I thought newspapers here will be full of Chinese New Year world coverage, but after some quick browsing of the leading local websites it’s embarrassing to admit the fact that I’ve found absolutely nothing - the world’s biggest holiday goes unnoticed in this part of the world.
But still, the Chinese embassy held an official get-together yesterday at the embassador’s residence. I wasn’t there, but Banma was kind enough to report :

We just got back from the reception at the embassador’s house in Hertzelia for the upcoming Chinese new years and the embassador gave his annual speech, especially referring to the Chinese students in the Israeli universities that are making China proud and will be bringing valuable knowledge back to China. …