(Note: I fixed the post title. The strike has been going on for 3 months, and not for merely 5 weeks, as I incorrectly wrote before.)
Ministry of Welfare isn’t funding enough social workers relative to the population’s needs. In the southern Negev desert, for example, one young woman, fresh out of university, is treating 1,000 [...]
Pressure is mounting on PM Olmert and his Ministers to make a decision regarding the captive soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser. After long two years, a swap deal with Hezbollah has finally been drafted, and the only thing that’s required for its immediate execution is the government’s approval. Ehud’s wife, Karnit Goldwasser, made a [...]
Two weeks ago I wrote about the possibility of Leonard Cohen including Israel in his summer tour. However, the Israeli producer Avraham Marsel got cold feet and canceled the show, in fear he might lose money in the end. He claims that he could not find major commercial sponsors for the show (such as the [...]
Yesterday the Chords Bridge was inaugurated in Jerusalem in a massive celebration that cost 2 million shekels.
Many people think the new bridge doesn’t fit the local atmosphere and is actually an attempt to try and make Jerusalem seem more European. The local Haredi (ultra-orthodox) population had threatened to boycott the event when it was [...]
Yesterday French president Nicolas Sarkozy was unexpectedly rushed into his airplane during the farewell ceremony, hosted for him by Israeli president Shimon Peres.
It was Mr. Sarkozy’s first visit to Israel, and he was accompanied by his beautiful third wife Carla Bruni
The reason for yesterday’s incident had been a soldier that apparently committed suicide, not [...]
George Carlin dies this week very unexpectedly. The man that had such great hits like seven words you can’t say on TV and countless comedy shows that personally were some of the best I have heard is gone.
A little religious tribute seems fitting considering the context of the clip and the fact that if [...]
Tomorrow, unless something truly extraordinary happens, the Knesset will vote to disperse itself, setting the scene for November 2008 elections in Israel. As we all know, the American public is scheduled to go to the polls in November 4th, but unlike their Mid-Eastern counterparts, they’ll be doing it willingly.
It’s been said time and time again [...]
Tomorrow, Tuesday the 24th, will be 730 days Gilad Shalit is being held captive by the Hamas. If you do the quick math, that’s 2 years!
Because the government has failed to release Gilad in the past two years, a large demonstration is scheduled to take place tomorrow in front of PM Olmert’s residence in Jerusalem, [...]
Assi Dayan is a renowned Israeli actor, writer, and director. In recent years he is most associated with the character of Reuven Dagan, the therapist in the midst of the hit drama “Be’Tipul” — which has been adapted to the American audiences by HBO, titled “In Treatment”. Assi Dayan is a long-time drug addict and [...]
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