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Israel tries to bolster its image via Oscars "swag bag"

An Oscar statue is seen during the nominations announcements for the 88th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaTop Academy Award nominees will have a politically charged gift in their swag bag this year - a luxury trip to Israel paid for in part by a government that hopes such celebrity junkets will offset news coverage of the country's troubles. The $55,000 trips are on offer to actors and directors vying for Oscars in the Feb. 28 ceremony, according to Israel's tourism ministry. "They will experience the country first-hand and not through the media." Among the recipients of the 10-day VIP trip-for-two will be actors Sylvester Stallone, who signed a pro-Israel petition during the 2014 Gaza war, and Leonardo diCaprio, who sent Israeli paparazzi into a frenzy in 2010 while visiting the country's top model, Bar Refaeli, his girlfriend at the time.




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