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currency
Israel warns public on bitcoin risks, mulls regulation
Jewish Journal
February 19, 2014
Israel said on Wednesday it was considering regulation of bitcoin and warned citizens that using such decentralized virtual currencies was risky.
Israel’s budget deficit soars
Jewish Journal
January 14, 2013
Israel’s budget deficit for 2012 was more than double the government target, coming in at 4.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In addition, debt is 74 percent of GDP, making economic growth in Israel difficult.
Iranian police clash with protesters over currency plunge
Jewish Journal
October 3, 2012
Riot police clashed with demonstrators and arrested money changers in Tehran on Wednesday in disturbances over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said.
Egypt unrest may hasten currency crisis
Jewish Journal
November 21, 2011
Violent unrest in Egypt threatens to accelerate the country\’s slide toward a currency crisis, forcing a sharp depreciation of the Egyptian pound in coming months and conceivably prompting Cairo to impose capital controls.
Write ‘Free Palestine’ on currency campaign starts
Jewish Journal
March 7, 2011
A new campaign to peacefully promote an independent Palestinian state calls on people to write \”Free Palestine\” on Israeli currency. The campaign was launched on Facebook over the weekend and has gained attention worldwide, according to reports, which say it is likely that \”Free Palestine\” will be written on other countries\’ currencies as well. Israeli shekels are used in the West Bank and Gaza.
Begin, Rabin to appear on new Israeli bills
Jewish Journal
December 20, 2010
The images of the late Israeli Prime Ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin will appear on new Israeli currency.\n
As U.S. dollar plummets, Israelis rediscover the shekel
Dina Kraft
March 2, 2008
No longer the subject of derision or victim of hyperinflation, the shekel is now among the strongest currencies in the world. For the first time in years, businesses and real estate agencies that once dealt only in dollars are now instead setting their rates to the shekel.
Falling dollar forces groups to adjust overseas spending
Jacob Berkman
November 16, 2007
While economists fret over how the falling U.S. dollar will affect global markets, Jewish charities that rely heavily on U.S. fundraising to support programs outside the United States are facing serious budget crunches.
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