Monday, September 29, 2008

Israel Update 9/29/08

QUICK READING LIST
- Being a French journalist means never having to say you're sorry, Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Weekly Standard, 7/7/08: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/284xawsb.asp
- Israeli company to build sea wave power plants in China, Israel21c.com, 7/10/08: http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El2189&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Technology
- See also: http://mashav.mfa.gov.il/
- Angola Children Travel to Israel on Medical Treatment, Angola Press Agency, 7/21/08: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200807210154.html
- See also: http://www.saveachildsheart.com/home1.html
- Refugees From Whom?, Melanie Phillips, Spectator (UK), 8/4/08: http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/875566/refugees-from-whom.thtml
- Cotler: 'Peace Partners' Promote Hate, Joel Goldenberg, The Suburban (CA), 8/20/08: http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=75989305914795834871465141243&ctid=1000029&cnid=1016185

REMEMBERING 9/11
A few weeks late, but still pertinent:
- Read Finding the Next Danny: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1018440.html
- And remember who celebrated on that tragic day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV_eN4YEEI0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMOZvbYJMvU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrM0dAFsZ8k

NEWS:
- Israel to launch website in Hindi and Urdu: http://www.freshnews.in/israel-to-launch-website-in-hindi-and-urdu-36984
- US Airways adds Tel Aviv; more routes to come: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/breaking/US_Airways_to_add_new_international_route.html
- 17 Georgians wounded in Caucasus war to be treated in Israel: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3591396,00.html
- Tzipi Livni Wins Party Vote in Israel: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091702365.html
- McCartney makes his mark in Israel: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/first-night-sir-paul-mccartney-hayarkon-park-tel-aviv-942942.html

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "JEWS CANNOT BE TRUSTED"
Palestinian imam Yousif al-Zahar, a member of Hamas: "Jews are a people who cannot be trusted. They have been traitors to all agreements — go back to history. Their fate is their vanishing. Look what they are doing to us." Al-Zahar referred to Jews as "the brothers of apes and pigs," while the Hamas television station, Al Aksa, praises suicide bombing and holy war until Palestine is free of Jewish control.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/world/middleeast/01hamas.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

PETITION: PROTEST AHMADINEJAD'S STATEMENTS
Please read and consider signing the following petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, sponsored by StandWithUs, expressing outrage at Iranian President Ahmadinejad's repeated threats toward Israel: http://www.standwithus.com/petition/

CHARITY: SDEROT CAMPUS CONNECTIONS
Please consider donating to Sderot Campus Connections, a project of Connections Israel. Situated in the heart of four neighborhoods, Sderot Campus Connections will serve as a meeting place for Jews from around the world while providing a safe community space in which to pray, celebrate and just live life: http://connectionsisrael.com/get-involved/sderot-campus-connections-build-it-with-us

WEBSITE: ROAD 90
Check out this website, Road 90, featuring interesting videos about everything Israel: http://www.road90.com/