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Israel I.H.T. Industries: food processing, diamond cutting and polishing, textiles and ISRAEL apparel, chemicals, metal products, military equipment, transport equipment, electrical equipment, potash mining, high-technology electronics, tourism Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot Railways: total: 610 km standard gauge: 610 km 1.435-m gauge (1996) Highways: total: 15,965 km paved: 15,965 km (including 56 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) Ports and Harbors: Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv- Yafo Airports: 58 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 33 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 7 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 25 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 20 (1999 est.) Heliports: 2 (1999 est.) Visa: required by all on arrival, subject to frequent changes. goods permitted: 250 cigarettes or 250g of tobacco products, 1 litre Duty Free: of spirits and 2 litres of wine, 250ml of eau de cologne or perfume, gifts up to the value of US$125. Health: no specific health precautions. HOTELS●MOTELS●INNS BEERSHEBA Country Dialling Code (Tel/Fax): ++972 THE BEERSHEBA DESERT INN LTD Ministry of Tourism: PO Box 1018 King George Street 24 Jerusalem Tel: (2) 675 Tuviyahu Av 4811 Fax: (2) 625 7955 Website: www.infotour.co.ul P.O.Box 247 TEL: +972 7 642 4922-9 Capital: Jerusalem Time: GMT + 2 Beersheba 84 102 FAX:+972 7 6412 772 Background: Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of ISRAEL www.desertinn-hotel.com Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an E-mail: [email protected] arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war are not included in the Isreal country profile, unless otherwise noted. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid DEAD SEA Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations are being conducted between Radisson Moriah Gardens Hotel Dead Sea Ein Bokek Dead Sea 86930, Israel Israel and Palestinian representatives (from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza DEAD SEA ISRAEL +972-7-6584351 +972-7-6584383 Strip) and Israel and Syria, to achieve a permanent settlement. On 25 April 1982, www.radisson.com/deadseail_gardens Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Radisson Moriah Plaza Hotel Dead Sea Neve Zohar Dead Sea 86910, Israel Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October DEAD SEA ISRAEL +972-7-6591591 +972-7-6584238 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. www.radisson.com/deadseail_plaza Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and EILAT Lebanon Map References: Middle East AMERICANA HOTEL Area: total: 20,770 sq km land: 20,330 sq km water: 440 sq km Climate: temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas PO.BOX 27 TEL: +972-(08)633-3777 Terrain: Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift EILAT FAX: +972-Fax: (08)633-4174 Valley ISRAEL TLX: AMERIC 7749 Natural Resources: copper, phosphates, bromide, potash, clay, sand, sulfur, asphalt, manganese, small amounts of natural gas and crude oil www.americanahotel.co.il /,: [email protected] Population: 5,842,454 note: includes about 171,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,500 in the Gaza Strip, and about 172,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2000 est.) Le Méridien Eilat PO Box 2120 - Northern Shore - Eilat 88000 Israel EILAT Nationality: noun: Israeli(s) adjective: Israeli ISRAEL (972) 7 63 83 333 (972) 7 638 33 00 , Ethnic Groups: Jewish 80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%, Israel-born 20.8%, http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/overview/index.html?prop Africa-born 14.6%, Asia-born 12.6%), non-Jewish 19.9% (mostly Arab) (1996 est.) ertyID=1880 Religions: Jewish 80.1%, Muslim 14.6% (mostly Sunni Muslim), Christian 2.1%, other 3.2% (1996 est.) Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most If it does not say Intercontex it is not The International Hotel and Travel Directory Directory and Travel Hotel International The it is not Intercontex say does not Ifit commonly used foreign language Economy: Israel has a technologically advanced market economy with substantial government participation. It depends on imports of crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has intensively developed its agricultural and industrial sectors over the past 20 years. Israel is largely self-sufficient in food production except for grains. Diamonds, high-technology equipment, and agricultural products (fruits and vegetables) are leading exports. Israel usually posts sizable current account deficits, which are covered by large transfer payments from abroad and by foreign loans. Roughly half of the government's external debt is owed to the US, which is its major source of economic and military aid. The influx of Jewish immigrants from the former USSR topped 750,000 during the period 1989-99, bringing the population of Israel from the former Soviet Union to 1 million, one-sixth of the total population, and adding scientific and professional expertise of substantial value for the economy's future. The influx, coupled with the opening of new markets at the end of the Cold War, energized Israel's economy, which grew rapidly in the early 1990s. But growth began slowing in 1996 when the government imposed tighter fiscal and monetary policies and the immigration bonus petered out. Those policies brought inflation down to record low levels in 1999 and, coupled with improved prospects for the Middle East peace process, are creating a climate for stronger GDP growth in the year 2000. ©Copyrights Israel ®Design Intercontex The Intercontex I.H.T.- Over 150,000 Subscribers Israel I.H.T. 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