Military deals have not been canceled. Nor have most of the civilian business dealings, from textiles to shipping, metals and irrigation systems. Tourism is hit hard

Early this year talks failed to reach an agreement on several outstanding issues, including ownership of land at Haifa Port and actuarial estimates

Two shifts of longshoremen, members of the International Long shore and Warehouse Union, agreed not to cross the picket line

The rise this month was due to rises in the indices of manufacturing production and imports of consumer goods and production inputs

The index has dropped 15.2 points in the past three months and had peaked at 68.8% last November

The boycott is expected to have a minimal impact on Swedish-Israeli trade, which accounts for 0.2% of the Nordic trade with Israel

Shlomo Tirosh announced his resignation after 16 years in the post. Tirosh diverted exports from air to sea trasport and chartered two new refrigerated ships

The Intersessional Meeting was concluded without reaching consensus regarding the implementation of the Joint Work Plan concerning Zimbabwe’s diamonds