The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) is preparing for the New Year holidays traffic

This will be Governor O’Malley’s second economic development mission to Israel

This decision brings to an end a long dispute caused by El Al over the provision of security personnel for all Israeli airline flights to Israel.

On the eve of the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah 5773 (2012), the population of Israel numbers about 7,933,200 – with 5,978,600 Jews

It will be the first commercial flight from Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv using the new aircraft

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) publish last week a forecast indicating that Israel's economy is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2012.

The bidding process had been delayed twice in recent months amid complications and efforts by the state to ease the conditions of the bidding.

Last year, Israel was ranked 22nd. The index contained 144 countries