Posts Tagged ‘Peace’
BOI Chief: Peace is Good for Economy
Last month, the Shekel rose to its highest official rate since October 2008 with the central banks fixing operation putting it at 3.6830 against the dollar. In 2010, the Shekel has gained 2.5 percent versus the U.S. dollar. Exceptions were the pound sterling, which increased .279 percent to NIS 5.8551, the Canadian dollar, and the Egyptian [...]
Encountering peace: Change in Gaza is possible
Thirty-nine young people from Gaza applied to attend a peace education workshop sponsored by the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, or IPCRI, which was held recently in a school in Beit Jala. Thirty-five of them were denied entry by the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, and did not have the opportunity to join the 70 other [...]
