Someone should let Wired know that Tel Aviv is as European as Damascus and Beirut.
Also, not the capital of Israel. (A main city, sure)
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#52Israel is not in Europe. Why is it on the list?
It's culturally closer to Europe than to its Muslim neighbors. Israel competes in the Eurovision song contest and in the European soccer confederation.
The reason Israel competes in European football instead of the regional equivalent is to avoid matches such as Israel vs. Syria and Israel vs. Iran.
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#53Someone should let Wired know that Tel Aviv is as European as Damascus and Beirut.
At least Israel is a recurring participant at the european song contest[1]. This might have influenced wired's judgement profoundly. [1] http://www.eurovision.tv/page/dusseldorf-2011/about/shows/pa...
They also are a member of the Union of European Football Associations, take part in European championships, play in the Europa cups, etc.
I think the situation is the same in other sports such as basketball.
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You're welcome! Have a look at what we do on our startup scene: http://garage48.org/ (events + startup co-working hub) http://startupleadersclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/occtallinn
Sounds interesting! I'm unable to find a more subtle way to ask this, so I'll be blunt. (pardon! :) How is the English literacy in Estonia and in Tallinn in particular? Of course, if someone expects to live somewhere s/he should be expected to learn the local language and customs, but if you're there for only a month or two then it's challenging.
You'll be fine in English in Tallinn as you would in any other Nordic capital. Fluent younger/tech circles, ok to get by anywhere from food stores to hospitals.
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#55Israel is not in Europe. Why is it on the list?
It's culturally closer to Europe than to its Muslim neighbors. Israel competes in the Eurovision song contest and in the European soccer confederation.
Except when it comes to its apartheid-like policies in the West Bank, but then again formally Apartheid South Africa was long accepted as part of the West too...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_analog...
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It's culturally closer to Europe than to its Muslim neighbors. Israel competes in the Eurovision song contest and in the European soccer confederation.
The reason Israel competes in European football instead of the regional equivalent is to avoid matches such as Israel vs. Syria and Israel vs. Iran.
They can still play against Germany though.
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It's culturally closer to Europe than to its Muslim neighbors. Israel competes in the Eurovision song contest and in the European soccer confederation.
The reason Israel competes in European football instead of the regional equivalent is to avoid matches such as Israel vs. Syria and Israel vs. Iran.
Yes, because of the long-standing occupation of the Palestinian territories, the lack of rights afforded to the Palestinian Arabs living there and the ever growing Israeli settlements in and around these Palestinian communities, Israel isn't very welcomed by its other Arab nations.
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#58You're really pushing it if you're classing Moscow and Tel Aviv as "European" cities...
Israel is thought of European because its football team is aligned with UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) and also it participates in the Eurovision song contest, so a lot of Europeans, myself included, definitely see Israel as quasi-European
Israel is fairly European in a lot of aspects except when it comes to its occupation of the Palestinian territories and its denial of rights to the inhabitants of those territories. Israel's behavior with regards to the West Bank is so bad that it being referred to more and more as an apartheid situation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_analog...
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Sounds interesting! I'm unable to find a more subtle way to ask this, so I'll be blunt. (pardon! :) How is the English literacy in Estonia and in Tallinn in particular? Of course, if someone expects to live somewhere s/he should be expected to learn the local language and customs, but if you're there for only a month or two then it's challenging.
You'll be fine in English in Tallinn as you would in any other Nordic capital. Fluent younger/tech circles, ok to get by anywhere from food stores to hospitals.
Tänan!
Any recommended local sites for gauging rent prices? What's the common website in Estonia for apartment rentals?
(I did look in Google, but in my experience it's best to ask a local for the defacto leader in rentals)
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#60Israel is not in Europe. Why is it on the list?
Geography is a cultural and political construct.
Why Morocco considered East, while Greece West? Geographically Morocco is 2500km to the west from Greece, culturally Morocco is predominantly Muslim, while Greece Christian.
Also geographically almost whole Republic of Azerbaijan, parts of Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan are considered in Europe.
The Kazakhstan case is funny, considering it's bordering China.