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Memorable moments In fact, this wasn’t the only sports who works at Yotpo, or Gin, a collie BRIEFS
Eurovision was a blastachievement of the year. Israel also saw that keeps workers at Autodesk enter-
Eurovision came to Is-gold wins in judo, sailing, ice-hockey tained. 250,000 IMMIGRANTS TO ISRAEL WELCOMES
rael this year for the first and at the Paralympics. Who knows At property management company
time since 1979, and it what next year’s Olympics may bring? Guesty, some 25 dogs help their own- ISRAEL IN PAST DECADE RECORD 4.55 MILLION
was magnificent – even The light side ers out at work. More than 250,000 immigrants reached TOURISTS IN 2019
if you weren’t a fan. The You never know what to expect This was a subject close to my Israel from 150 countries in the past In 2019, 4.55 million tourists visited
acts themselves may in Tel Aviv own heart. Luna, whom I picked up as decade, the Jewish Agency reported, Israel, the Tourism Ministry announced
have been the usual so-We feature many photographers at IS- a puppy from a shelter, keeps me com- with 34,000 coming in 2019. recently. Tourist entries increased by
so Eurovision fare, but RAEL21c, showcasing some absolute- pany in my office. Over the past decade, 130,000 10% compared to 4,120,800 in 2018.
the organization was ly incredible talent. One photographer A 3,000-year-old beer came from the countries of the former The leading sources for tour-
spectacular. who made a real impact on us all this What do you do if you discover Soviet Union; 55,000 came from other ism were the U.S. (890,000), France
Madonna came (though most wish year was Evyatar Dayan – a software 3,000-year-old jugs from an ancient European countries, including 38,000 (338,200), Russia (296,000), Germa-
she hadn’t), Netta was fabulous, and engineer by trade, who goes out onto Iron-Age brewery found in Israel? from France; 32,000 came from the ny (268,900) and Britain (218,700);
Tel Aviv went into prime party mode – the streets of Tel Aviv in his spare time If you’re a scientist then it’s obvi- U.S. and 3,800 from Canada; 13,420 144,400 visitors arrived from China, up
a setting it does well. But the real win-to stalk photo ops. ous – you isolate the yeast, and make came from Latin America, including 51%. (Eytan Halon, Jerusalem Post)
ner of this competition? The Shalva His pictures are funny, spontane- your own brew. 4,320 from Brazil and 3,150 from Ar-
Band. ous and delightful, capturing moments That’s exactly what a group of gentina; 10,500 came from Ethiopia ISRAEL EYES DUBAI EXPO
Comprised of young people with Israeli scientists from and 2,560 from South Africa; 1,950 AS PORTAL TO ARAB
disabilities, the Shalva Band was the four Israeli universities, came from Australia and New Zea- WORLD
favorite to be Israel’s entry to the com- the Dead Sea Arava Sci- land; 1,180 came from India; 3,040 With the Dubai Expo 2020 trade fair
petition, but had to drop out when they ence Center and local immigrants came from Middle East- opening later this year, the Israeli pa-
discovered the finals were on Shabbat. beer experts did in May ern countries with which Israel has no vilion will present a unique opportu-
Instead, they sang at the second semi- this year. diplomatic relations. 60% of the immi- nity to speed up the “normalization” of
finals and had a worldwide audience At a special beer- grants were younger than 45. (Globes) relations and reach out to Arab peoples,
sniffling emotionally, recognizing that tasting, reporters were THE ONLY PLACE IN officials say.
the contest’s motto, “Dare to Dream,” invited to try the kind of Dore Gold, former director-general
was way more than just a slogan to this beer that may have been THE MIDDLE EAST of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said the
band. drunk by Pharaoh, King WHERE CHRISTIANS “quasi-diplomatic presence” of the pa-
In Israel, there’s no such thing David and Jesus. How ARE THRIVING IS THE vilion is one of several developments
as failure, even when you crash Contrasts in romance (photo by Evyatar Dayan/ThisIsTelAviv) did it taste? Well, kind JEWISH STATE with “a cumulative effect.” He cited
and burn that most of us would miss. Truly play- of like regular beer supposedly. There are 177,000 Christians in Israel, sporting competitions and the 2015
So near, and yet so far. After a great ful and wonderful work. It’s hard to Editor and Israel Director, Nicky up 1.5% from last year; 78% are Arabs. opening in Abu Dhabi of an Israeli
deal of excitement, Israel’s Beresheet pick a favorite. Blackburn has worked extensively as A British report in July found that mission to the International Renewable
unmanned spacecraft did reach the Tel Aviv high-tech goes to the dogs a journalist and editor both in Britain the number of Christians in the Middle Energy Agency, which is based there.
moon, but not quite in the way every-In a city that has the world’s highest and Israel for a range of national and East has dwindled from 20% of the “It’s not normalization, but it’s an en-
one expected. Instead, moments before per-capita ratio of pet dogs to people, international publications including population a century ago to just 5%. In hanced presence,” he said.
it was expected to land, it crashed and it’s no surprise that many of those The Cambridge Evening News, Lon- the Palestinian territories, the Christian While the Gulf Arab states have
burned. dogs are accompanying their owners to don News, Travel Weekly, Israel High population has dropped below 1.5%. not lost interest in the Palestinian
Was it a disappointment? Yes. Was work, and yes, of course, we had to do Tech Investor and The Times of Lon- (Jerusalem Post) continued on next page
it the end of the effort? No. In true Is-an in-depth look at the trend. don. She was the Associate Editor at
raeli spirit, Beersheet’s failure was Some of the dogs are already fa- LINK Israel’s Business and Technol-
seen as a temporary setback on the mous and have their own Instagram ac- ogy Magazine and the High-Tech Cor-
road to success. A new moon mission counts – like Mona the Aussiedoodle, respondent for The Jerusalem Post.
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