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The real estate bubble and those outside of it

The real estate bubble and those outside of it
By Eretz Acheret  |  02/12/2010
The number of apartments sold in Israel in the third quarter of 2010 is the lowest since 2006, according to figures published in November by the Ministry of the Treasury. Does the 28% decrease in investment in apartments demonstrate that buyers have exhausted the limits of their spending power? Is Israel also facing ...

Am I Alluding to a Conspiracy?
By Zohar Avitan  |  02/12/2010
The claim that there are connections between Israeli elites and the promotion of vested interests has long been discarded as a conspiracy theory. It is supported by many researchers and is backed up by a multitude of facts and figures. In today’s gloomy reality, the state’s role vis-à-vis the general public in Israel i...

"Who Will Build a House in Tel Aviv?"
By Sima Zalcberg  |  02/12/2010
The words of this old pioneering song stand in sharp contrast to the luxury hi-rises in Tel Aviv, sprouting up like mushrooms after the rain and aimed at creating a sterile, protected and pampering space for the top deciles and even the top thousandth of the population. Sima Zalzberg takes a look at the people who live...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  02/12/2010
I was about to write this week's list on another issue as it became clear to me that this week is actually all about WikiLeaks. Point. Anything else can wait a week…Not that I feel, as some say, that the world will never be the same – it will, I'm sure of that, most likely already next week – but it is real n...

New Museum, New Dialogues – Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  02/12/2010
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw is already half-ready. After years of intensive work and fundraising the museum will celebrate its success at the special performance by a famous Polish jazz trombonist Tomasz Stanko

Letter from London – Top UK Zionist breaks ranks
By Antony Lerman  |  02/12/2010
The question on everyone’s lips is: Do the recent outspoken public comments by Britain’s most important Zionist leader, in which he criticised Netanyahu, warned against the danger of Israel becoming an apartheid state and called for open discussion of the negative impact Israel’s policies have on Diaspora Jews, represe...

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