X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from jaowa.jafi.org.il ([194.90.175.36]) by JAFIMAIL.jamain.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:43:50 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_004_01C91A33.D6EE00A8" Received: from p03c11m034.symantecmail.net ([208.65.144.243]) by jaowa.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:43:49 +0300 Received: from unknown [194.90.9.21] (EHLO mxout2.netvision.net.il) by p03c11m034.symantecmail.net (mxl_mta-5.7.0-1) with ESMTP id 14663d84.3661278128.342670.00-039.p03c11m034.symantecmail.net (envelope-from ); Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:43:45 -0600 (MDT) Received: from BerniceS-WS-XP ([212.143.234.21]) by mxout2.netvision.net.il (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K7F006LWPK8C100@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for SaralynG@wzo.org.il; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:43:44 +0300 (IDT) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: GoodNews Israel Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:44:05 +0300 Message-ID: <3872-2200895198445234@BerniceS-WS-XP> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: GoodNews Israel Thread-Index: AckaM9buKMInK6prTZaYKDXi8/9G4A== From: "Mark Cohen" To: "Greenblatt, Saralyn" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_004_01C91A33.D6EE00A8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GN ISRAEL 19 09 08 http://www.angloraanana.com =20 Quote for the Week =93Yet faith is perhaps stronger than reality, for faith itself creates = reality=94 (The late Menachem Begin sometime Prime Minister of Israel. We thought = that these prescient words could well apply to the Israeli enterprise in = its entirety) The target was set of two million tourists by the end of 2008. The GN is = that that number was reached by the end of August this year and we=92re = already on to higher things. Who can be surprised when: v No other country in the world has the bio-diversity per km=B2 = that Israel offers v Nowhere else in the world can you drive from a snow-capped = mountain, to an azure coral-laden sea, passing through=20 v sub-tropical vegetation with spectacular wetlands,=20 v follow a valley with a rich riverine eco-system down to the lowest = point on earth and then travel=20 v through a magnificent semi-desert and all this in one day!=20 v Where else can you swim in the Med, skin-dive in the Red or float = in the Dead and then dance the night away in the Big Orange, the city = that never sleeps? v Where else can you find sites that are holy to the three = monotheistic religions and v The diversity of cultural and artistic action that goes on all = year round=20 v So why are we not surprised when another month brings another = record? In August 2008, 264,000 tourists visited Israel, 2% more than = August 2000, Israel's record year for tourism. Until now that is.=20 v Hotels will be almost fully booked on Rosh Hashanah, Reservations = for the holiday season in most areas of the country already stand at = 85%-90% of capacity, while in some areas it has reached 100%.The city of = Tel Aviv will be filled with tourists, and Jerusalem will also be = overflowing with visitors from abroad.=20 v For every additional 100,000 tourists arriving in Israel 4,000 = new jobs are created. A shortage of 4,500 workers in the hotel industry = is expected to increase in the coming years, given the anticipated = upward trend in incoming tourism to Israel. v A generation after Russian Jews could end up in jail for even = applying for a visa to Israel, all visa = requirements for Israeli and Russian nationals traveling between the two = countries will be canceled as of Saturday this week.=20 v The Napa Valley and Tuscany are out and the Galilee is in. With = more than 200 wineries, Israel's production of the nectar of the gods is = not only improving its position in the world, but is also allowing the = development of local wine tourism. A heartwarming trend. Anybody who = completes the wine route and doesn=92t feel elevated and just a little = light headed, well just hasn=92t done it right.=20 v The country has become a twitchers paradise, a resting place for = hundreds of species of migrating birds on their way from Europe to = Africa in winter with a return ticket for the European summer (about = 30,000 European storks like us so much that they=92ve decided to stay = and why not with meals on the house, courtesy of the farmers and the = government!) v South Korea's airline Korean Air plans to inaugurate its first = passenger flight to Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on September 25. The = company will operate three weekly flights on the Seoul-Tel Aviv line. A = flight ticket is expected to cost about $1,000, and there are onward = flights to Japan and China. =20 =D8 Israel's seasonally adjusted current account surplus rose by = $2.1 billion in the first half of 2008, after rising by $1.4 billion in = the second half of 2007, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today = [Tuesday]. The current account surplus grew by more than 50% in the = first half compared with the preceding half, belying expectations that = it would shrink substantially this year. =20 =D8 Merrill Lynch is generally bullish on the Israeli market, = arguing in its latest review, "If it ain't broke, don=92t fix it." It = lists seven reasons why the Tel Aviv 25 Index has outperformed the = general emerging markets by 23% and the Morgan Stanley Capital Israel = Index by 17% so far this year. Merrill Lynch also cites seven reasons = why it believes that the Tel Aviv 25 Index will continue to outperform = through the end of 2008. Now we won=92t list either of the =91seven = points=92 but what we will do is to quote Deutsche Bank that weighed in = with the following that the Israeli banking system is both stable and = liquid. We=92re obviously surviving the turmoil better than some others = we know. =20 =D8 As we write there is a special operatic concert being performed = in Tel Aviv. Special? Why special? Well it will serve as the venue for = the presentation of a prestigious prize to the Israel National Opera by = Italy=92s Puccini Festival Foundation on the occasion of the 150th = anniversary of the composer=92s birth. The award is made for, and we = quote: =93Deep commitment to Puccini=92s operas and their popularization = especially amongst the younger generation.=94 Nice. =20 =D8 Electra Ltd a TASE listed Co has sold its transformer = manufacturing subsidiary Enerco Enterprises Ltd. to Switzerland's Von = Roll Holdings AG for NIS 290 million ($82.416m), Von Roll is 250 years = old, making it one of Switzerland's oldest companies.=20 =20 =D8 Meet Israel's youngest cultural ambassador sent to perform = worldwide by the Foreign Ministry: Tom Zalmanov, a nine-year-old gifted = pianist. more than gifted we=92d say, from Kfar Saba. Tom returned = several days ago from a successful tour in Thailand and Vietnam, where = he performed with the Hanoi Symphony to lengthy applause from a packed = house. But Tom has other talents too and he put Israel=92s case to the = admiring media like the star performer that he is. =20 =D8 Danya Cebus Ltd. has won two = contracts in the FSU. The company will build a $250 million residential = and commercial project in Moscow. The 191,800-square meter project = involves 656 apartments in three buildings, one of 45 stories and two = with 35 stories, a shopping center and a four-floor underground parking = garage. Construction will take 37 months once the earthworks are = completed. =20 =D8 They came, they saw and they were conquered just like they = always are. We=92re talking about the 51 mayors from cities around the = world who are here for the 26th annual Mayoral Conference It=92s = primarily intended as a get-to-know-Israel conference but it=92s also = the quintessential mix of tourism and socializing, with a little = international municipal comparison and discussion mixed in, but starting = last year, as well as turning the visitors into goodwill ambassadors, = the US mayors in attendance were provided with business-development = meetings so that they could bring something tangible back to their = communities.=20 =20 =D8 Radcom Ltd., dual listed on the NASDAQ = and the TASE has sold its Omni-Q service assurance solution to a major = South American mobile service provider. The company did not disclose the = size of the deal or the name of the customer, who already uses the = company=92s products but sources say that is worth in the millions of = dollars. =20 =D8 Thousands of needy families will be enjoying free meals at = various restaurants nationwide, including upscale eateries, after = restaurant owners decided to donate meal vouchers ahead of the Jewish = New year. This year they will be invited to dine at participating = chains, on the house. Roughly 50,000 family-sized meals will be donated = to humanitarian organizations. =93These are the deeds mankind is judged = by. If, with such a small step, we can help and affect our society, we = all profit." to quote the owner of a participating eatery and we = couldn=92t agree more. =20 =20 Well invested penthouse on 2 levels =20 Additional unit with separate entrance. For further information contact Joe +972-9-77-44-133 or = info@angloraanana.com=20 Have we missed any Good News? Do you have any comments? Please let us = know. www.angloraanana.com PLEASE = VISIT OUR WEBSITE=20 WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA Disclaimer of Liability While Good News strives to report the news accurately and faithfully,we = cannot accept responsibility for errors in, misinterpretations of, or = omissions from the material printed in The Good News Digest above, nor = are we responsible for the application of the information contained = herein to your personal or business situation.=20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_004_01C91A33.D6EE00A8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Israel Good News Digest

GN ISRAEL 19 09 08
http://www.angloraanana.= com

Quote for the = Week
=93Yet faith is perhaps stronger than reality, for faith itself = creates reality=94

(The late Menachem Begin sometime Prime Minister of Israel. We thought that these prescient words could = well apply to the Israeli enterprise in its entirety)

The target was set of two million tourists by the end of 2008. The GN is that = that number was reached by the end of August this year and we=92re already = on to higher things. Who can be surprised when:

v     No other country in = the world=A0 has the bio-diversity = per km=B2 that Israel offers

v     Nowhere else in the = world can you drive from a snow-capped mountain, to an azure coral-laden sea, = passing through

v     sub-tropical = vegetation with spectacular wetlands,

v     follow a valley with = a rich riverine eco-system down to the = lowest point on earth and then travel

v     through a magnificent semi-desert and all this in one day!

v     Where else can you = swim in the Med, skin-dive in the Red or float in the Dead and then dance the = night away in the Big Orange, the city that never sleeps?

v     Where else can you = find sites that are holy to the three monotheistic religions and

v     The diversity of = cultural and artistic action that goes on all year round

v     So why are we not surprised when another month brings another record? In August = 2008, 264,000 tourists visited Israel,=A0=A0 2% more than August 2000, = Israel's record year for tourism. Until now that is.

v     Hotels will be almost = fully booked on Rosh Hashanah,=A0 = Reservations for the holiday season in most areas of the country already stand at = 85%-90% of capacity, while in some areas it has reached 100%.The city of Tel = Aviv will be filled with tourists, and Jerusalem will also be overflowing = with visitors from abroad. =

v       = For every additional = 100,000 tourists arriving in Israel 4,000 new jobs are created. A shortage of 4,500 workers in the hotel industry is expected = to increase in the coming years, given the anticipated upward trend in = incoming tourism to Israel.

v     A generation after = Russian Jews could end up in jail for even applying for a visa to Israel, all visa = requirements for Israeli and Russian nationals traveling between the two countries will = be canceled as of Saturday this week.

v     The Napa Valley and Tuscany are out and the Galilee is in. With = more than 200 wineries, Israel's production of the nectar of the gods is not only improving its = position in the world, but is also allowing the development of local wine tourism. = A heartwarming trend. Anybody who completes the wine route and doesn=92t = feel elevated and just a little light headed, well just hasn=92t done it = right.

v     The country has = become a twitchers paradise, a resting = place for hundreds of species of migrating birds on their way from Europe to Africa in = winter with a return ticket for the European summer (about 30,000 European storks = like us so much that they=92ve decided to stay and why not with meals on the = house, courtesy of the farmers and the government!)

v     South = Korea's airline = Korean Air plans to inaugurate its first passenger flight to Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on September 25. The = company will operate three weekly flights on the Seoul-Tel Aviv line. A flight = ticket is expected to cost about $1,000, and there are onward flights to = Japan and = China.

 

=D8      Israel's seasonally = adjusted current account surplus rose by $2.1 billion in the first half of = 2008, after rising by $1.4 billion in the second half of 2007, the Central Bureau = of Statistics reported today [Tuesday]. The current account surplus grew = by more than 50% in the first half compared with the preceding half, belying expectations that it would shrink substantially this year.

 

=D8      Merrill Lynch is = generally bullish on the Israeli market, arguing in its latest review, "If = it ain't broke, don=92t fix it." It = lists seven reasons why the Tel Aviv 25 Index has outperformed the general emerging = markets by 23% and the Morgan Stanley Capital Israel Index by 17% so far this = year. Merrill Lynch also cites seven reasons why it believes that the Tel = Aviv 25 Index will continue to outperform through the end of 2008. Now we = won=92t list either of the =91seven points=92 but what we will do is to quote = Deutsche Bank that weighed in with the following that the Israeli banking system is = both stable and liquid. We=92re obviously surviving the turmoil better than = some others we know.

 

=D8      As we write there is = a special operatic concert being performed in Tel Aviv. Special? Why special? Well it will serve as the venue for the = presentation of a prestigious prize to the Israel National Opera by Italy=92s Puccini Festival Foundation on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the = composer=92s birth. The award is made for, and we quote: =93Deep commitment to = Puccini=92s operas and their popularization especially amongst the younger = generation.=94 Nice.

 

=D8      = Electra Ltd a TASE = listed Co has sold its transformer manufacturing subsidiary Enerco Enterprises Ltd. to = Switzerland's Von Roll Holdings AG for NIS 290 million ($82.416m), Von Roll is 250 = years old, making it one of Switzerland's oldest companies.

 

=D8      Meet Israel's youngest cultural ambassador sent to perform worldwide by the Foreign Ministry: Tom = Zalmanov, a nine-year-old gifted pianist. = more than gifted we=92d say, from Kfar Saba. Tom returned several days ago from a successful tour in Thailand and Vietnam, where he performed with the Hanoi Symphony to lengthy applause from a = packed house. But Tom has other talents too and he put Israel=92s case to the = admiring media like the star performer that he is.

 

=D8      Danya= = Cebus Ltd. has won two = contracts in the FSU. The company will build a $250 million residential and commercial = project in Moscow. The 191,800-square meter project involves 656 apartments in three = buildings, one of 45 stories and two with 35 stories, a shopping center and a = four-floor underground parking garage. Construction will take 37 months once the earthworks are completed.

 

=D8      They came, they saw and they were conquered just like they always are. = We=92re talking about the 51 mayors from cities around the world who are here = for the 26th annual Mayoral Conference It=92s primarily intended as = a get-to-know-Israel conference but it=92s also the quintessential mix = of tourism and socializing, with a little international municipal comparison and discussion mixed in, but starting last year, as well as turning the = visitors into goodwill ambassadors, the US mayors in attendance were provided = with business-development meetings so that they could bring something = tangible back to their communities.

 

=D8      Radcom = Ltd., dual listed on the NASDAQ and the TASE has sold its Omni-Q = service assurance solution to a major South American mobile service provider. = The company did not disclose the size of the deal or the name of the = customer, who already uses the company=92s products but sources say that is = worth in the millions of dollars.

 

=D8       = Thousands of needy families will be enjoying free meals at various restaurants nationwide, including = upscale eateries, after restaurant owners decided to donate meal vouchers = ahead of the Jewish New year. This year they will be invited to dine at = participating chains, on the house. Roughly 50,000 family-sized meals will be = donated to humanitarian organizations. =93These are the deeds mankind is judged = by. If, with such a small step, we can help and affect our society, we all profit." to quote the owner of a participating eatery and we = couldn=92t agree more.

 

Well invested = penthouse on 2 levels

=A0
Additional unit with separate entrance.


For further information contact Joe +972-9-77-44-133 = or info@angloraanana.com =

Have we missed any Good News? Do you have any = comments? Please let us know.
www.angloraanana.com= PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA

Disclaimer of Liability
While Good News strives to report the news accurately and faithfully,we = cannot accept responsibility for errors in, misinterpretations of, or omissions from the material printed in The = Good News Digest above, nor are we responsible for the application of the information contained herein to your personal or business situation. =

 

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