![]() ![]() These Robe fixtures were used to illuminate The Cameri Theatre, and the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre, all standing adjacent to one another in Sderot Sha’ul HaMelech square. The lights were supplied by Danor Theatre and Studio Systems whose Erez Hadar also enthusiastically participated in the event. The spontaneous event – that began like so many of these organic movements as an animated conversation – was organised by multidisciplinary artist, musician and lighting designer Nadav Barnea, together with lighting designer Baruch Shpigelman, and it energised and united engineers, technicians, designers and directors working in every discipline in the sector – lighting, sound, video, staging, rigging, visual, scenic, cameras & broadcast, etc.ĭelighted to participate was another leading Israeli lighting designer, Eran Klein of Cochavi&Klein who worked closely with his business partner Eli Cochavi to light up one of the two main sites in central Tel Aviv with an all- Robe lighting rig featuring Spiiders, BMFL Spots and LEDWash 1200 fixtures. Twitter hashtags remain a popular way for Palestinians to receive alerts and avoid danger.Over 150 theatrical venues, concert halls, music clubs and sport arenas across the whole of Israel – in cities and communities large and small – were lit up in red on Decemin a ‘Red Alert evening of action’ designed to highlight culture and the arts and the immense amount of enjoyment, entertainment and value that it brings to all. Networks in the Occupied Territories can only provide 2G connectivity as Israel restricts bandwidth. The Red Alert/Yo service is not available for Palestinians concerned about Israeli air strikes. In the larger scheme of their extensive military capabilities, I doubt that Israel is hinging its citizens’ lives on an app that provides 15 seconds of response time before a rocket hits.” As with every technology-based early warning we see in the field, the need to establish mechanisms for early response is the real key. encouraged developers to create an English-language version of the app certainly tells me that he sees it as a way to reach people outside the country. “The fact that Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Institute of Peace’s PeaceTech Initiative, says it’s probably a little bit of both. Anand Varghese, a program officer with the U.S. It’s quickly becoming one of the most popular apps in Israel.Īmidst the chaos, it’s hard to determine if the app has saved lives in the region, or if it’s functioning more as an Israeli public relations tool to reveal the violence in the region to the outside world. Working in conjunction with Yo’s push notification service, Red Alert is able to reach a larger pool of citizens who might be vulnerable to rocket fire near Gaza. Without Yo, the Red Alert app simply sends an alert (audio optional) with a potential city-wide location, like Jerusalem or Ashkelon. The user typically receives a warning via smartphone 15 to 90 seconds before a rocket hits. Yo users can now follow “RedAlertIsrael” to get a “Yo” at the same time that the sirens go off. Red Alert acts as a complement to the sirens. Following the implementation of the Red Color emergency siren system in 2012, there were concerns that people might not hear-or even sleep through-the sirens. The messaging app has partnered with Red Alert, a real-time missile notification service and self-described “propaganda tool” used in Israel. Israeli citizens have begun relying on Yo for warnings of impending rocket strikes by Palestinian militants. Ridiculed for being gimmicky and useless, the app that was released on April Fool’s Day is now being used to save lives in one of the planet’s most complex conflict zones.
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