Israel Update 4/7/11

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Israeli Music Video of the Week!

Subliminal’s “Biladi”! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26CeXRrfNdU
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Israel Program of the Week!

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This week’s fun Israel fact:

Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship – and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 – in the world.

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POLITICS:
JPost: “US lawyers to file civil suit against Goldstone”
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=215466

Arutz7: “Qaddafi in a Letter to Obama: End NATO Mission in Libya”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143402

Haaretz: “‘Some West Bank settlers would be willing to evacuate for right
price”
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/some-west-bank-settlers-would-be-willi
ng-to-evacuate-for-right-price-1.354510

YNet: “Poll: 32% of Palestinians support Itamar attack”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4053251,00.html
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OPINION:
YNet: “Israel’s next war”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4053319,00.html

Haaretz: “Let the aid flotillas sail to Gaza”
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/let-the-aid-flotillas-sail-to-gaza-
1.354356

JPost: “Sometimes, there’s no one to blame”
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=215462

Arutz7: “Peres’ Embrace of J Street”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10125
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JEWISH WORLD:
Arutz7: “Tsunami or Not, Chabad Arranges for Seder in Japan”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143388

Haaretz: “Jewish leftists disrupt Kadima MK speech at U.S. University”
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/jewish-leftists-disrupt-kadima-mk-
speech-at-u-s-university-1.354195

YNet: “German Jewish culture hits web”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4043762,00.html

JPost: “Rabbis endorse ‘educational’ initiative on Pessah sacrifice”
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=215479
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ENTERTAINMENT:
JPost: “Oscar-winner Harwood proud to be in Israel”
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=214481

Haaretz: “‘Mideast can’t bear bridge-building figures like Juliano Mer-Khamis’”
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/mideast-can-t-bear-bridge-building-figures-like-j
uliano-mer-khamis-1.354184

YNet: “Houellebecq: I never denied being pro-Israel”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4051309,00.html
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SPORTS:
YNet: “Benayoun back as Israel beats Georgia”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4049597,00.html

Haaretz: “Euroleague / Final gets changed for Maccabi Tel Aviv”
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/euroleague-final-gets-changed-for-ma
ccabi-tel-aviv-1.354526

JPost: “Casspi continues to voice frustration from bench”
http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=215491
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IRAN:
Haaretz: “Iran cleric urges protesters to resist Bahrain government crackdowns”
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/iran-cleric-urges-protesters-to-resist
-bahrain-government-crackdowns-1.354461

JPost: “Iran: US fomenting Mideast unrest to save Israel”
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=215149
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CULTURE:
JPost: “‘Do Touch’: World’s first deaf-blind acting group in Jaffa”
http://www.jpost.com/LifeStyle/Article.aspx?id=215230

I saw them once, they were awesome.

Arutz7: “Video: Arts and Culture Day for Religious Education Students”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143318

Haaretz: “Dances with sculptures”
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/dances-with-sculptures-1.354337

YNet: “Israeli Jews, Arabs sing about unity”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4045479,00.html
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FOOD:
Haaretz: “The power of papaya”
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/food-wine/the-power-of-papaya-1.354525

JPost: “Do you know the muffin man?”
http://www.jpost.com/FoodIndex/Article.aspx?id=214562
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SCIENCE:
JPost: “‘Civlian nuclear energy neither solution nor disaster”
http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=215483

YNet: “Watch: Elite unit preparatory course”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4051995,00.html

Arutz7: “An Israeli Invention: Online Video with 360 Degree Capabilities”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143323
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BUSINESS:
Arutz7: “Egged Beats Euro Rivals For Amsterdam Service”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143398

JPost: “Tel Aviv ranks 34th in annual global cities index”
http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=215378

Haaretz: “Minister forgave IEC half-billion Shekels in fines”
http://english.themarker.com/minister-forgave-iec-half-billion-shekels-in-fines-
1.354530
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