Description: Milk and honey, startups and a bit of silliness
Milk and honey, startups and a bit of silliness
These profound words, articulated by Shimon Peres (former President of Israel), encapsulates the sentiment in this country right now. I had pleasure of seeing the legend, now a 92 year old, address an elated crowd at the TEDx White City event in Tel Aviv last month. It was extraordinary to witness his positive spirit and even more poignant now, during the current wave of violence that has been plaguing the region.
The past month or so in Israel has been challenging. Calls for a near intifada have circulated, and my personal level of safety was put at compromise. You may read this in Australia and ponder, why would one consciously choose to live in a reality like this? Fast forward a few weeks and I receive the news that my father living in a relatively quiet neighbourhood in Melbourne, was attacked by two young boys outside our family home. So I sit back, totally flabbergasted by what happened to my dad, whilst sippi