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Bank's Holidays in Israel for 2008, 2009

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Egypt on the southwest, and Jordan in the east, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. The West Bank and Gaza Strip are also adjacent. Government – Parliamentary democracy. President – Shimon Peres. Official languages – Hebrew, Arabic.

Jerusalem – the capital and the largest city. Main industries – high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufacture, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles and footwear. Famous cities: Haifa, Nazareth, Tel Aviv-Jaffaa, Bat Yam, Netanya, Ashdod, Arad, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Beersheba, etc.

Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Israel is 0.932 (23rd, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency – Israeli new sheqel (NIS). Fiscal year – calendar year. Gini coefficient – 38.6%. Trade organisations – WTO, OECD (trial member), WJC. Inflation rate – 0.4% (2007). from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Weekends in Israel are Friday to Saturday. Non-Jews companies may choose Friday, Saturday or Sunday as their main weekly holiday.Time Zone: IST (UTC+2). Summer – (DST) (UTC+3).

Hanukkah (Kislev 25-Tevet 2/3) – December 22 (Mon) 2008; December 12 (Sat) 2009 (Kislev 25).