Tel-Aviv

US Vice President speaks at Tel-Aviv University.

The elderly man sitting next to me during the screening of Ajami at a Washington; DC, movie theatre last week made it known that this would be his first Israeli film, and since he wasn't fluent in Hebrew he was wondering if any of the characters would be conversing in Yiddish, a language with which he was more familiar.

Sunny, only temporarily clouded - Tel-Aviv's weather at the year's start is also typical of the people's mood. The economy is healthy, booming - even the cautious guild of state and private finance experts smiles. The entourage of the by now forty-man deep Government exudes discreet optimism on the question of recharging the batteries of serious peace negotiations. Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Egypt's President Mubarak, who in the latest phase of Israeli thinking plays a leading part.

Sunny, only temporarily clouded - Tel-Aviv's weather at the year's start is also typical of the people's mood. The economy is healthy, booming - even the cautious guild of state and private finance experts smiles. The entourage of the by now forty-man deep Government exudes discreet optimism on the question of recharging the batteries of serious peace negotiations. Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Egypt's President Mubarak, who in the latest phase of Israeli thinking plays a leading part.

The right wing Israeli government is in bad shape right now. At least that's what a close look at the political arena reveals.

Druze and Circassian council heads slowly head for Tel-Aviv, demanding government eradicate debt and enable development of industry and public facilities

New Yorkers taking a spin through Central Park later this month will be surprised to find the iconic park pulsating to an Israeli beat. On June 21st, truckloads of sand from Tel Aviv will be poured across sections of the park, bringing the Tel-Aviv beach to Manhattan.
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