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    nitrogen dioxide in city centers emitted by vehicles. These pollutants cause breathing problems and higher disease rates — even death. Particularly bad pollution has afflicted Jerusalem’s Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood and the city center, as well as the area around Tel Aviv’s old central bus station. Last year 87 excessive nitrogen oxide rates were monitored around the bus station and 116 excessive nitrogen dioxide rates. Pollution exceeding the permitted amount was also found on Haifa’s Ha’atzmaut Road, which runs near the port area. But pollution concentrations have decreased. The sulfur dioxide concentration in Ashdod has fallen nearly 60 percent in the past decade, while the nitrogen dioxide concentration in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv has fallen by a quarter. The main reasons are better fuels and harsher standards for emissions by both vehicles and factories. Despite the improvement, in 2014 the concentration of toxic substances at all 14 monitoring points exceeded the permitted level, the ministry said. The researchers compared pollution concentrations in large Israeli cities with European and Canadian cities including Lisbon, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Warsaw, London, Montreal and Toronto. It turned out the air quality in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa is similar to that in the foreign cities, but for certain pollutants Haifa’s air is better than in most of the other cities. Dust Storm Causes Worst Air Pollution in Israel in Five Years; therefore in order to avoid strenuous outdoor…

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    Terrorism is an extremely prevalent problem in the world today. Every month there is news of a bombing in some city, or a shooting in some neighborhood, and Western media has made Islam the face of terrorism. While Jihadists only make up a fraction of the proponents of terrorism, the media has caused “terrorism” to be synonymous with “Muslim.” Even understandable acts of rebellion, like the liberation movement of Palestine against Israel, are seen as Islamic radicalism because misguided…

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    A Pigeon And A Boy Essay

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    their identity within both A Pigeon and a Boy and When I Lived in Modern Times. In the two texts, there is a correlation between the home they find and how their identity is defined by that space. In Grant’s novel, Evelyn is only able to start building her new identity once she finds a space of her own. At the beginning of the novel, she describes herself as ‘a preliminary sketch for a person (Grant 2000: 5), with a need to build a firm identity. Throughout, her identity reforms and expands with…

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    father were separated from the mother and the girls. Early on, Wiesel's mother and youngest sister were killed by the Germans, and before the prisoners were liberated by the Allies, his father died of malnourishment and mistreatment. After the liberation, Wiesel was sent to France along with four hundred other orphans. He spent two years as a ward of a French Jewish welfare agency, attempting to resume his religious studies. As the result of the publication of his photograph in a French…

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    Is Art A Fluidity?

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    audition for, the higher my chances of one of them wanting me are. Another goal of mine has always been to move to Israel and make Aliyah. That being said I have also looked into multiple dance companies located in Israel that I plan to audition for. These companies include: Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Kolben Dance Company, Maria-Kong, Noa Zuk, L-E-V Dance Company, Batsheva Dance Company Youth Ensemble, Dana Ruttenberg Dance Group, Inbal Dance Theatre Company, and Vertigo Dance…

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    Coco Chanel's Motivation

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    In 1939, Coco Chanel would suddenly decide to fire all 2,500 of her employees and closed up her businesses entirely. A clear explanation was never provided, but it could be a reaction to the start of the war or it could have been revenge for the strike that occurred three years prior. Either way, Chanel chose to hide away from the fashion world with only money coming through a percentage of perfume sales that she owned. During this time, there is a lot of speculation about what kind of role…

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    Oriented: A Film Reflection ‘Oriented’ was a thought provoking film that showcased gay Palestinian men that were a part of the “mestiza” identity while living in Israel, a gendered nation. The film revolved around three Palestinian men, Khadir, Fadi and Naeem living in Tel Aviv who find themselves caught in the middle of two worlds. Because of their sexual orientation, they were pushed away from their Arab roots and towards Tel Aviv where it is supposedly more accepting. However, because they…

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    Culture Of Israel

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    Jerusalem the capital city of Israel has a population of over 760,000 people of mixed cultures, nationalities and religious observers. It is a city of ancient times and the people have been restoring historical cites since its rebirth in 1948. The city consists of historical sites, green landscaped areas, modernized commercial zones and the ever-expanding industrial and urban areas. Tel Aviv a city on the Mediterranean coast is the countries financial and commercial epicenter. It home…

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    Dbq American Advertising

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    Helman looks into the actual advertisements that were created within Tel Aviv Press and Jaffan Press. The advertisements within these papers, in both the Arab Palestinian Press and the Zionist Press are important to pay attention to. Not only did they show what products were being advertised to certain populations, but they also helped shape culture within the big cities, such as Tel Aviv. Modern advertising created new desires and new products that shaped everyday life. Consumers were…

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    Jerusalem is a city that spans around 60 kilometers, located at the coordinates of 31°47′N, 35°13′E. The city is elevated at around 760 meters, and it lies on the southern spur of a plateau in the Judaean Mountains, which includes Mount of Olives to the east and Mount Scopus to the northeast. Also called the “Old City,” Jerusalem lies north of Bethlehem, west of Abu Dis, east of Tel Aviv, and south of Ramallah. It is surrounded by valleys and dry riverbeds. The three most known valleys are the…

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