Jawdat Ibrahim ( ar, جودت ابراهيم, he, ג'וודאת איברהים) is an Israeli millionaire who has established a fund that gives scholarships to both

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and

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university students, and has hosted informal peace talks between Israeli and

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leaders at his popular Abu Ghosh restaurant.Deborah Sontag,
Abu Ghosh Journal; His Pot of Gold Gives a Sparkle to the Whole Town
, ''New York Times'', 16 June 1999 Ibrahim lived in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

for six years, but returned to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

in 1992 after winning US$17.5 million in the

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. In 2010, Ibrahim funded a project to reclaim the Guinness World Record for the world's largest hummus from

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

in the

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town of Abu Ghosh. The world record breaking hummus weighed 4,090 kg. The new record was described by

Army Radio Army Radio ( he, גלי צה"ל lit. IDF waves) or Galei Tzahal, known in Israel by its acronym Galatz ( he, גל"צ), is a nationwide Israeli radio network operated by the Israel Defense Forces. The station broadcasts news, music, traffic repor ...

as the Third Lebanon War.

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