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Weekly Brief

June 21, 2012
In This Issue
FB Buys Face.com
Peres Talks Love
Rocket Attacks from Gaza
Rio+20 Conference
Minister Erdan Named Deputy Chairman
Acclaimed Israeli dance troupe Vertigo Dance Company makes their American Dance Festival debut this July in North Carolina with their beautiful and dynamic work, Mana.
 
Mana brings to the stage a quiet and restrained strength as it explores an individual's struggle to reconnect with himself and the internal transformation that happens subsequently. 
 
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Economic Spotlight: Facebook to Buy Israel's Face.comĀ 

Facebook and Face.com already have a relationship, but now the media giant is making its Face.com colleagues very wealthy. Facebook announced the deal to buy Face.com for a sum between $80 and $100 million.  "Face.com's technology has helped to provide the best photo experience. This transaction simply brings a world-class team and a long-time technology vendor in house," said Facebook.
 
Peres Talks Love on Facebook
 
Ahead of the fourth annual Presidential Conference, which began Tuesday, PresidentPeres teamed up with Israeli musician and new media entrepreneur Yoni Bloch to acquaint Internet users with his opinions on various issues and a few of his many stories. 
 
130 Rockets Hit Israel from Gaza 
Qassam rocket in Negev Photo: Zeev Trachtman

Over the past week, terrorists in the Gaza Strip continuously fired rockets at Israeli communities putting nearly 1 million citizens in danger. The Israeli Air Force has responded with precise airstrikes in order to prevent more attacks.

 

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Israel's Ambassdor to the United Nations Ron Prosor expressed his grave concern for the deteriorating security situation in Sinai in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon received the letter this week.

 

Read Amb. Prosor's Letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  

Doing More with Less 
PM Netanyahu's Remarks on the Rio+20 Conference
PM Netanyahu's Remarks on the Rio+20 Conference

 

The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is in full swing in Brazil. This year, Israel is represented by a delegation of unprecedented size and scope sent to promote Israel's leading technology in the fields of sustainability, water, agriculture, food production, forestation and desertification.

 

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Israeli Minister Named Deputy Chairman of Rio+20 Conference
Remarks by Minister of Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan on Rio+20 Conference
Remarks by Minister of Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan on Rio+20 Conference

 

Israel's Minister for Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan was elected Deputy Chairman of the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development.  

The Consulate General of Israel serves the Southeast Region of the United States: Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. As an official representative office of the Government of Israel, the Consulate is responsible for furthering relationships with national and local organizations in the Southeast Region, offices of public officials, businesses, cultural and academic institutes and citizens.

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