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A splash of Paris in Jerusalemby michael • May 21 2008Municipal news, City planning, Things to do Ceci n'est pas une fontaine (à Jérusalem) The magnanimity of our Gallic comrades didn't stop with their assistance in building that...um...municipal basketball court a few miles south of Dimona. Gay Paris is about to give Israel a very special 60th birthday present, one that way outstrips what the country got from its chums in America (that is, several days of snarled traffic). Hold on to your berets and pain au chocolat, Jerusalemites: you're getting a fountain. The fountain was given to Jerusalem as a gift from Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë in honor of the State of Israel's 60th anniversary. The cost of its construction is estimated at hundreds of thousands of shekels. But the radness of Parisian fountains aside, Jerusalem has gotten an even better gift from la France lately: thousands of its citizens, who have immigrated to Israel and brought with them a growing handful of authentic French pâtisseries, meaning Jerusalem can now choose from all manner of gooey eclairs and airy cream puffs to go straight to her hips. So grab a pastry and head up to the square to appreciate, in several key ways, what France has done for you lately. Photo of a Paris fountain courtesy of OctopusHat from flickr under a creative commons license. 5 Comments0 • thebigfelafel • 10:21 on 21 May 2008
Do you really think it will stop the women in black? if they continue protesting in the fountain, i guess we'll just be lucky they're not the women in white...
0 • titania177 • 14:08 on 21 May 2008
Ooh, sounds lovely, it will certainly distract from the appalling traffic around Kikar Tzarfat, every time I drive through there they seem to have changed which way you can turn. And re: French patisseries, may I recommend Simone's on Derech Hevron. Very naughty!
0 • martin • 23:42 on 23 May 2008
maybe that french influence will help the women in black surrender
0 • Guest • 14:52 on 25 May 2008
Clearly, the city planners are trying to flush out (or drown?) the few remaining leftists in the city, whose most well-known gathering space just got smaller.
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