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Headline / Israel / NY / Business and Economy

New Jersey-Israel Trade Jumped 11 Percent in 2022

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

New data shows that Israeli projects were responsible for more than 200 jobs last year statewide.

Gaza / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Gazan Exports to Israel to Increase by 500% Over 2020 Totals

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

After a brief stoppage of trade during Operation Breaking Dawn, it’s back to business as usual.

Archaeology

Surprising Source Sheds Light on Ancient Nabataean–Roman Trade Across the Negev

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Spices were not the only commodity traded over the ancient “Incense Route” that linked the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and ran through the Land of Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / Jordan

Jordanian, Israeli Economic Ministers Sign Deal to Boost Exports to Palestinian Authority

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The list includes 425 Jordanian products to be offered duty-free to the Palestinian Authority controlled territories. Another 329 products will also be exempt from customs if they meet Israeli technical requirements.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

New Cars and Expanded Gold Trade: IDF Announces Easing of Restrictions on Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The quota of Gazan traders passing through the Erez crossing will be increased by another 1,000.

"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / North African States

Israel Signs Multimillion-Dollar Strategic Accord with Morocco

By Israel Hayom

“Beyond the important potential for additional trade, there are now infinite investment opportunities that Moroccan and Israeli private sectors can take advantage of,” says the president of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises.

Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Egypt

Israeli, Egyptian Officials Hold Largest Bilateral Conference in 20 Years

By Ariel Kahana

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen says that the conference will help countries bring bilateral trade back to its previous high of $1b billion annually.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Ukraine

Ukraine-Israel Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect, Expected to Double Trade

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Exports from Israel to Ukraine in 2017 totaled $130 million, with a total trade volume of approximately $940 million.

Featured / Terrorism / US / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Islamists / Egypt

1993 World Trade Center Bombing Mastermind 'Blind Sheikh' Is Dead

By JNi.Media

Egyptian officials testified at his trial that the CIA was actively assisting Omar Abdel-Rahman in entering the US.

Baseball Insider

The Jackie Robinson Trade That Shocked Brooklyn

By Irwin Cohen

Jackie Robinson finished his tenth major league season with a .275 average and 10 home runs. He was slowing down and saw action in only 117 of the Dodgers' 154 games.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Russia

Report: Russia, Israel, to Sign Free Trade Agreement

By JNi.Media

Israel, a world power in agricultural technology, is ready to share its expertise with its Russian trade partners.

Israel / UK / News Briefs

BDS Fails in Britain

By Jewish Press News Desk

Trade is up, and British Prime Minister David Cameron said that his government will fight all antisemitism, and attempts to boycott Israel.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Intifada

Hamas: Body Parts for Terrorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas has offered to trade body parts it collected or captured, to get their terrorists released from jail.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Big in Japan

By Shalom Bear

Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu will be traveling to Japan on Saturday evening for a four day meeting to discuss increasing economic and diplomatic cooperation.

The Muqata

Abandonment and Boycotts - How We Should Respond

By JoeSettler

Threats to abandon Settlers to terrorists, and boycotts of Israel are creating opportunities that can be exploited for the good, says JoeSettler.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / European Union

EU Boosts Trade Ties with Israel despite Judea and Samaria Boycott

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union has brought 65 companies to Israel Monday and Tuesday to strengthen relations despite the controversy over its policy to bar grants for activities in Judea and Samaria. The “Mission for Growth” was headed by European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani and is focused on space technologies, information and communication technology and tourism. There […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Delaware Top Destination for Israeli Firms Incorporating in US

By Jewish Press News Desk

Governor Jack Markell, the only sitting Jewish Governor in the United States, and a delegation of Delaware entrepreneurs and business leaders are visiting Israel on a week-long economic development mission. The trip highlights Delaware’s strong economic ties to Israel and aims to further raise Israeli business interest in the State. The delegation will be meeting […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Views Chinese Wall ‘Security Fence’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Great Wall of China on Thursday, allowing him to make the obvious comparison with Israel’s security fence, dubbed by leftists as the “Apartheid Wall. Unlike the Chinese Great Wall, the “wall” in Israel extends less than 10 percent of the total length of the fortification, […]

News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy / Settlements

22 European NGOs Seeking Ban on Trade with Israeli Settlers

By Malkah Fleisher

Der Spiegel reported that Israel’s government records an estimated €230 million ($298 million) in produce, toys, textiles and cosmetics exported to the EU yearly from Judea and Samaria – approximately 2% of all its exports to Europe, despite a European Court of Justice ruling in 2010 excluding Jewish products from Judea and Samaria from the EU’s international customs cooperation agreements.

Business/Finance / Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Health and Living

Israeli Pharmaceutical Sales Certified in Europe

By Malkah Fleisher

The European Parliament has approved a pharmaceutical trade agreement with Israel after two years of attempts by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign to block the partnership.

News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Ki-Moon Passes on Offer to Take Flying Leap With Baumgartner

By Malkah Fleisher

Sound barrier-breaking world record skydiver Felix Baumgartner was politely declined by an unlikely protégé on Tuesday, after offering to teach UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to sky dive.

News Briefs / Olympics 2012

Syrian 400m Hurdler Disqualified after Failing Drug Test

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syria's Olympic 400m hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad has been disqualified from the Olympics after testing positive for methylhexaneamine, according to the BBC. Almouhamad, 23, finished eighth in the second heat of the first round of the event on 5 August. Although intended to be used as a nasal decongestant, methylhexaneamine has been marketed as a dietary […]

Analysis

Turkey's Trade Deficit Reveals an Economy in Deep Trouble

By David P. Goldman

At 18% interest, consumers have to borrow to pay the interest on previous loans. In other words Turkish banks are capitalizing interest, and booking profits on loans that would go sour if they stopped lending additional money to borrowers to pay the interest. The much-vaunted strength of Turkey's banks appears to be an illusion.

Goldstein on Gelt

What a Fast Food Franchise Can Teach You About Managing Your Own Money

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

The best-selling book The E-Myth examines the success of McDonalds and what we can learn from it.

NY / News Briefs

Nadler Hails 20-Year U.S. Govt. Lease at One World Trade Center

By Jewish Press Staff

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of Lower Manhattan welcomed the announcement that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has signed a 20-year lease for 277,000 sq. feet of office space at One World Trade Center.

News Extra

The Case for Kosher Lab-Grown Meat

By Jeremy Rosen

Real progress is being made to generate lab grown meat that tastes as good as the real thing without the fuss -- isn’t this something we Orthodox Jews should welcome?

Analysis

The Real Purpose of Boycotts

By Michael Curtis

BDS advocates seem to be prevented by their pre-existing beliefs -- whether anti-Israeli or anti-Semitic attitudes -- from appreciating the the context in which facts can be understood. If they truly wanted to help the Palestinians, their time and energy would be better spent encouraging Arab states and Palestinians to demand better governance from their leaders, and enter into negotiations to normalize political and trade relations with Israel.

Sultan Knish

The Fat Nanny State

By Daniel Greenfield

The obesity epidemic is a convoluted way of saying that the problem with government health care is the people. But that's not the problem. Obesity may not be healthy, but if we ban sodas and force everyone to exercise in the yard before work, the numbers still won't balance. Because the real problem with government health care is government.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Global

Major British Supermarket Chain Tightens Boycott of Israeli Goods, Companies

By Jacob Edelist

The Supermarket chain Co-Operative Group, Britain's fifth-largest food retailer, is the first major European retailer to stop buying from companies that export produce from Israeli settlements east of the Green Line. The largest Israeli agricultural export companies affected by this move are Agrexco, Arava Export Growers, Adafresh and Mehadrin.

Israel

Israel Seizes Two Smuggled Egyptian Sarcophagi Covers Where Mummies Once Slept Eternally

By Tibbi Singer

Inspectors of the Israel Antiquities Authority recently seized two covers of Egyptian sarcophagi that contained ancient mummies in the past. The covers were confiscated by inspectors of the Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery while checking shops in the market place of the Old City in Jerusalem.

Global

Report: India Has Evidence of Iranian Responsibility in Last Month's Terror Attack on Israeli Diplomat

By Solomon Burke

Yaakov Amidror's visit comes after Indian authorities arrested Iranian freelance journalist Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi's last week on suspicion of links to the bombing of an Israeli diplomat's vehicle.

News Briefs

Defying Boycott, Iran, India, Trade to Reach $100 Billion over Four Years

By Jewish Press News Desk

If you were looking for clues as to how Iran could stand up to global pressure over its nuclear program, perhaps this bit of news serves as an explanation: the semi-official Mehr news agency reports that Tehran and New Delhi have announced that they are planning to hit $25 billion in annual bilateral trade over […]

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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