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AUT Cancels Boycott
PM Sharon addresses AIPAC Policy Conference
Israeli actress Hanna Laslo wins Best Actress award at Cannes
Israeli breakthrough: Cholesterol drugs can cut cancer
Jordan, Israel, PA agree on study to save Dead Sea
Israeli Wine to hit Europe

AUT Cancels Boycott
The Association of University Teachers yesterday rescinded its boycott motions against
Israeli universities and pledged to "providing practical solidarity for Palestinian and Israeli
trade unionists and academics by agreeing on a motion committing the union to a full
review of international policy." The move was welcomed by the Israeli Ambassador who
said, “The academic world must play a constructive role in building bridges and
encouraging co-operation, rather than taking retrograde steps that can only sabotage
progress. Let this decision today send an unequivocal message that baseless and overtly
discriminatory boycotts do nothing to further steps towards peace and reconciliation in our
region.”
Other articles and comments about the boycott can be found on Engage website, the
Embassy website, Haifa University website and Bar Ilan University website.

PM Sharon addresses AIPAC Policy Conference
This week Prime Minister Sharon visited America and had successful meetings at AIPAC
and with Jewish community leaders in New York. PM Sharon emphasized the shared values
between the two countries as well as promising that Israeli society has the inward strength
to overcome the difficult steps ahead. Referring to the current events in Israel, the Prime
Minister said, “Let there be no doubt - the Disengagement Plan will be implemented
according to the timetable and the decisions authorized by the Government. Full speech

Israeli actress Hanna Laslo wins Best Actress award at Cannes




Israeli actress Hanna Laslo holds Cannes Best Actress award (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)

Hanna Laslo won the Best Actress award for her role in Israeli director Amos Gitai's film
entry "Free Zone" at the 58th Cannes Film Festival. Gitai said he made the film, a story
about three women, because he was interested in "pockets of freedom in the Middle East
where people of different origins can mingle."
Full story and film clip

Israeli breakthrough: Cholesterol drugs can cut cancer
A study conducted by the Technion reveals that people who took statins - cholesterol-
lowering drugs - for five years had nearly half the risk of developing colon cancer, reports
Israel21c. Cholesterol-lowering drugs can almost halve the risk of colon cancer, even in
people with a family history of the disease; a joint Israeli-US study has shown. Full story

Jordan, Israel, PA agree on study to save Dead Sea
Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians agreed met last Sunday and agreed to go ahead with a
three-year feasibility study to save the Dead Sea, the Associated Press reported. Experts
believe that its constant evaporation will lead to its complete disappearance in five
decades. Meeting at the World Economic Forum on the Jordanian shore of the Dead Sea,
officials said the US$15 million feasibility study would start this year and is expected to
finish in 2008. Jordan appealed last year for international assistance to help save the sea
and its fragile ecosystem. Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
said at the opening of a panel to discuss the survival of the sea that "The project involves
three parties and our hope is that an era of peace is coming to our region"

Israeli Wine to hit Europe
Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Ehud Olmert has approved a five-year plan aimed at
doubling Israel wine exports, Globes reported. A committee recommended a plan aimed at
branding Israeli wine as high-quality, with a wine producing tradition dating back
thousands of years. Yaron Kimhi, chairman of the Israel Wine Institute said that success of
the plan is expected to result in the expansion of vineyards, improve the ranking of Israeli
wines, and contribute to incoming tourism. Israel's wine exports totaled $13.2 million in
2004, 15 percent more than in 2003. Israel exports wine to 57 countries, including the
U.S., France, and the UK.


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