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Tag Archives: Tel Aviv

South America is Here

17-Nov-08

A car exploded this morning near a bus station in a busy Tel Aviv street. The driver was killed and two bystanders were lightly injured. The name of the assassinated driver isn’t revealed yet, but we know he’s a major mafioso.
14:45
The assassinated driver is Yaakov Alperon, head of the most prominent crime family in Israel.

Meet the Candidates: Peer Visner

10-Nov-08

I’ve already introduced the two major candidates in Tel Aviv: Ron Huldai (the flag bearer of Capitalism) and Dov Khenin (the flag bearer of Socialism). However, there are 3 other candidates; one of them is Pe’er Visner, who had also made his bid for the mayor office last time around.

Here’s the transcript of the video [...]

Meet The Candidates: Ron Huldai

09-Nov-08

Raviv Druker and Offer Shelach interviewed Ron Huldai, mayor of Tel Aviv, who’s running now for a third tenure in office. The interview took place more than half a year ago, but is no less relevant today.
Before the actual interview, Raviv Druker mentions that Huldai is very shy of the media — an assertion Huldai [...]

Meet the Candidates: Dov Khenin

07-Nov-08

Municipal elections are taking place all over Israel this coming Tuesday, November 11th. The race in Tel Aviv is drawing extra attention this year, not only because Tel Aviv is the country’s economic and cultural capital, but also because of the interesting candidates.
This is Dov Khenin, one of the candidates for the Mayor position, speaking:

In one word: Transportation

02-Nov-08

In my opinion, there is one issue which dominates the municipal elections in Tel Aviv. That issue is transportation.
Tel Aviv is a city with not enough parking space on the one hand, and too much smog and pollution on the other hand. Car owners have to deal with endless parking tickets, as well as daily [...]

Fanvids for the Municipal Elections

16-Oct-08

The Israeli municipal elections are taking place November 11. The race in Tel Aviv particularly is gathering much attention this year.
City for All is one party that is receiving a lot of publicity from supporting residents, whom you can see walk the streets wearing the party t-shirts. The blogosphere is also very abuzz with support [...]

Jewish Civil War ?

25-Sep-08

A pipe bomb exploded this morning on the front door of Prof. Ze’ev Sternhell, wounding the professor’s leg. The bomb had been attached to the doorknob and was activated when Ze’ev opened the door.

Prof. Sternhell is a left-wing commentator and winner of the 2008 Israel Prize in political science. Fliers found in the vicinity of [...]

Pillow Fight in Tel Aviv

18-Sep-08

A huge pillow fight will take place in Rabin Square this evening (Thursday, Sep. 18) at exactly 8:02 PM.
It’s gonna be fluffy.

Mega Twister

04-Sep-08

While the hurricane season is running rampage at the Atlantic Ocean, a different sort of hurricane is set to hit the Tel Aviv coastline this Friday.
A dedicated group of people (dedicated to having fun, that is) is planning to host a public game of Twister on Bug’ra’shov beach tomorrow evening. They promise to bring a [...]

Turning Demolition into Art

31-Aug-08

This morning the building standing in Moshe Hess street No. 8 is set to be demolished. It is an old apartment building in the center of Tel Aviv, and several of its residents have been living there for 20-30 years.
Yesterday, for one evening only, the residents along with a group of artists turned the soon-to-be-demolished [...]