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Ultimate Israel Experience
BZD's TEEN TRIP
Summer 2011
for Jewish
High School teens
July 4- 30, 2011
Only $2,650 all inclusive!
Only 8 seats left!!!
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"It's completely paranoid. If the Iranians don't want to come, don't come, we won't miss you.
Israel stands as a beacon of democracy in the region. I am encouraged that the people rising up in neighboring countries seem to be doing so not out of religious extremism but motivated by the prospect of more political freedom."
Prime Minister David Cameron
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"Egypt and the world of Islam as a whole need leaders like President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Egypt should join a new world order with Iran and Venezuela plus Hizbullah and Hamas to chase away the Americans.
Every night when I go to bed, I pray to wake up the next day to see Israel is wiped off the map."
Kamal al-Halbawi, the first Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader to visit Tehran
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OPINION
"Israelis and Palestinians probably won't agree anytime soon on clear borders for a new state, leaving them to maintain current political arrangements for another generation
People believe in two states for two peoples but do not believe in the sincerity of the other side. Both governments are bent on maintaining the status quo because of the dangers inherent in any change in the situation."
Efraim Halevy,
Former Mossad Director
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PURIM
Give Joy to Children and Soldiers in Israel on Purim!
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 Sunday, May 8,
7p.m.
An evening to Remember and Honor
Community-Wide
Yom Hazikaron Ceremony
Co-sponsored and held at Beth Tfiloh Congregation
Rosen Arts Center
Mintzes Theatre
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Baltimore Chug Aliyah
@Baltimore Zionist District
March Events
Sunday, 27, 7 pm
Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs; Shipping to Israel With Shmuel Mantinband and Mark Lawson from Sonigo International Shipping
Thursday, 31, 7:30 pm
Choosing Your Community in Israel and Financial Planning for Aliyah Seminar with Nefesh B'Nefesh
Click here for more information
RSVP required
All events will be held at the BZD Office 3655-B Old Court Road, Suite 24
(410)484-4510 info@bzdisrael.org
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ADVOCACY
Israel at Heart
Three Ethiopian-Israelis traveled over 5,000 miles to the U.S. to share their personal stories of assimilation; religion and identity.
Israela Falka, Havtnesh-Liat Sabahat and Naor Baruch were sponsored by Israel at Heart, a nonprofit organization based in New York. The group gathers young Israelis from the Jewish state to travel around the world in hopes of exposing people to their lives. They help to dispel stereotypes or correct misinformation about Israel and its people.
BZD organized their Baltimore visit where they met students from Northwestern, Pikesville, Shoshana S. Cardin, Beth Tfiloh Community High Schools and The Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel.
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JAPAN
Israel team of volunteers to help with search and rescue efforts in Japan
ZAKA International Rescue Unit said Friday it will send a team of trained volunteers from Israel to help the search and rescue efforts in Japan, following the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that rocked the country earlier that day.
Following a consultation with the Israeli Foreign Ministry and with emissaries from the Chabad organization in Japan, ZAKA arranged to send a team headed by the organization's co-directors Mati Goldstein and Dovi Maisel, on Saturday evening (after the conclusion of the Sabbath).
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Dr. Morton and Toby Mower
2nd Israel Symposium
Israel's Future in a Changing Middle East
Sunday, May 1, 2011
9:00am - 12 noon at Suburban Country Club
Keynote address by Yossi Klein Halevi
8:30am Breakfast provided by Hoffman and Company
Dietary laws observed
$10 BZD members & young adults
$15 Non-members, $20 at the door
Students free with reservation
(410)484-4510 or info@bzdisrael.org
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COOPERATION
Joining forces on agriculture
On the side of the Jordan Valley road the extensive agricultural activity is visible from afar. Dozens of greenhouses and long lines of palm trees add ornamentation to the roadside view and demonstrate the economic cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians, which is carrying on quietly, far from political problems. 
"Cooperation between us and Israel began at the end of the second intifada because we had much to learn from you," explains Amid al-Masri, an agricultural landowner in the Jordan Valley, "We cooperate with many Israeli companies on issues like de-infestation, irrigation and seedlings."
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ENTERTAINMENT
Coming to America
The Israeli TV series "Hatufim" traces what happens when two soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces return after being held captive by Syria for 17 years. Their wives and families become household names, and their ordeal sparks national debate about how Israel should handle prisoners of war.
Could this be America's next hit show?
Showtime thinks so. The pay-cable channel is currently developing "Homeland," a psychological thriller based on "Hatufim," starring Claire Danes as a globe-trotting Central Intelligence Agency agent. It's one of several Israeli series being adapted for U.S. audiences. Last month Fox launched "Traffic Light," a sitcom based on "Ramzor," about a group of guys in various stages of relationships and their urges to revert to primordial guydom.
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ECONOMICS
How Israel could revolutionize the global energy sector
New data suggest Israel may not only have much larger gas resources than previously believed, but also the 3rd largest deposit of oil shale in the world.
New developments in the energy sector could alter Israel's standing in the world, especially with respect to Europe. Gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean, which began to produce commercial quantities of natural gas in 2004, include the Tamar field which should begin production in 2013. It is expected to supply all of Israel's domestic requirements for at least 20 years. The Economist suggested in November 2010 that the recently discovered Leviathan field, which has twice the gas of Tamar, could be completely devoted to exports. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that there are 122 trillion cubic feet of gas in the whole Levant Basin, most of which is within Israel's jurisdiction. When will the West begin to treat Israel as a powerful energy giant and not as a weak client state that must be pressured? In the case of the Saudis, it was when the U.S. realized the true extent of their oil reserves. In the case of Israel, updated international reports verifying the true dimensions of both its undersea gas and oil shale should be forthcoming in the next year.
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HAMAS
Israeli military believes experts from Iran, Hezbollah training Gaza militants
Hamas looks "much like an army," thanks in part to direct assistance from Iranian and Hizbullah agents operating in Gaza, a senior Israeli military official said Wednesday. The official said Hamas now has a "vast amount" of anti-tank and anti-aircraft rockets, a "very big arsenal" of rockets that can strike deep inside Israel and a sophisticated communications system. He says Hamas could not develop this expertise without foreign help.
He said Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hizbullah, frequently send in experts to train Hamas forces, crossing through tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border that are also used to smuggle in weapons. Some foreign experts are even stationed in Gaza, he said. "We have spotted them," he said. "We know the people. We have names." He notes Hamas' newfound expertise in making roadside bombs planted along Gaza's border with Israel and its recent use of a sophisticated Kornet anti-tank rocket.
On Thursday, Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, charged that arms smuggling through the tunnels into Gaza has increased in the past two months in parallel with the political upheaval in the Arab world. He accused Gaza militants of "trying to take advantage of the uncertainties in the region to boost their capabilities to attack Israeli cities and Israeli citizens."
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