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| Israelis rediscover the joys of camping | | 2008-08-21 17:34:00 | | The Sharabi, Cohen, and Almogi clans have finished eating their pancakes and begun straightening up their tents, which are pitched in one of the authorized campgrounds along Lake Kinneret. Nearby, at the camp site of a group of families from Moshav Eitan in the Lachish region, the parents have pampered their children with spinach patties, as requested. "It's an inexpensive and real vacation like old times," Limor Sharabi says on his way to swim.Israelis seem to have "rediscovered" camping. Families, couples and groups of young people are increasingly forgoing vacations in Eilat or Turkey, grabbing a tent, charcoal grill and the kids, and heading for one of the campgrounds located throughout the country. The hobby is not yet as developed as in other Western countries, but it is certainly gaining momentum.Avi Cohen of Moshav Eitan takes his family on an annual camping trip to the Kinneret. "We had a hotel stay already and the kids have had fun at all sorts of attractions, but a beach vac... | | By: Camping News | | |
| | Israelis embrace stronger shekel in contracts | | 2008-01-07 09:24:00 | | Figures released by the central bank on Sunday showed that the share of new rental contracts denominated in dollars dropped in recent months, from about 68 percent in October to 62% in November, compared to about 85% of all contracts in January 2007 and 90% in 2005. The bank said homeowners were switching to shekel-linked leases due to the weakness and volatility of the dollar.Hanan Schlesinger, CEO of Anglo-Saxon real estate, told The Jerusalem Post last month that in the second half of 2007 about 75% of the agency's rental deals were fixed in shekels. "Assuming the dollar remains at current levels, I believe that within a year nearly all rental contracts will be denominated in the local currency," Schlesinger said.
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| | 7 Israelis on Forbes' list of richest Mideast billionaires | | 2007-10-02 11:19:00 | | Forbes named Israelis Yitzhak Tshuva, Lev Leviev and Shari Arison among the 20 richest billionaires in the Middle East. Business tycoons Stef Wertheimer (ranked 10th), brothers Yuli Sami Ofer (14) and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan (20) were also included in the list, which was published by the American magazine on Friday. Arison, Bank Hapoalim's controlling shareholder, was the only woman on the list at the 11th spot. Tshuva, who bought Manhattan's Plaza Hotel in 2005 for $675 million, was ranked 13th, while diamond mogul Leviev, who paid a reported $525 million for the historic New York Times building in April, was ranked 12th.
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| Israelis Pause for Reflection | | 2007-07-29 00:32:00 | | Israel's real estate developers snap up Israel’s few remaining open spaces and transform them into apartments, roads and office buildings while the government planning boards responsible for land management authorize wide-ranging construction projects with alarmingly short-term vision, all in exchange for easy money. Even the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, a national treasure, are now blocked from view by a new mall that has gone up right outside the Jaffa Gate.
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