A Holy visit
Pope Francis landed in Israel this Sunday, as part of his first visit to the Middle East. After visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem, he invited the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to come to the Vatican to pray for peace. Both Abbas and Peres accepted the invitation, with the hope to repair the damages of the most recent round of “peace talks.”
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Breaking tourism records. Again.
A record-breaking 385,000 visitor entries were recorded in Israel in April 2014, 9% more than April 2013, 5% more than April 2012 and 12% more than April 2011, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. This continues the rise in tourism seen since the beginning of 2014, when 229,000 visitors entered Israel in January.
Read more Trying to succeed where our leaders failed
With the collapse of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, hundreds of thousands of young people across the Middle East are talking reconciliation online. This, through a Facebook group with 500,000 followers from around the region, which has backing from celebrities including Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Sharon Stone.
The Knesset, in English
Israeli Knesset re-launched its English-speaking website this week. The website, in its new format, gives English-speaking audiences in Israel and abroad, as well as parliaments, academic institutions and Jewish communities overseas, access to a wide variety of news items and parliamentary material related to the Israeli legislature.
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Honoring Mr. Bloomberg
Here to receive this Genesis Prize is billionaire business mogul, philanthropist and former three-term New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. He will donate his$1 million “Genesis Prize” to reward the next generation of social entrepreneurs.
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Around the Middle East in 18 days
Pat Farmer, an Australian ultra-marathon runner completed a 1,500-kilometer (900-mile) “Middle East Peace Run,” which began on May 1, with a final stop in Jerusalem. The run also took him to Lebanon, Jordan and the West Bank.
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