Tag: Israel

The LGBT Israel Task Force and Creator of Eurovision’s Winning Song ‘Toy’ Fight for the Israeli LGBT Community and Present: ‘Waiting in YouTube’s Antechamber’

Stuart Mitchell

The LGBT Israel Task Force (‘The Aguda’) and renowned Israeli composer and song writer Doron Medalie are launching together with Google a very unusual YouTube experience. This experience will effectively turn pre-roll ads into a waiting room where people wanting to listen to one of Medalie’s many hits will have to patiently wait, while listening to a series of interviews. But with Medalie’s songs figuring in most Israelis’ playlists, the LGBT Israel Task Force have essentially hacked the medium and ensured their message is heard through YouTube. With close to…

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Access Israel Replaces disabled parking spot signs with the pictures of real people

Stuart Mitchell

We’ve probably seen it happen a zillion times and we’ve maybe even done it ourselves once or twice: parking in a spot for disabled people. Yeah, we’ve all seen it happen before: a car blitzing into a parking spot reserved for the disabled only for its driver to step out seconds later on two perfectly functioning legs. Sure, if you ask the driver he’ll probably have a whole battery of excuses to go with his blatant misbehavior and disrespect. Anything ranging from: “I’ll only be a second”, “I’m just picking…

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