Healthy Food

Nutrition has always been an issue for most of us in our daily life. Our eating habits- whether we eat healthy or unhealthy food- are very important to us. But for others maybe not. Recently conducted studies show that there is a connection between the food we eat and our behavior. The question we're facing is whether food manufacturers are responsible for producing healthier food or not. I believe they are.


Let's take a school for example. It is a crowded institution, teenagers eat there every day. Their behavior can easily detiriorate by the smallest veriable. They can get violent and cause damage to the enviroment and themselves, and the food they eat can be a great factor to their behavior. Most of the food we eat today is processed by food manufacturers. That food is fortified with sugar, fat and other unhealthy additives. Therefore, it is possible to say that those food manufacturers have a great responsibility over us and our children, in particular.

Another example is prisons. Prisons tend to be very violent places. Giving the inmates healthier and sugarless food might cause a great improvment to their behavior. Therefore, producing healthier food by the manufacturers for the prisoners can do great and even save lives.

Some people might say that we are the ones responsible for the food we eat. I find that argument weak because a very big precentage of the food available to us is processed by manufacturers. They can't tell us to eat healthier food if there isn't any.

To sum up, I believe that food manufacturers must be held responsible for the food they produce. Those corporates have a big responsibility over our society. If they begin producing healthier food, their sales and profits will go up and make our world a better place. So it's a win-win situation.

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Daphna

10 Mote Gur Street
Holon

September 19, 2009

The Editor
Ha'aretz
P.O Box 28
Holon

Dear Editor,

Concerning the article you wrote about the Iranian and Israeli power balance, I'd like to express my support for Israel. I believe, as an Israeli, that Israel must not put itself under even the smallest existence risk. I can feel that Israel's right to attack Iran is justified and an all-out escalation is very likely to appear.

To begin with, Iran's president, Ahmenigad keeps wishing the destruction of Israel in every speech or interview. Being constantly threatened that way gives Israel legitimecy to strike Iran. I stronly believe that preperations are being made right now and an airstrike is very close, likely to appear between 2010-2011.

Concerning your opinion, I completely agree with most of your assumptions although I disagree with your statement that you think that sanctions will be able to stop Iran from its ultimate goal. Iran is few months away from a nuclear bomb, even the most severe sanctions will not be able to prevent it from getting its hands on a bomb. They have the knowledge, all they need is the time.

Therefore, I believe a strike is the ideal solution, it is likely to appear in a year or so and end Iran's ambitions for nuclear power.

Kobi Tavdish

Iran- nuclear power. How close?

Iran has been developing its nuclear technology since 1996. Nowadays, relying on foreign estimations, Iran is several months away from achieving enough nuclear power for a single bomb.

Israel has been trying for years to delay, sabotage and even prevent Iran's efforts to gain such power. It starts from activating secret undercover Mossad agents and opening straw companies to pressuring the international community to increase its economic embargo on Iran.

So far, it looks like it was all for nothing, Iran is closer than ever to have the capability of launching a nuclear bomb. The last and least favored option by the majority leaders of the west is the military strike on the nuclear facilities. Examining the events that occured not so long ago- the Israeli flag submarine, the "Dolphin", set off to the red sea through the Suez canal along with a powerful Israeli missile boat- can give us clues to estimate that a military strike may be closer than ever.

In this article we can see that Israel's prime minister, Netanyahu, urges the international community to worsen the sanctions on Iran, probably a step of last resort before the last option appears on the table.

I believe that a military strike along with a wide Middle-East escalation is to happen somewhere between 2010 and 2011. Economical and social sanctions don’t seem to appear in the near future and Iran achieving a bomb is unavoidable. A wide military conflict is likely to appear, Israel vs. Iran and its extensions- Hezbollah and Hamas.

The next steps Israel will take shall determine the future of the Middle-East.

Very good.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1114452.html

Middle-East

There is some growing interest now in the Middle East's Israeli-Palestinian conflict since Obama's administration kicked in. Netanyahu's government is trying to do anything to delay or gain some time or even get any leverage on the American pressure being put on him.

In the last few months there have been some intense talks about the conflict and the results of those are the softening in Netanyahu's demands. In this article we can see the results of the American growing pressure over him. He says "Israel is ready to restart talks", meaning he's willing to get back to the negotiation table with the Palestinian "leader" Abu- Mazen.

But that’s not all; one of the most important demands is over the continuation of the building of the settlements beyond the green line. One of Bibi's promises to his voters was that he wouldn't give up to any pressure from any country concerning the settlements and here we can see his softening and willingness to adjust his demands with whatever he sees fit.

I believe he is doing the right thing. Obama is young and ambitious and that’s good but he's also naïve, he knows nothing about the tension and the complexity of the middle-east. He thinks that with his speeches and charming smile he can fix the world but unfortunately, it is a bit more complicated than that.

http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/13/1007809/netanyahu-israel-ready-to-restart-talks

Good work!

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