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President Peres on the role of sport in making peace:
"Sport really is a sort of entrée to peace. We play games of Palestinian and Israeli youngsters; it has a deep educational impact and meaning."
President Peres on recent instances anti-Semitism in football:
"It's not only against everything we all stand for but it's against the very concept of sport."
The President of the State of Israel, President Shimon Peres, hosted the President of UEFA, Michel Platini at his residence this morning. Mr. Platini is visiting Israel with senior figures from UEFA, for the draw for the UEFA Under 21's Football Championship that will take place in Israel this June.
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"A story in installments"
will take place tomorrow
The exhibition was held in the last month in Dan Gallery in honor of Yosl Bergner’s 92nd birthday
consisting of works that were painted in the last year
For details and registration go to www.Artbid.co.il
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- Written by Israel tourist & travel Agents Association
"A successful tourism year has been cut off before our eyes due to the continuing security emergency. Based on experience, the situation will worsen further before returning back to normal."
This is a quotation from an urgent letter sent by Chairman of ITTAA Mr. Kobi Karni, to the attention of Israeli Minister of Tourism and Minister of Transport.
Thousands of cancellations of inbound tourism from around the world directly affect domestic tourism in Israel, driving it to the verge of paralysis. Massive cancellations also have significant effect on all tourism business in the country, including the Israeli airlines, which are struggling for existence as it is, and are now driven closer to critical threshold.
The situation of an existential threat to Israeli aviation stands in sharp contrast to the national interest of the State of Israel, Karni emphasized. Considering a possible scenario when foreign airlines will suspend flights to Israel due to security situation, a stable Israeli Airline industry is Israel's only guarantee to keep aviation connection between Israel and the rest of the world.
Facing impending danger, an immediate action is required. An action aimed at creating a safety net to ensure stability and continued operation of the Israeli airlines and ensuring the independence of the Israeli Airline Industry.
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- Written by Gal-On gallery
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- Written by Silvia Golan
Red painted walls in the Brueghel showroom at the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv are now are empty, they resemble the scene of a daring art theft.
The Museum of Art Tel Aviv, concerned about the rocket attacks on the city, has moved nearly 200 pieces to a room the size of an auditorium that is secure against bursts of rockets. Among the moved pieces there are around 100 paintings by family members of the Flemish Renaissance maestro Pieter Brueghel Senior.
"Even if there is a small possibility of damage, we are not playing games. We do not take chances, "said Doron Lurie, chief curator and museum conservationist about the art pieces.” We safeguard them as we would our own children."
Another Israeli art museum followed the example, to save its most important pieces of art in fortified vaults underground to protect them from the current escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas.
In the southern city of Ashdod, which has frequent rocket attacks due to its proximity to Gaza, Yuval Biton, curator of the Museum of Art Monart Center, removed 15 works of important contemporary artist Tzili Geva. The pieces are stacked in a four-story underground vault designed to withstand rocket and bio-weapon attacks.
