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israelplug reaches digg home page
Posted on August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday afternoon Israel time israelplug.com reached digg’s home page (check out the article in question here). While I watched our servers crumble around us as a result of the onslaught of traffic, I wept with joy and admired the growing number of diggs… Read more»
Power Line brings us the “outside story” about Israel
Posted on August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In a post titled “Israel: The Outside Story,” Scott Johnson from Power Line compares images of Israel with the reality. Read more»
Sudan refugees and Macedonia turn to Israel, despite dismal results in Global Peace Index
Posted on August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
A growing number of Sudanese refugees are fleeing Egypt for Israel, Egypt’s Al-Ahram has reported. In addition, the Macedonian government has appealed to Israel for assistance in its struggle to extinguish the massive forest fires plaguing the country. Israel immediately responded in the affirmative, making it one of the first countries to send emergency assistance to Macedonia. Last night a special team set out to supply Macedonia with protection kits for firefighting and rescue personnel, breathing kits and high-temperature firefighting suits. Read more»
Holocaust survivors make waves
Posted on August 5, 2007 | 1 Comment
Approximately 240, 000 Holocaust survivors live in Israel today. Many lack money for medicine, psychological support and in some cases, food. Many people and organizations joined forces to plan a protest to demand more support for the Holocaust survivors living in Israel, so many of them in poverty. Read more»
Is army service not in style?
Posted on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment
With the latest numbers out of Israelis serving in the army, or more importantly, the percentage of Israelis not serving, there is much debate as to the severity of the situation. Read more»
People protest Israeli Holocaust survivors living in poverty
Posted on August 2, 2007 | 1 Comment
A friend of mine who is a Holocaust survivor says she feels like Job of the Bible. She has endured great suffering throughout her life (including after her “liberation”) and now she is thankful that she is at least financially secure.
But what about those Holocaust survivors living under the poverty line? Namely the estimated 120,000 such people in Israel? I cannot help but feel that a Holocaust survivor deserves special treatment. And so to hear that so many of them are barely surviving financially, especially in the Jewish state, seems greatly unjust. Read more»
200 North Americans immigrate to Israel
Posted on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nefesh B’Nefesh‘s second chartered flight of the summer brought 200 new immigrants to Israel from the United States and Canada.
Nefesh B’Nefesh is an organization that assists North American and British Jews in fulfilling their dream of moving to Israel. This summer, a total of 2,200 people are expected to make the move on an El Al chartered flight organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh.
“200 olim arrive in Israel Tuesday”. ynetnews. July 31, 2007.
Israel supports Sri Lanka
Posted on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Over the past few years, Israel has been providing assistance to Sri Lanka in the areas of public health and agriculture.
Following the tsunami of December 26, 2004, Israeli medical health teams provided aid to the Sri Lankans. In the years since, Israel has established a few health facilities on the island and donated six intensive care ambulances. The State of Israel also recently organized and financed a delegation of 20 medical professionals who gave a course on emergency medicine and trauma care.
In the field of agriculture, the State of Israel organizes and finances courses in irrigation and other topics. Hundreds of Sri Lankans have already participated in these programs over the last few years both in Sri Lanka and in Israel.
There are also many bilateral agreements being developed and signed by the two countries. In the last four years Israel and Sri Lanka have signed bilateral agreements in economics, commerce and civil aviation (allowing planes to travel between the two countries). Israel has proposed other agreements in education, science and research.
Business delegations from Sri Lanka to Israel are being sent with the goal of boosting trade relations. The main trade sectors between the two states are currently garments, jewelry, chemical items, agrotechnology and irrigation equipment. There is hope for expansion of areas of trade in the future.
600 new French immigrants land in Israel
Posted on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Two planes carrying 600 new immigrants from France arrived this morning. More than 3000 French Jews are expected to immigrate to Israel by the end of the year, making it a record year for French immigration to Israel.
Yael Branovsky, “‘In France I was worried. In Israel I feel safe.’” ynetnews, July 25, 2007.
Animal testing goes down – bunny logos set to leap… or sit… or squat…
Posted on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Have you ever noticed that Israeli supermarkets carry your oh-so-favorite brand of cereal, but on closer inspection, you realize something is a little off. Multi-Grain Cheerios is called simply ‘Multi Cheerios’, Cinammon Toast Crunch Israeli-fies into ‘Cini Minis’. Well, now it’s time to look for the quasi-recognizable bunny logo that indicates a company does not test on animals. It may be leaping or sitting, bigger or smaller than what you’ve seen in the US, but either way, it will be a sign of progress in the cosmetic and detergent industries in Israel. But the trick will be to figure out which bunnies are legit.Unlike the Coalition for Consumer Information in Cosmetics (CCIC), which operates in Canada, the U.S. and the European Union, there is no animal-testing authority in Israel that distributes a standard logo. Haaretz seems pretty skeptical “Can one trust the Israeli companies that stamp their products with their own bunnies? ” In 2009, the following 2 laws will be in place that will crack down on animal testing:
One, which prohibits animal testing in the development of detergents and cosmetics in Israel, was unanimously approved by the Knesset in second and third readings about three weeks ago. The other – a more radical one that seeks to forbid the import and distribution of animal-tested cosmetics – was unanimously approved by the Knesset’s Education Committee before its first reading in the plenum. Read more
Until then, make sure to take your camera and keep an album of the leaping, squatting, or carrot-eating bunny varieties.
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