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Tue,May 15,2012
23 Iyyar 5772
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From Green Finland to Yellow Arava
Monday Apr 30, 2012
The spring season in the Golan Heights is amazingly beautiful. Everything is so green and fresh, and bursting with colour. Green, yellow, red, purple, blue, you name it. Flowers are everywhere and the trees are sprouting. I have been living for seven months in the middle of desert, the Arava Valley, where the dominant colour is the yellow of mountains and sand. The amount of green seems almost surreal; it is...
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Tuesday Apr 17, 2012
The State of Israel and the Jewish National Fund – Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL-JNF) consider the development of the Negev a top priority in the regional strategies for this decade. Most of the Negev is allocated for nature reserves and for training ground for the Israel Defense Forces. Due to the rapid development of Israeli high-tech, there is an even greater need for open space for commercial and residential development...
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Wednesday Mar 28, 2012
The Arava is a rift valley that is divided between Israel and Jordan. The sun rises from the East over the Mountains of Edomand sets in the west of Sinai, decorating the horizon beyond the mountains of Jordan with colors of red, orange, brown and yellow. This view is phenomenal and amazingly peaceful. Ketura is located right next to the Israel highway 90 that goes along the Jordanian border from the Sea of Galilee in the...
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Monday Feb 20, 2012
Shmuel Willner
This is the blog of a young Zionist from Finland who is experiencing the life in the Arava Valley of Israel. In the beginning of September 2011, I started out on my journey to Israel with an open mind, full of enthusiasm, vision and pioneering spirit. I packed my bags, said goodbye to my family and friends, left my home, and finally reached the airport terminal in Helsinki to board my plane with a new...
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About This Blog
Shmuel Willner, an intern at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, also serves on the KKL-JNF Finland Board. He holds an M.Sc...
Shmuel Willner, an intern at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, also serves on the KKL-JNF Finland Board. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Aalto University Helsinki School of Economics.
