An inspiring winter day in the Dead Sea Rift Valley brings wonderful sights of colorful sky, mountains and water.

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Note that the Dead Sea water level drops one meter per year:

which calls for an immediate action…

Haifa is built on the Carmel ridge, which penetrates the Mediterranean Sea creating superb mountain-sea urban views. Haifa is also unique by having a subway system that connects its downtown areas near the port to the Carmel neighborhoods. Six stations at 0 to 280 meters above sea level enable Haifa’s residents and guests to move easily between the city levels.

Lately, the Carmelit was opened to bicycle riders. Bikers can now bike down the meandering beautiful streets of Haifa, and get a ride up on the Carmelit subway if they feel too tired (Of course there’s nothing like a good bicycle ride uphill :).

It was not easy to convince the authorities to open the Carmelit for bikers, and the achievement was accomplished due to hard work of city council member Zeev Siles and Haifa biking activists.

The event was celebrated by a festive "Critical Mass” ride that ended taking the Carmelit up the ridge from the bottom station at "Paris Square” to the top station at "Ha’em Garden”.

Summer of 2011 in Israel will definitely be remembered for the outstanding social justice protest that swept through Israel. It started in  Tel Aviv, when young people protesting against the high costs of dwelling pitched tents in Rothschild boulevard and moved to live there. Soon, the tents became a city of tents, home to protesters from all over the country. It became a melting pot for those aiming at creating a social change in Israel.

Following are selected sights from the tents city.

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Even hot weather systems arrived to our area late this year. One of them is ending with a remarkable show on the sky just above the Carmel Park. It’s time to take a look at the green vegetation that winter brought to the burned down areas of the Carmel, just as summer is about to begin, turning them to yellow.

A winter day in the middle of the spring brought a thunder stormy morning to Haifa. After half an hour a white blanket of hail covered the neighborhood followed by gushing water filling the small, usually dry, streams draining the slopes between buildings

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Palm Sunday was celebrated today in colorful festivities in Downtown Haifa.
Here are some souvenirs from the events…

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Three months after the tragic fire in Mount Carmel, and the forest shows interesting signs of regeneration.

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The Brand new MSC Magnifica Cruise Ship now regularly visits Haifa on its Mediterranean Cruise. When it’s docking in Haifa Port, it looks as if a new luxury neighborhood is temporarily attached to the city. 2500 passengers and 1000 crew members are a notable addition to the Mountain-Sea Multi-Cultural City of Haifa, as it is visible from many viewpoints of the city. Welcome aboard and welcome to Haifa !

A nice winter day paints  Haifa sky with dark colors on the background of sun lit neighborhoods. The rain that came a few minutes later left its marks on the Technion paths, creating interesting compositions.