Shekel Challenge & Israel Update 1/27/10
January 27, 2010 by Hagesher USY
Filed under Hagesher, International USY, Regional Board
Shalom Hagesher!
I hope that everyone is hanging in there with midterms. Don’t worry they will be over soon. So how about a study break? Hagesher Shekel Challenge and Israel updates are here for your tired brain and don’t worry the questions aren’t too hard this week. So let’s get to it!
You know the rules, but I’ll break them down for you:
1) your name
2) your chapter
3) and the answers of course!
All answers must be in before Shabbat and include the above items. Failure to do so will negate your answers.
1) How many members are there in the כנסת (Israeli Parliment)?
2) What does NIS stand for? (think currency)
3) What percent of the Israeli population is Jewish?
Hagesher Updates!!
-Remember to sign up far the Hechalutzim Shabbaton. It’s sure to be a great Shabbat of fun and learning about Israel! To download an application go to Hagesher.org and click on applications. Remember they are due Monday February 8th so hurry!
-Also we are putting together the 2nd edition of Hageher’s very own Israel Newsletter, Ahavat Tzion, so keep an eye on your inboxes for article
Israel Update
On Wednesday Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is planning on meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss jump starting the peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Both the US and Israel are hoping Mubarak can pressure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas into returning to negotiations. Abbas recently left negotiations because Israel has not agreed to freezing the construction of settlements in the West Bank (Judea and Sameria). Mubarak has also decided to to construct an underground steel wall along its border with Gaza to dissuade smuggling of munition and weapons into Gaza from Hamas sympathizers and supporters in Egypt. read more at: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3840046,00.html
As you may or may not know since the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti Israel has sent a large number of IDF medical and rescue teams to help with the devastation. The IDF has announced that the Israeli rescue crew will remain in the Caribbean for at least another month to oversee an Israeli field hospital set up in the wake of the disaster. Their most recent rescue was a a 22-year-old man, from a three-storey building near the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince on Friday, nearly 10 days after the earthquake hit. The victims are being brought to IDF releif hospitals and being cared for by representatives of Magen David Adom and volunteers from IsraAID. Israel is doing a great deal in Haiti to help with the disaster that has befallen the country. To read more about Israel’s help and read amazing recovery stories go to: http://israel21c.org/social-action/amid-chaos-and-anarchy-israel-does-what-it-can