Brains and beauty team up for Israel

November 2, 2006 - 10:03 AM by David Brinn

British citizens are certainly going to be receiving a diverse view of Israel in the coming months. Not only has homegrown supermodel Bar Refaeli agreed to participate in opening ceremony next week of the Israeli booth at the World Tourism Fair in London, but superscientist Stephen Hawking has been recruited by the British Embassy to visit Israel and hobnob with its scientific community.

Bar hawking

A Ynet report on the Refaeli story stated that the Israeli booth which will include a Dead Sea spa and massage treatments, but did not clarify whether Leo DiCaprio’s better half would be personally attending to clients or not.

And Hawking, who will have a deluxe suite at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem to meet his special needs, will be fostering cooperation between Israeli and British scientists and researchers – a perfect antidote to all that academic boycott talk.

So between focusing on the dual images of Refaeli and Israeli scientific prowess (actually the fact that two Israelis created Refaeli is a pretty amazing scientific achievement by itself), maybe the average Brit will begin to see a different side of Israel.

Of course, with Refaeli’s controversial past regarding a quickie marriage and army avoidance, and Hawking’s rumored upcoming divorce, it’s possible that the British will choose to focus on the beast side of things instead of the beauty.

Share with others