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ISRAELI GOVERNMENT

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Web Sites of Israeli Missions Abroad The President of the State of Israel GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES Israel Government Portal - official gateway to all government websites (Hebrew) Israel Government Portal (English) E-mail addresses of government ministries The Government of Israel Office of the Prime Minister Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Center) Gilat Experiment Station / Molcho Center Veterinary Services and Animal Health Ministry of Communications Israel Broadcasting Regulatory Administration (IBRA) (English) Ministry of Construction and Housing (Hebrew) Ministry of Defense (Hebrew) Israel's Security Fence - Purpose, Concept, Route Ministry of Education English website Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Finance English website Department of Customs and V.A.T. Ministry of Health Ministry of Immigrant Absorption (Hebrew, English, Russian) Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (Hebrew, English, Arabic) Economic and trade representatives abroad Center of Incubators for Technological Initiative Investment Promotion Center Ministry of the Interior (Hebrew) Ministry of Justice (Hebrew) Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Hebrew) Ministry of National Infrastructures Ministry of Public Security Ministry of Religious Affairs Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports English website Ministry of Tourism GoIsrael Community Israel Government Tourist Offices abroad: Benelux \| CIS \| France \| Germany \| Italy \| North America \| South Korea \| Spain \| Sweden \| United Kingdom Ministry of Transport (Hebrew) OTHER GOVERNMENT SITES The Knesset (Hebrew, English, Arabic) Elections to the 16th Knesset - Official election website Knesset Update - Commercial site; full access by subscription & payment The Antitrust Authority Bank of Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Chief Scientists of Government Ministries Civil Service Commission (Hebrew) Geophysical Institute of Israel (GII) Government Companies Authority (Hebrew) Government Publications Office (Hebrew) IFTS - Integrated Foreign Trade System Institute of Israel-Iberoamerican Culture Israel Airports Authority Israel Air Force Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew and English) Home Front Command Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories IDF Recruitment Information (Hebrew) IDF Intelligence Corps (Hebrew) IDF Military Advocate General's Corps (Hebrew) Israel Navy (Hebrew) Friends of Disabled Veterans - Israel Beit Halochem Yad Le-Shirion - Latrun (Hebrew) Israel at Eurosatory - June 2002 Israel at the Paris Air Show - June 1999 Israel Atomic Energy Commission Israel Export Institute Agritech Israel 2006 Israel Lands Authority Israel Meteorological Service Israel Police Israel Prison Service Israel Ports & Railway Authority Israel Securities Authority Ashdod Port Haifa Port Israel Security Agency (Shabak) Israel Postal Authority Israel Philatelic Service Israel Philatelic Federation Jerusalem Development Authority Judicial Authority National Insurance Institute In Memory of the Victims of Terror in Israel (Hebrew) National Photo Collection (GPO) Negev Development Authority (Hebrew) Public Utility Authority - Electricity (Hebrew) Rabbinical Courts in Israel (Hebrew) Rafael - Armament Develoment Authority State Comptroller and Ombudsman The Supreme Court and Judicial Authority Decisions of the Supreme Court The Survey of Israel (Hebrew) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Union of Local Authorities in Israel (Hebrew) City Index Jerusalem \| Akko (Hebrew) \| Arad \| Ariel \| Ashdod \| Ashkelon \| Beersheba (Hebrew) \| Beit Shemesh Community \| Binyamina (Hebrew) \| Carmel Coast Regional Council (Hebrew) \| Central Arava Regional Council \| Dabburiya \| Daliat El Carmel \| Eilat \| \| Eshkol Regional Council (Hebrew) \| Even Yehuda (Hebrew) \| Givatayim \| Gush Etzion Regional Council \| Hadera (Hebrew) \| Haifa \| Herzliya \| Hebron Hills Regional Council \| Hod Hasharon (Hebrew) \| Holon (Hebrew) \| Jordan Valley Regional Council (Hebrew) \| Karmiel \| Kedumim \| Kfar Shmaryahu (Hebrew) \| Kiryat Gat \| Kiryat Motzkin \| Kiryat Shemona \| Kisra-Smei Joint Council \| Kfar Manda (Hebrew) \| Kfar Saba \| Kochav Yair (Hebrew) \| Ma'alot-Tarshiha \| Mateh Asher Regional Council \| Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (Hebrew) \| Metullah \| Mevasseret Zion (Hebrew) \| Migdal Haemek (Hebrew) \| Misgav Regional Council \| Mitzpe Ramon (Hebrew) \| Nazareth \| Nazareth Illit \| Nesher (Hebrew) \| Nes Ziona \| Netanya (French) \| Neve Monoson (Hebrew) \| Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam \| Omer \| Ornit (Hebrew) \| Pardes Hanna-Karkur \| Pardesia (Hebrew) \| Petah Tikva (Hebrew) \| Qatzrin Local Council (Hebrew) \| Raanana \| Ramat Gan (Hebrew) \| Ramat Hanegev Regional Council Freenet \| Ramat Hasharon (Hebrew) \| Ramat Hovav Regional Council \| Ramla (Hebrew) Rehovot (Hebrew) \| Rishon Lezion (Hebrew) \| Rosh-Haayin \| Rosh Pina \| Safed \| Savyon (Hebrew) \| Tel Aviv \| Tirat Hacarmel \| Upper Galilee Regional Council \| Yavne \| Zichron Ya'acov KIBBUTZ Kibbutz website Kibbutz Artzi Federation HaKibbutz Hadati (Religious Kibbutz Movement) Kibbutz Program Center

ARCHEOLOGY IN ISRAEL

	Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeological excavations in Israel 2006 Israel Exploration Society Institute of Archaeology - Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel Institute of Archaeology - Tel-Aviv University Archaeological Excavations Relating to Jewish History - Hebrew University Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History Archaeological Sites in Israel - Cumulative Index Archaeological Sites in Israel - No. 1 (September 1997) Archaeological Sites in Israel - No. 2 (January 1998) Archaeological Sites in Israel - No. 3 (December 1998) Archaeological Sites in Israel - No. 4 (October 1999) Archaeological Sites in Israel No. 5: Special Millennium Issue - Sites of Christian Significance Archaeological Sites in Israel - No. 6 (October 2000) Archeological Sites in Israel - No. 7 (2001) Archeological Sites in Israel - No. 8 (2003) Archeology Resources in Israel ARIEL - The State of the Arts: Archaeology in Israel 1995/98 Israel's Archaeological Treasures (An MFA Internet Exhibit) City of David - Ancient Jerusalem Jerusalem Archaeological Park Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem The Israel Museum - Archeology Israel Museum's Virtual Dig The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum - Haifa University Museum of Regional and Mediterranean Archaeology Archeological Museum - Kibbutz Ein Dor Haifa University Department of Archaeology Combined Caesarea Expeditions The Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew University Orion Center) The Dead Sea Scrolls (Library of Congress exhibit) Tel Hazor Oriental Institute Museum (University of Chicago) - Findings from Megiddo Archeological Seminars Ltd.

CULTURE AND THE ARTS

	Facts About Israel: Culture Israel Arts Directory ACUM - Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel Beit Hagefen - Arab/Jewish Cultural Center BI ARTS - British Israeli Arts Training Scheme "Eshkolot" - The Israeli Artists' Company for Performers' Rights Ltd. Omanut Laam Israeli Culture About.com InterArt Israel The Israeli Virtual Gallery ART AND MUSEUMS Museums in Israel Museums in Haifa Israel Art Guide - Events Museums in Jerusalem The Israel Museum, Jerusalem The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum Ticho House Virtual visit to the Israel Museum The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center Beit Hatefutsot Museum of the Diaspora Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem City of David - Ancient Jerusalem The Chagall Windows - (Hadassah - Jerusalem) Ein Hod Artists' Village Eretz Israel Museum Ghetto Fighters' House - Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum Haifa Museum of Art The Heder Art Gallery & Architecture - Tel Aviv Israel Art Guide Israel National Museum of Science - Haifa Israel Painters and Sculptors Association Jerusalem Archaeological Park Joe Alon Center - Museum of Bedouin Culture L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art Memorial Museum of Hungarian Jewry Museum of Art Ein Harod (Mishkan LeOmanut) Museum of Regional and Mediterranean Archaeology Museum on the Seam U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art National Maritime Museum Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum - Haifa University Rockefeller Archaeological Museum Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art The Tower of David Museum Yad Vashem - Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority DANCE Israel Dance Companies Bat-Dor Dance Company Eskesta Dance Company Haifa Ballet Dance Center Inbal Dance Theater Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company Mechola Jerusalem Dance Company Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre Tararam Yaron Margolin Dance Company Israel Dance (Hebrew) FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition - March 8-27, 2008 Felicja Blumental International Music Festival - May 19-24, 2008 Israel Festival - June 4-20, 2008 Jerusalem Film Festival - July 10-19, 2008 Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse - July 25 - Aug 13, 2008 Karmiel Dance Festival - July 22-24, 2008 International Women's Film Festival - Rehovot, Sept 16-21, 2008 Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre - Oct 15-19, 2008 International Festival of Puppet Theater in Jerusalem - Aug 5-10, 2007 Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival - Aug 31 -Sept 12, 2007 Haifa International Film Festival - Sept 27 - Oct 4, 2007 Abu Ghosh Vocal Music Festival - Oct 2-6, 2007 Oud Festival - Nov 8-24, 2007 International Jerusalem Book Fair - Feb 18-23, 2007 (biennial) FILM Haifa Cinemateque (Hebrew) Israeli Films Israeli Film Catalog Israel Film Fund Jerusalem Cinematheque Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive (Hebrew University) Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema LITERATURE The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Shireshet - Israeli poetry on-line (Hebrew) MUSIC Confederation House - Center for Ethnic Music and Poetry srael Music Institute Israel Andalusian Orchestra Israel Kibbutz Orchestra Israel Northern Symphony Haifa Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts Jerusalem Music Center New Israeli Opera Israeli Music Online Israel Audio and Music Sites Mooma - Israeli popular music (Hebrew) RadioHazak - Israeli popular music THEATER Acco Theater Center Beit Lessin (Hebrew) Beit Hagefen - Arab/Jewish Cultural Center Cameri Theatre Clipa Theater Gesher Theater Givatayaim Theater Habima Theater (Hebrew) Haifa Municipal Theater Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts JEST - Jerusalem English Speaking Theater Jerusalem Khan Theatre Light Opera Group of the Negev (LOGON) The Train Theater Yiddishpiel Center Stage Theater, Jerusalem

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

	Facts About Israel: Economy Israel Ministry of Finance Israel Ministry of Industry and Trade Bank of Israel ECONOMIC NEWS ATID-E.D.I. Fortnightly Report: Israeli & Regional Business Developments and News Bizportal (Hebrew) Globes - Israel's Business Arena Maariv Business News BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT Ministry of Finance Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce Israel Company Index IFTS - Integrated Foreign Trade System Israel Export Institute Israeli Exporters Catalog Israel Securities Authority List of Public Companies AICE - American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise Association of America-Israel Chambers of Commerce (AAICC) Association of Craft and Industry in Israel Center of Incubators for Technological Initiative Discount Investment Corporation Dun & Bradstreet Israel Globes Technology Guide Guide to Israeli Start-ups and High-Tech Projects IARD Institute for Advanced R&D International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board - ISRAEL Israel Economic Representative Club - International Commerce Gateway (Hebrew) Israel-America Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel Association of Electronics Industries Israel-Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce IsraelValley - France Israel Chamber of Commerce (CCFI) Israel-Italy Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel Jordan Chamber of Commerce Israel Diamond Industry ISRED - Israeli-EU RTD Contact Centre Israel Infomedia: Industrial and Business Guide Israel Small and Medium Enterprises Authority Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center Ltd. Israel Venture Capital research center Kibbutz Industry Association Latinex - Directorio online de empresas israelies en español y portugués Manufacturers Association of Israel MATIMOP - Advanced Technologies from Israel M.A.T.I. Western Galilee Business Development Center M.T.M - Scientific Industries Center Haifa Ltd. Northern R&D R&D Funds in Israel Standard & Poor's Trade Point Tel-Aviv, Israel STOCK AND CAPITAL MARKETS Tel Aviv Stock Exchange LTD Globes: Israel's Business Arena: Markets Israeli companies on Wall street BANKS Authorized Banks in Israel (Bank of Israel) Bank Hapoalim Bank Leumi Bank Tefahot (mortgage) First International Bank Israel Discount Bank Israel General Bank Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd. Mizrahi Bank Union Bank

EDUCATION

	Scholarships Offered by the Israeli Government to Foreign Students Scholarships for Study Abroad for Israeli Students Facts about Israel: Education Ministry of Education Council for Higher Education