The inspiration and driving force behind \”Co-Existense\” is the energetic and visionary, Freddie Kravine, 80, who serves as president of the Israel Tennis Federation and is one of the original 1976 founders of the Tennis Center.
Rosy government forecasts have been backed by a series of recent reports issued by leading financial analysts, who see Israel\’s economy pulling out of the slowdown that has pushed unemployment up to nearly 9 percent since 1997.
\”It was a great week for the Hillary-bashers,\” said one senior campaign adviser. \”But the election is still a year away. This was a lesson. Hopefully she\’ll learn it.\” But maybe she won\’t.
\”We have just completed a very good meeting. I feel we have revitalized the peace process,\” Clinton said after Tuesday\’s meeting, which took place amid commemorations in the Norwegian capital of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Ehud Barak has never been celebrated for his modesty. Presenting his government to the Knesset on July 6, the new prime minister declared: \”I believe that this day will be chronicled as a milestone and a turning point –a time of reconciliation, unity and peace.\”
With Congress and the White House battling over the budget, Israel\’s nearly $3 billion in annual aid as well as funds to help Israel and the Palestinians implement last year\’s Wye River accord have been caught in the political wrangling.
The Israeli prime minister crams in meetings, a pressconference and a gala dinner before shuttling off to London.
Having recently become excited about her Jewish heritage, Michelle Block wants to start off the new millennium with a trip to Israel.
Will 5759 be remembered as a year of radical change in the course and direction of Israel\’s history, or merely as a year when the government changed hands after an election and life went on much as it did before?
To Israel Radio\’s ear, the Reform and Conservative message \”There\’s more than one way to be Jewish\” may be too \”ideologically controversial.\”
