According to Mahmoud Eissa, Egyptian Industry and Foreign Trade Minister, U.S. and Israel approved the expansion of QIZ

First target: The Heads of the European Financial Community

According to the report Israel has more innovating cleantech companies than much larger countries like the United States, Germany and France

The cooperation will commence around the last week of March 2012, pending final FMC approval, and will cover two main shipping loops

The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute (IEI) reported last week that Israel's wine industry recorded a successful year in 2011 as wine exports grew by 5.5%

Israel is ranked second most educated country in the world, among OECD member countries in terms of the number of academics

Israel’s total net polished diamond exports increased 23.5% in 2011 over 2010, reaching US$7.2 billion

The Bank Hapoalim and Purchasing Managers' Association's PMI for December 2011 fell by 1.1 percentage points to a level of 42.7 points, to stay well below the 50 point level that separates manufacturing expansion from contraction