
21.11.11
Zim hosted a delegation from the Israel-Palestine Chamber of Commerce
This week, for the first time, Zim hosted 50 of its clients from the Palestinian Authority

21.11.11
CBS: Israel’s trade deficit totaled ILS 4.9 billion in October 2011
Trend data in August-October 2011: Point to a rise in import of goods from EU and Asian countries. Point to a drop in export of goods to USA

21.11.11
Swissport International named Sigal Mannheim-Katzovich director of the year
The decision to elect Mrs. Mannheim-Katzovich, CEO Swissport Cargo Services Israel Ltd, was made due to the outstanding growth in cargo activities achieved by the terminal as from 2010

21.11.11
Israel sends mobile homes to Turkish quake victims
The aid was forwarded per the request of the government in Ankara and the mobile homes were sufficient to house around 1,000 people

21.11.11
CBS: Israeli economy to slow - 3Q growth rate slips to 3.4%
GDP growth rate slipped to 3.4% in the third quarter of 2011 from 3.5% in the second quarter and 4.7% in the first quarter of 2011

21.11.11
Lufthansa announced cancellation of 40+ flights to Israel in December to February period
A company statement noted that the cancellation is due to the sharp decline in the number of passengers during the winter season

14.11.11
Israel experienced limited general strike, hit ports and airports
The strike, which began at 6:00 am, had been due to continue indefinitely but its scope was limited to four hours following an all-night session by the National Labour Court

14.11.11
Israel’s food exports approaching half a billion US$ mark
Hefetz: "a fairly new development is that food exports to Asia soared by 79% compared with the same six month period last year and totaled some US$92 million dollars"
More news from ישראל Section
>Queen Elizabeth drops in on Haifa/14.11.11
>Glitch, not hackers brought down Israeli government websites/14.11.11
>Israel decided to step up airliner security/14.11.11
>OECD supports Israeli initiative to develop a green growth plan/14.11.11
>Lufthansa to launch Berlin routes from Tel Aviv/14.11.11
>Israel, EU sign space & tourism cooperation accord/07.11.11
>Doron Arbeli head of Customs directorate, appointed acting head of the Tax Authority/07.11.11
>October vehicle deliveries down 26%/07.11.11
>Israel ranked 17th on UN's Human Development Index/07.11.11
>Bank Leumi projects 4.9% GDP growth in 2011/07.11.11