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Israel Conqures Space
Look up at the night sky. Though you cannot see it, amid the stars is a small satellite circling the earth every 90 minutes, peering down through clouds and darkness. Called Ofek 9.
Mideast Marshall plan
Israeli and Palestinian leaders are trying to negotiate a peace deal. They use threat tactics – “stop building in the settlements or I will break off talks” (Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas), or “accept Israel as a Jewish state, or else” (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu).
Whom do we work for?
“Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!” That’s how American comedian Jimmy Durante (The Shnozzola) signed off his radio and TV programs for many years. He never explained why.
Three Good Things
“There are three good things that happened today!” This is how Anat Dolev, bubbly Voice of Israel broadcaster, opens her weekday afternoon program on Reshet Bet, “At Three with Anat Dolev.”
Light Bulb Unto the Nations
A recent BBC World Service poll completed in February reveals a painful fact- Israel is regarded by much of the world as illegitimate, a pariah, a social reject.
Housing Bubble? Babel? Or Babble?
Is Israel in the throes of a risky housing bubble- inflated prices that rapidly collapse? Will cheap mortgages and overly expensive apartments replicate America’s bubble and ensuing financial crash?
