This week from Israel

Green Pilgrimage in the Holy City

This week hundreds of people from all over the world, gathered in Jerusalem for the first international symposium on green and accessible pilgrimage.
The conference highlighted ideas such as sustainable urban and economic development, eco-tourism and equal sharing of the public domain, as the participants experienced things such as “eco-cinema” (a solar-powered movie broadcast on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City), panel discussions, environmentally-themed walking tours, and a joint session  held by a rabbi, a priest and an imam.

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Israel high-tech firms continue to lead the economy

The Israel Venture Capital (IVC) Research Center announced this week that in the first quarter of 2013, Israeli high-tech firms raised $474 million in venture capital, continuing to be key drivers of the economy, helping to spur growth of 3.2 percent in 2012, and expected to a similar growth in 2013.

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Alex Shatilov took home the gold

Alex Shatilov, an Israeli gymnast, who finished sixth in the same exercise at the London Olympics, and is considered one of Israel’s great medal hopes for Rio in 2016, won gold in the floor exercise of the European Championships in Moscow last week. Shatilov’s exercise was ranked 6.4 on the difficulty scale and he finished with 15.333 points, to tie Great Britain’s Max Whitlock for gold in the final. Shatilov previously won silver in 2010 and bronze twice − in 2009 and 2011 − at the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships.

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Roger Waters goes back and forth and back again

After calling musicians to boycott Israel (and succeeding at times,) until the Israeli government “ends the occupation of the Palestinian people,” and after being quoted saying he is rethinking that position, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters is claiming he was misinterpreted, and is still calling on musicians to boycott Israel.

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