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Re: The election in Israel

First there was "Obama Girl."  Now there is "Livni Boy"!  Enjoy and many thanks to Dima for giving me the heads up on his website to this video.

Re: The election in Israel

Up until just a few days ago, it seemed assured that Bibi Netanyahu was going to take his party to premiership but the gap has closed and Kadima, headed up by Tzipi Livni, is now neck and neck.  Yesterday, I was sitting in a cafe in Tel Aviv when Livni and an entire parade of pro-Livni cars following behind her, made her way along Ivn Givrol to go give a political stump speech.  As the cars passed, nearly the entire cafe, patrons and wait-staff alike, erupted in whistles and claps and calls of "Yes! Livni!"  Following that was a lively discussion where it became clear that it was not so much that anyone particularly liked Livni so much as hated the alternatives.  There was the young gay waiter who would ordinarily, he said, vote Meretz, but was voting Livni to stop Bibi.  There was a tableful of young women who said that Barak and Bibi had already shown they know how to screw up as Prime Minister, and it is only fair that Livni should be given her chance to screw up too.  An elderly couple said they supported her because she was clean and not corrupt. 

Re: The election in Israel

Hamas is trying to influence the outcome of thisweek's election by continuing to fire rockets into southern Israel,Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki said Monday.

Malki added that Hamas does not want to see apro-peace government elected in Israel during Tuesday's parliamentaryvote, as it would pursue a political deal with the PalestinianAuthority.
Speaking to reporters in Warsaw Monday, Malki said that thePalestinian Authority is "very much worried" that such attacks might"really push Israeli public opinion and the voters to vote for ananti-peace government."

The election in Israel

Thought I'd start a thread about the impending Israeli election to share thoughts, news and views on the political circus.

Heart to heart

We need more collaborative projects like this to better lives and s:
The Heart to Heart program

GNBlog survey update

Hi guys and gals,
Preliminary results for the survey so far are very exciting and there are some surprises (ok, I was surprised!) in the findings.  As soon as I get another 15 responses filled out --we need that many more to be able to conclude that we have significant results --I will do the full analysis and report to everyone on the results.  So if you haven't filled it out yet, please take a couple of minutes (it only takes about 3 minutes!) and fill it out now.
Yaeli

Here's an idea for a project, a Good Neighbors recipe book proceeds to go to...

I was thinking that if we get enough great recipes to actually put together a real cookbook we could produce a Good Neighbors Mideast Feast cookbook (or whatever title, I'm not so good with title marketing, heh) and market it on the site and maybe other places and all the proceeds we get from it could go to one or more charities or cooperative initiatives that we all decide on.  What do you guys think about this idea?

Thud. Conflict has cost Middle East $12 trillion

That's right folks, we could all be a whole lot richer a study has found --the region's residents could have been twice as rich had peace taken off after 1991 Madrid talks.  The report looks at conflict in the entire region from Iran to Egypt, including between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the war in Iraq, tension between Iran and Israel and al-Qaeda's activities in the Middle East. It also includes rivalry between the Palestinian organizations Hamas and Fatah.

One conclusion is that individuals in most countries are half as rich as they would have been if peace had taken off in 1991. My income next year, for instance, would be $44,241 with peace against a current $23,304.  Waaaaaaaaa.
Peace NOW, my bank account demands it :)

Breakfast salad

For those who've never been to the Middle East, yes we eat salad for breakfast!  This salad is good for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Basic recipe
2 tomatoes very finely chopped
1 cucumber very finely chopped into baby cubes
1/2 onion chopped finely
1 garlic clove finely chopped
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Delicious additions to mix and match and liven things up:
1 cup corn
parsley
1/2 cup green peas
zatar
3 baby radishes chopped finely