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Israel Defense Forces Commanders Build a Greener Future

The IDF announced today the implementation of its new plan, “IDF Protects the Environment”, to the sum of one billion NIS, in which it will mend past damages and prevent future harm to Israel’s natural landscapes.
The initial phase of the plan was marked by the opening of the IDF’s first “green base”, the newly-renovated Officer Instruction School (Bahad 1).

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1947 to 2010 Personal Experience of Journalist Eliezer Whartman in Israel

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Eliezer Whartman Hagana 1948

” My first glimpse of Jerusalem was in October 1947. I was a young student from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York coming to what I thought would be a one year period of study at the Hebrew University. Since then I have never looked back. After Jerusalem there is no where else to go.” Then I joined the Hagana.

Behind the News in Israel – A News Summary

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Ariel Ben Avraham – Love and the Chosen One to Lead – Parashat Vayeishev

Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Art by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum

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Re-Genesis va’YESHEV – Master of Dreams – Awe – Descent of Souls – Brothers – Sisters

By Phillip Ratner Parashat va’Yeshev (Gen. 37:1 – 40:23)

This is a regular feature on IsraelSeen by Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. An innovator, futurist, visionary and Bible scholar. I have the utmost respect for the man I consider a friend. He is among the few that is courageous enough to allow the “open source” of the Torah-Bible to be presented in new and interesting ways for our greater understanding. for more go to his web site:The Hope and the sculpture is by Phillip Ratner ratnermuseum 1. The Brothers’ Envy of Yoseph and his claim for seniority about Yoseph’s character 2. The Trek Towards the Brothers and the Encounter with Them 3. The Selling of Yoseph The Ten – Minyan – and the Twelve
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Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) – Energy – Environmental Strategies

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This is a talk Tsvi Bisk gave at the World Future Society annual conference in Boston on July 9th 2010. It was entitled: Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS): Energy/ Environmental Strategies. Claiming that the environment/energy conundrum is one of primary strategic issues of human survival in the 21st century Tsvi posits that we complicate it more than necessary. His point is that a KISS Energy/Environment policy has the possibility of enlisting 100% of the citizenry by bypassing the entire global warming debate by simply asking the following questions:

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