The Jewish National Fund has paid former US president Bill Clinton $500,000 for a 45-minute speech at the Peres Academic Center in Rehovot on June 17 in honor of the Israeli president’s 90th birthday. Guests were last week sent invitations requiring them to stump up NIS 3,000 (just over $800) apiece to attend the gala dinner, and thus to help cover his fee, but that requirement has now been canceled.  The fee is not destined for Clinton’s personal account, but will rather be paid to the William J. Clinton Foundation, which encourages awareness of environmental protection and public health along with projects promoting those causes.  http://www.timesofisrael.com/jnf-to-pay-bill-clinton-500000-for-45-minute-talk/