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קרן פרידריך נאומן לחירות פועלת בישראל מאז 1983 והקימה את הדסק הפלסטיני שלה בשנת 1994. עם צוות ישראלי-פלסטיני במשרד משותף בירושלים, הקרן שואפת להיות פלטפורמה של חדשנות לקידום החופש בחברה, ולחיזוק הקשר עם האיחוד האירופי ולתרום לקידום הדיאלוג הישראלי-פלסטיני לקראת שלום. יחד עם הפרטנרים שלנו אנו רוצים לחזק ערכי ליבה ליברליים כמו שלטון החוק והדמוקרטיה, זכויות אדם ואזרח, עקרונות כלכלת שוק ויזמות לצד תרבות דמוקרטית של סובלנות ופלורליזם.
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Gateway to the World - Jerusalem Airport 1948-1967
The exhibition “Gateway to the World: Jerusalem Airport 1948-1967" is dedicated to the golden age of the now-defunct Jerusalem Airport and sheds light on its pivotal role in the economic and social life of Jordanian Jerusalem. The juxtaposing of historic and contemporary images, “then" vs. "now”, featuring photos taken from various sources - including the family archive of Dr. Mohammad Al-Qutob and the images by photographer Arik Shraga.
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Israel's Bennett-Lapid Government is a Victory for Democracy
The new and most ideologically diverse government in the history of Israel does not raise high expectations. It seems neither Left nor Right expect paradise from a coalition built on so much compromise. Yet to the polarized political climate of recent years, this is revolutionary. Only a month ago Israel faced one of the worst eruptions of communal violence in years.
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Israel One to Four: 1 Deadlock, 2 Years, 3 Lockdowns, 4 Elections
On the night of the 22nd of December 2020, the Knesset (Israeli parliament) disbanded, sending Israel to early elections only 9 months after its last. This will be the fourth round of Israeli elections in just two years, and according to current polls even a fifth round might be around the corner.
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“Vaccination Nation“ Israel – A Role Model for Germany?
With over 100,000 vaccinations on Thursday with more than 4.6 Million people in Israel, half the country is vaccinated. Over 35% of the population already received their immunizing second dose. After the astonishment over the Israeli Start-Up boom of the last two decades, the international community awaits the “secret recipe” of the Israeli vaccination-miracle.
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Israel-Turkey Relations Are Not Only About Erdoğan and Netanyahu
2020 raised hopes that Israel and Turkey may be on their way to improve ties, despite policy differences and lack of trust. “Turkey wants better ties with Israel”, said Turkey’s President, raising speculations that the countries may send back ambassadors to each other’s capitals before too long. This will be a positive development, but Israelis and Turks should not let the fate of their countries’ relations be dependent only on their leaders’ will.
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Female Forward - Three Outstanding Women Sharing Their Experience
We are honored to present to you the voices of three outstanding women from our FNF Alumni network. Former Minister of Health Yael German, Arab entrepreneur Bissan Salman & and journalist Nitzan Senior Shneor. The three women share their experience and advice with young female leaders on how to best pursue their goals and how to succeed despite the many hurdles along the way.
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Palestinian National Dialogue in Cairo Ahead of Upcoming Elections
The Palestinian National Dialogue sessions kicked off today in Cairo under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The meetings held today focus on various necessary procedures for holding the upcoming legislative and presidential elections and how to end the long lasting national division between West Bank and Gaza, Fatah and Hamas.
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With the Omicron variant running rampant and the Corona situation in Jerusalem worsening, we too could not escape the effects of this wave and a few of our team members were also Covid19 positive. 😷😷😷 We decided to take swift action and completely reverted all of our internal and external interaction to online meetings in order to stop this spread. Needless to stay, we did not let this halt our productivity. We continued discussing strategy for our 2022 projects with local partners and with Liberals abroad. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay FREE!
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Another flashback from our Values & Innovation Conference: Why did Google erase its slogan “Do no evil”? Is there a generation gap in the understanding of data privacy? How to regulate companies that have more power than some states? What is the connection between bitcoin and the environment? The last session of our Values & Innovation Conference was a truly fascinating discussion about the evolution of the big tech giants from the vanguard actors challenging the old systems in the 90ies to super powers they are today. According to Prof. Ehud Shapiro from the Weizmann Institute of Science they have become something like feudal rulers. Hear what Emi Palmor, former Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Justice and Member of the Facebook Oversight Board, Nimrod Kozlovski, Partner and co-founder of Cytactic and a lecturer at Tel Aviv University on cybersecurity studies, and Prof. Ehud Shapiro, lecturer of computer science and biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science have to say on this important topic: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3923809,00.html #InnovationValues #Calcalist #FNFJerusalem
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We had a good reason to celebrate yesterday as our dear colleague Georgette celebrated her birthday. 🎂🤤🎂🤤🎂 Happy Birthday dear Georgette, wishing you good health, many reasons to laugh, and self fulfillment! 😍😍😍 This office would definitely not be the same without you!
