahu’s newest coalition partner, came in last with only five percent of respondents thinking he would be suited to serve as Prime Minister.”
