Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
North Americans can now buy Israeli stock without investing overseas. Chicago-based Northern Trust Corp. is introducing the NETS TA-25 Index Fund, which tracks the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's index of 25 companies with the highest market capitalization. The fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TAV. ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
A well-produced Israel@60 video from the team at ISRAEL21c has been viewed more than 27,000 times, making it the fourth most-watched non-profit group video on all of YouTube during the first half of May. Titled "The Faces and Places of Israel in the 21st Century," the soundtrack is "New Soul," sung by ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Here's a nice story from the New York Times about a joint Israeli-Palestinian high-tech effort to launch a service that gives users a free, Web-based virtual computer that lets them access their desktop and files from any computer with an Internet connection. Read the whole story here.
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Here's a blast from the past - Mike Wallace interviewing Abba Eban on April 4, 1958. In this historic video, as Israel celebrates its tenth anniversary, Abba Eban, Israel's ambassador to the United States, talks to Wallace about Arab nations, the Arab refugee problem, Egypt's President Nasser, Jews in ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
A new study on "Coexistence in Israel" by the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership finds strong support for coexistence among a majority of Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.
73% of Jews and 94% of Arabs want Israel to be a society in which Arab and Jewish citizens have mutual ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Here's a cool PDF for you to download - an 8. 5 x 11 poster filled with all the amazing things Israel has developed in science and technology, along some of its progressive societal norms, like universal health care. Click here to download and be sure to share this with ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The GLORIA (Global Research in International Affairs) Center has released a new report, "UNRWA: Refuge of Rejectionism?" The report, by Barry Rubin, Asaf Romirowsky, and Jonathan Spyer, details how this UN agency, nominally a humanitarian effort to help Palestinian refugees, has in fact become a major barrier to resolving the ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The Globe and Mail opines on Israel@60 today, in "A call to courage" (subscription required.) Taking as a theme the brave actions of Yossi Harel, who captained the immgrant ship Exodus 1947, the Globe extorts Israelis to use the "courage of Yossi Harel and his generation" as a guide to ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Happy Birthday Israel! To celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary, the board and staff of the Canada-Israel Committee invite you to watch an inspiring video:
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Today's editorial, however, lauds the strides Israel has made in its 60 years but warns: "Sheer demography dictates that Israel's 5.5 million Jews find a way to live in harmony with 1.5 million Arab citizens, and with the 3.7 million Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza, not to mention ...
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