Chad Hurley, Founder and CEO of YouTube and Israeli President Shimon Peres launched the Israeli leader's first personal YouTube channel on December eighth, 2009 at The Presidential Residence in Jerusalem. The presidential video channel features several clips including a personal greeting to viewers, Peres' Nobel Prize acceptance speech and other programming. Peres says he hopes to use the page to foster online dialogue between Israel and the world.
Hurley and Peres press on a computer mouse, launching Peres' Youtube channel. (Photo: Dave Bender - All Rights Reserved)
The two discussed opportunities for using YouTube as a tool to foster free expression towards achieving peace. Peres answered reporters' questions about potential peace talks with Syria and related Middle East issues. Hurley, who made a special trip to Israel for the launch, presented Peres with a plaque featuring original coding for the YouTube site.
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"With two popular Atlanta restaurants, a catering business, and plans for expansion, Great Food Group Inc’s Owner Patrick Albrecht has a lot more than food on his plate. And to keep his operation running smoothly and cost-effectively, he depends on iPhone." (Dave Bender: Interview, on-site ambient audio for Apple iPhone slideshow)
Hip-hop pop'n'lockers wow the crowd on downtown Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall on a Saturday night. More in this photo series here. (Photo: Dave Bender - All Rights Reserved)
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Worshipers link arms, singing "We Shall Overcome," at Ebenezer
Baptist Church in downtown Atlanta, on Sunday, January 18,
on the eve of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Day,
and inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama.
Memphis has Graceland. Vegas has impersonators. And Israel - yes, Israel - has the Elvis Inn, a bizarre desert Mecca for Middle East Elvis enthusiasts. It's the Holy Land, people, and the King has risen.
