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	<title>Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog</title>
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	<description>Daily Analysis of Pressing Issues on Israel's National Agenda</description>
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		<title>Vision to Reality: The Reut Blog</title>
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		<title>Iranian Elections and the Concept of &#8216;Collapse&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/06/iranian-elections-ahmadinejad-moussavicollapse/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/06/iranian-elections-ahmadinejad-moussavicollapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calev Ben Dor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methodology & Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the New York Times, Roger Cohen argues that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been weakened due to five principal factors – the undermining of the supreme leader’s position, the breaking of the contract that bound society, the extension of fissures in the establishment, the inevitable weakening of Iran’s international rhetoric and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1908&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Calev Ben Dor</media:title>
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		<title>Is Iran Overstretching?</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/02/does-iran-overstrech/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/02/does-iran-overstrech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eran Shayshon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Demonstrations in Iran are unlikely to change the country’s nuclear policy. But they do point to the possibility that economic sanctions may work.
 Riots in Iran have done little to abate Israeli concerns regarding the country’s nuclear program, and it remains very doubtful that the current demonstrations will prompt a significant change in Iranian policy. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1896&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Eran Shayshon</media:title>
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		<title>Understanding Rapid Change in the World we live in</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/01/rapid-change-world-tom-friedman-relevancy-reu/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/07/01/rapid-change-world-tom-friedman-relevancy-reu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omri Zegen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodology & Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relevancy Gaps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reut]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reut-blog.org/?p=1884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the &#8216;exponential world&#8217; in which we we live, the value one receives from knowledge is decreasing while the value of learning is rapidly increasing, thus creating the greater possibility for &#8216;relevancy gaps&#8217; .
 I recently found an interesting clip which discusses the rapid rate of change in the world we live in. Among other things, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1884&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Omri Zegen</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Work and Wellbeing - Big</media:title>
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		<title>What does Recognizing Israel as a Jewish State Mean?</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/29/recognizing-israel-as-jewish-state-mean-bibi-abbas-obam/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/29/recognizing-israel-as-jewish-state-mean-bibi-abbas-obam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calev Ben Dor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli Arabs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two State Solution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although PM Netanyahu placed the need for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state as a pre-condition for resuming the political process, the Israeli government does not seem to have offered a clear idea of what this demand actually means according to Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout.
While such recognition of Israel has been a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1880&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Calev Ben Dor</media:title>
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		<title>The &#8216;Package Deal&#8217; and Leapfrogging</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/28/brosh-eini-budget-package-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/28/brosh-eini-budget-package-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit Granek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Package Deal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 25 years, the Government, unions and employees last week signed a ‘package deal’ as part of the 2009-2010 budget. The deal’s significance lies in the cultural change it might instigate among the leading actors in Israel’s economy.
Such a change is necessary if Israel wants to advance reforms for fulfilling the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1871&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Amit Granek</media:title>
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		<title>Online Highlights of the Second Annual ISRAEL 15 Conference and Study Visit</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/25/reut-israel-15-conference-study-visit-highlight/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/25/reut-israel-15-conference-study-visit-highlight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Hasson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Reut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISRAEL 15 Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel 15 community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reut Institute’s Second Annual ISRAEL 15 Conference and Study Visit produced interesting discussions and exciting content. For those in the Reut Community who were unable to join and for those who participated and want to revisit, we have posted highlights of the events on the conference portal.

 
 
Links include:
Letter by Reut CEO and President Gidi [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1862&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">tonihasson</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Reut by Gil Lavi</media:title>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s &#8216;Nuclear Ambiguity&#8217; Policy</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/24/israel-nuclear-syria-el-baradei-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/24/israel-nuclear-syria-el-baradei-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liran Bainvol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel U.S relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week a reported confrontation broke out at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors regarding Israel&#8217;s accusations that the agency&#8217;s investigation into the purported Syrian nuclear site was biased. During the discussion IAEA Head Mohamed ElBaradei sarcastically remarked that &#8220;Israel is not even a member of the non-proliferation regime yet presumes to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1856&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Liran Bainvol</media:title>
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		<title>Tri-Sectoral Encounters at the &#8216;Community Resilience&#8217; Conference</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/23/tri-sectoral-encounters-at-the-community-resilience-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/23/tri-sectoral-encounters-at-the-community-resilience-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yael Weisz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture of Preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli Trauma Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muli Lahad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tali Levanon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The conference &#8216;Community Resilience – the Strength of the Community Dealing with Long-Term Crises’ took place last week and dealt primarily with the issue of emergency preparedness for the Israeli Home Front as well as discussing several models for Resilience Centers.
The Resilience Centers run in several councils in northern and southern Israel in accordance with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1851&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">yaelweisz1</media:title>
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		<title>Communal Resilience – The Power of Community to Cope with an Ongoing Crisis</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/22/communal-resilience-israel-trauma-coalition-community-stress-prevention-cente/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/22/communal-resilience-israel-trauma-coalition-community-stress-prevention-cente/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kerenji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture of Preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Reut&#8217;s &#8216;Communities&#8217; team attended the Communal Resilience conference at Seminar E&#8217;fal. The event was organized by the Social Services Department in Sha&#8217;ar HaNegev Regional Council, as well as by the Community Stress Prevention Center.
The conference assembled large numbers of local government representatives from all parts of Israel, delegates from different NGO&#8217;s and government [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1847&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Daniel Kerenji</media:title>
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		<title>Tom Friedman quotes Gidi on Iranian Elections</title>
		<link>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/18/tom-friedman-virtual-mosque-iran-lebanon-gidi-grinstei/</link>
		<comments>http://reut-blog.org/2009/06/18/tom-friedman-virtual-mosque-iran-lebanon-gidi-grinstei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>General</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Reut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Discussing the recent elections in Lebanon and Iran, New York Times jounalist Tom Friedman quotes Reut President Gidi Grinstein on the battle between moderates and extremists in the region.
“The rise of these moderate forces, if it is real and sustained, would be the most significant long-term contribution to Israeli national security&#8230;If some of these moderate forces [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=reut-blog.org&blog=4293676&post=1838&subd=blogreut&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">General</media:title>
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