Mr. Nahum Ganzarsky, President if the Israeli Chamber of Shipping addressed last week the ministers of Transport and Finance requesting their approval to grant work permits to port workers in Haifa

Data released by Israel's Ministry of Tourism and Central Bureau of Statistics, 1,424,900 tourists entered the country between January and September 2005, a 27% increase over the parallel period in 2004

The Israel Association of Software Houses & Israel Association of Electronics & Information Industries informed last week that foreign companies bought, during 2005, 15 Israeli software companies for an aggregate sum of $500m

The new CEO of Israel Railways said it had closed all level crossings without barriers, and in the future, there will be no such level crossings without barriers

The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ) announced last week that Israel’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.1% in September. The September increase brought the total CPI rate of increase to date, to 1.9%

Egyptian authorities rejected last week entry into Egyptian territory of Israeli goods loaded on wooden pallets at the Nitzana border crossing

Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and Chairman, will arrive in Israel, for the first time, tomorrow evening for a one-day visit. Gates visit to Israel is part of his annual European tour, presenting his vision for "the new world of work"

The first China Shipping TEU 4250 capacity containership "Xin Yang Shan" docked last week for the first time at the port of Ashdod