Late in the trading day, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's benchmark TA-25 Index was down 1.41% at 1082.40, and the TA-100 Index shed 1.57% to 984.64.
The Tel-Tech Index of 15 top technology issues lost 3.43% to 220.20, and the Real Estate 15 Index gave up 2.3% to 444.07.
On Thursday, the TA-25 finished 2.17% down. The tumble followed woes on Wall Street Thursday and Friday, when the Dow Jones
CHICAGO – It has been a banner year so far for the Israeli film industry. Following the American debuts of “The Band’s Visit” and “Beaufort,” we now have the stunningly composed and heart-rending “Jellyfish”.
Unwinding like a Tel Aviv version of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia” – but warmer – “Jellyfish” follows several lives steeped in moral crisis and offers redemp
The Israel Airports Authority has confirmed that planes known to have been used by the CIA to transport suspects to detention and interrogation facilities stopped at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.According to the British civil liberties organization Statewatch, at least four flights through Tel Aviv occurred between 2003 and 2004.The data compiled by the organization draws on, among
"Iran is responsible for what is happening in Lebanon. The subject now is the Iranian attack on Lebanon. They want us to surrender totally without any compensation," Lebanese Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Friday during an interview with the Al-Arabiya television network Friday amid reports that Hizbullah gunmen seized control of large parts of Beirut."Hizbullah has turned from an opposition party into a militia attempting to impose its control. I think Hizbullah believes that the way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut," he said. Fatfat said Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had "taken advantage of the government's decision to outlaw the (Shiite) group's communications network in order to declare war." More...
During the past year there has been a flurry of activity in office real estate. Many developers are starting new projects or busily finishing others. In the Azrieli compound, the new square tower, the last of a trio, is going up. A 70-story office/residential tower is planned where the Elite factory used to be, while more high-rise buildings are being built, or being planned, along the Ayalon highway in the Petah Tikva Industrial Zone and in the Herzliya hi-tech industrial area.But despite the flurry of activity experts believe that by the end of the year there will be a shortage of 400,000 meters of office space in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
Israel is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. The West Bank and Gaza Strip, which are partially administrated by the Palestinian National Authority, are also adjacent. With a population of about 7.2 million, the majority of whom are Jews, Israel is the world's only Jewish state. It is also home to Arab Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Samaritans, as well as other religious and ethnic minority groups. The modern state of Israel has its roots in the Land of Israel, a concept central to Judaism for over three thousand years. Independent since 1947, Israel has been in
The elite Tel Aviv real estate market is sailing to unrecognizable heights these days, at least as far as contractors can see.The Gindi Group, which holds construction of the G Tower in central Tel Aviv, recently announced that it would be selling one of its apartments for $34 million - the highest-priced flat in the city.The cost is nearly twice that of Israel's currently highest-priced apartment, purchased by Idan Ofer on Rothschild Boulevard 1 for $17.1 million. AdvertisementThe question now is whether anybody will actually be willing to pay the demanded amount.
The city of Tel Aviv joined the “Earth Hour” project today with a one hour ‘lights off’ between 8:00-9:00 pm. The municipal building and towers around the city coordinated a live TV broadcasted ‘lights off’ which has definitely left an impression.At first I adopted a very cynical attitude towards this initiative (which was even sponsored by corporations branding themselves ‘green’ but in reality have a long way to go). However, I quickly changed my mind as I witnessed the effect it had on awareness.Rationally speaking one hour of darkness has no real affect what so ever. Furthermore, it may also be used as a distraction from the real environmental issues at hand which require an attention span of more than one hour and a lot more money. Marketing, however, is a whole differ
I think you have heard that Sen. McCain is going to visit Tel Aviv soon, oh yes the republican candidate is going to visit Israel just months before the final elections. He is going to Israel as if it were another state in the United States he needs to win its voters , well technically there is something right in these words , Israel is the 51st state !! We all know about how influence the Jewish lobby in America despite the fact the Jewish vote percentage in the American elections is not that big as the Jewish population in the United States is only 1.4% from the total American population but again who owns the media ,the biggest weapon in the elections !!?? McCain since last year was the favourite republican candidate from the Israeli point view , after all he is the son of an old f
Tel Aviv Real estate may turn into a bigger market than New York for ultra-Orthodox businessmen seeking capital. This week Tel Aviv investors learned of another bond offering here, of up to NIS 200 million, by Abraham Leser, owner of a real estate group. His associates are quick to distance him from another ultra-Orthodox real estate tycoon: Shaya Boymelgreen. "He isn't like him at all, not colorful and not embroiled [in disputes] like him. He has no ego," said one of his friends.
Bitzaron and Ramat Israel were built hastily in the early 1950s to provide housing for Holocaust survivors, mostly from Hungary and Romania, and for families from Yemen. The neighborhood currently has some 5,000 inhabitants. Over the years the area was considered a distressed neighborhood and was not afforded adequate urban development. But about eight years ago the infrastructures were improved and the gentrifiers began to arrive.
DMR Properties (1995) Ltd., bought a five dunam (1.25-acre) lot on Hamasger Street in Tel Aviv for NIS 64 million. Vitania and DMR will own the lot in equal shares. The lot is zoned for an 18,000-square meter gross space office building. The companies plan to demolish the buildings occupying the site and build the office building. Delek Auto's board has authorized DMR to extend to Vitania a NIS 32 million five-year loan at Prime + 1% interest to buy its share of the lot.
This New Year’s eve Minimal Criminal will be playing at SENKA TRIBE’s urban gathering party at the KULTURA club in Tel Aviv.
on the set:
TRANCEFELD - LIVE (avalanche rec’) GERMANY
MINIMAL CRIMINAL - LIVE (cosmic conspiracy rec’) BRAZIL
KALEIDOSCOPE (echoes rec)
URI.YA
K-PAX vs OPUS
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This New Year’s eve Minimal Criminal will be playing at SENKA TRIBE’s urban gathering party at the KULTURA club in Tel Aviv.
on the set:
TRANCEFELD - LIVE (avalanche rec’) GERMANY
MINIMAL CRIMINAL - LIVE (cosmic conspiracy rec’) BRAZIL
KALEIDOSCOPE (echoes rec)
URI.YA
K-PAX vs OPUS
Check out the banner here
Whoever is here should come and have a happy New [...]
Real estate sales in central Israel and the greater Tel Aviv area were declining, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said Wednesday. According to CBS data, while some 9,280 new apartments in central Israel have been sold since the beginning of 2007 – a 2.8% rise in comparison with the same period last year – the overall property sales in Tel Aviv have dropped 16%. Some 27% of the apartments sold in central Israel in 2007 were located in the greater Tel Aviv area. Israel's north, south and Jerusalem districts enjoyed an overall rise of 5.5% rise in real estate sales since the beginning of the year, but the majority of sales – 39% – were still made in central Israel.
Miracle to report (via Jihad Watch): JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police seized an explosive belt that was intended to be used in a Tel Aviv suicide bomb attack on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police raided an apartment in Israel's commercial capital early on Saturday and arrested four people, including a suspected
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were spotted dressed all in white in Tel Aviv yesterday, where they were celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Yes, Madonna's there too.I guess they took a chance to getaway before Ashton has to go back to filming What Happens in Vegas. Hey, at least someone in the family's busy working eh? Poor Demi is upset about ageism in Hollywood, but she also told Red magazine that she still wants kids with Ashton. I hope it happens for them. The time clock is ticking away.
After almost a decade of terror fears and economic woes, Tel Aviv is quietly emerging as the Mediterranean's most unlikely capital of cool. Awash in foreign investment (and foreign travelers), the city's culinary, cultural and clubbing scenes are all reaching world-class status — only without the high-end prices.
Jewish American billionaire Nicholas Berggruen of Berggruen Holdings has his eye on the former Ha'argaz factory compound in Tel Aviv. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Sunday that the businessman, who already holds a number of assets in Israel, plans to purchase the massive lot in central Tel Aviv for the construction of office and high-tech buildings. According to the report however, sources close to the negotiations said talks were put on hold due to disputes over the price.
Worries overseas sent most shares tumbling again, Africa-Israel led the decliners, shedding 2.59% on the back of the continuing weakness in its London-based subsidiary, AFI Development plc (LSE:AFID). The ongoing weakness in real estate stocks also continued to affect the Tel Aviv 75 Index, which fell 2.63% as it continued to be one of the most volatile of the market's indices, due to its substantial exposure to the real estate sector.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) opened today following Friday’s sell-off and uncertainty on international markets, especially Wall Street. In addition, the TASE will have to cope with the crisis in the local real estate market caused by the collapse of Heftsiba Building Development & Investments Ltd., which, although not a public company, controls several public companies and is heavily in debt to the banks and other companies. In late trading, the major indices were near their worst points of the day, with the Tel Aviv 25 index closing down 3.69%, the Tel Aviv 100 index down 4.15%, and the Real Estate 15 index down 6.74%.
As more and more foreigners snap up prime real estate across the country, pushing the purchase prices of apartments out of the reach of many, an increasing number of young Israelis are finding they're also being priced out of the rental market. "Israel's big cities, mainly Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, are now going through what is known as the Manhattan phenomenon," said Bernard Raskin, regional director of the real estate company Remax-Israel. "The demand for apartments in Tel Aviv is not new, but what is new are the prices that people are now asking for small one and two bedrooms. I have never seen a market like this before."
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Real Madrid celebró su trigésimo título con una goleada ante un combinado de jugadores israelíes y palestinos en un amistoso denominado como "Partido por la Paz", jugado en el Estadio Ramat Gan, en Tel Aviv, Israel. Los "merengues" vencieron por 8-0 en el duelo que entra en el marco de la campaña que tiene como objetivo mostrar que es posible construir la paz en el Medio Oriente. Los goles del flamante campeón español, fueron anotados por Guti (4), Antonio Negredo, Esteban Romero, Sergio Sánchez y Raúl González. El puntapié inicial fue dado por el presidente electo de Israel, Shimon Peres, y por Ramón Calderón, presidente del club español. El partido fue organizado por el Centro para la Paz, organización creada por el presidente electo de Israel, la cual promueve actividades educativas y deportivas conjuntas entre palestinos e israelíes. Real Madrid llegó a Tel Aviv sin algunas de sus figuras. La ausencia de Beckham y la de Roberto Carlos, quienes dejaron la insti
By Jane Lee, USA TODAY Ed Peskowitz will not be tuning into another dose of the seemingly never-ending saga of the NBA playoffs next week. The Atlanta Hawks co-owner has plans of his own in Israel, and he’s taking the game of basketball with him.
From Friday through June 8, Peskowitz will act as the guiding force behind the second annual Friendship Games basketball tournament at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
“My hope is to use basketball as the vehicle to bring people of all more…
:: FRIDAY SERMON in Kerman, Iran: If Iran is attacked tens of thousands of missiles will be fired at Israel. President Bush should be sentenced to 100 deaths. FÖLJANDE VIDEO innehåller utdrag ur en fredagsbön i Kerman med Sayyid Yahyah Ja'fari, vilken sändes på Kerman TV den 6 maj 2007: Video (05:10)REFLEKTION Bilden på kupolen med Bolidenguldet från Sverige talar på många sätt för var och en som kan läsa symbolik. Inför videons fredagsbön förundras man över hur islam som sägs vara en fredens religion kan hetsa massorna till krig och utplånande av Tel Aviv. Jihad är givetvis en känd verklighet. Men hur kan både muslimer och icke-muslimer i den svenska debatten tala om islam som en fredens religion? Svaren är många. Kan kanske rentav kupolens bolidenguld också ha något att säga? Sources: Friday sermon in Kerman Memri; Iranian cleric threatens Tel Aviv YnetNewsPicture The cupola metal: Boliden Gold from Sweden Tel Aviv Kerman -- Andra bloggar om: Tel Aviv
This evening saw the biggest anti-government rally in quite a while. At least 200,000 people attended:Over 200,000 people have gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on Thursday night as a mass rally against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gained momentum.Bereaved parents were the first to address the crowd.Asnag Vishneri, the mother of a soldier who was killed in Gaza, said, “We demand a leadership that is not cut off from the nation and that isn’t led by egos and political calculations.“I call on the government to look into the eyes of the real losers of this failed war, the bereaved families, and ask us for forgiveness.”[...]The demonstration was organized in the wake of a damning interim report on the handling of last summer's war with Hizbullah.The Winograd Commission, appointed by Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz last September, censured both leaders for their flawed leadership during the war.People from all walks of life poured into the square to convey their frustratio
Hooters in Tel Aviv, Israel. Wow…Too bad there was none in Holland when I was there in 2006. What a waste. Darn. The thing is, the babes may need to wear bullet prooft vests…hmmm
Hooters plans to open a branch in Tel Aviv this summer, proving that the real international language is tits and buffalo wings. Says Hooters’ rep John Weber, presumably while winking to the camera repeatedly:
“The vibrant, fun-loving Israeli community suits the all-American, casual-dining theme that Hooters restaurants are known for. I am positive that the Israeli’s quest for great food and atmosphere will end at Hooters.”
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Just when the fascinating history of Tel Aviv’s 19th century Templar neighborhood of Sarona is being related and its tourist potential is becoming apparent, one of the buildings has been demolished.
Just when the fascinating history of Tel Aviv’s 19th century Templar neighborhood of Sarona is being related and its tourist potential is becoming apparent, one of the buildings has been demolished.
Tel Aviv: A two-room apartment on Yehezkel St. was leased for $700 a month. A two-room apartment on Spinoza St. was leased for $630 a month. A two-room apartment on la Guardia St., Yad Eliahu, was leased for $525 a month. A two-room apartment on Lincoln St. was leased for $650 a month (Student Housing Services).
Tel Aviv: A two-room apartment on Yehezkel St. was leased for $700 a month. A two-room apartment on Spinoza St. was leased for $630 a month. A two-room apartment on la Guardia St., Yad Eliahu, was leased for $525 a month. A two-room apartment on Lincoln St. was leased for $650 a month (Student Housing Services).
Israeli DJ/Producer Shlomi Aber exploded during the summer with the sublime release 'Sea Of Sand' - one of the best tracks of the year, which he recorded with his fellow Israeli compatriot Guy Gerber...
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