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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > New Israeli Sheqel
In Hebrew, the NIS is called "שקל חדש" (Sheqel Khadash), and is usually abbreviated ש"ח (pronounced shakh).
It replaced the "old" Sheqel, at a rate of one New Sheqel per 1000 "old" Sheqel.
The "old" Sheqel replaced the Israeli Pound[?] in 1980, at a rate of one Sheqel per 10 Pounds.
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  Israeli new sheqel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It replaced the "old" sheqel, at a rate of 1 new sheqel = 1000 old sheqel.
The old Sheqel replaced the Israeli pound (Lira) on February 24, 1980, at a rate of 1 sheqel = 10 pounds.
The name "sheqel" derives from the name of an ancient unit of weight used in and around Mesopotamia, including Ancient Israel.
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 Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2004, 224,200 Israeli citizens lived in the West Bank in numerous settlements, (including towns such as Ma'ale Adummim and Ariel, and a handful of communities that were present long before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and were re-established after the Six-Day War such as Hebron and Gush Etzion).
About 8,500 Israelis lived in settlements built in the Gaza Strip, prior to their evacuation by the government in the summer of 2005 as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.
Israelis tend not to align themselves with a movement of Judaism (such as Reform Judaism or Conservative Judaism) but instead tend to define their religious affiliation by degree of their religious practice.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The symbol for the new sheqel, ₪, is a combination of the first Hebrew letters of the words sheqel (ש) and ḥadash (×—).
This makes the sheqel one of only twenty or so world currencies for which there are widely-available currency futures contracts in the foreign exchange market.
Note that all dates on Israeli coins are given in the Hebrew calendar and are written in Hebrew numerals.
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 Encyclopedia: New Israeli sheqel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The New Israeli Agora (אגורה; plural Agoroth or Agorot) is a denomination of the currency of Israel.
The "old" Sheqel replaced the Israeli pound (Lira) on February 24, 1980, at a rate of one sheqel per 10 pounds.
The name "sheqel" derives from the name of an ancient unit of weight, corresponding to a little bit less than half an ounce (American) or between 11 and 12 grams.
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 Why War? Keywords: Gaza Strip
Recovery was ended in the last quarter of 2000 with the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada, triggering tight Israeli closures of Palestinian self-rule areas and a severe disruption of trade and labor movements.
In 2001, and even more severely in early 2002, internal turmoil and Israeli military measures in Palestinian Authority areas resulted in the destruction of capital plant and administrative structure, widespread business closures, and a sharp drop in GDP.
GIA was largely closed since October 2000 by Israeli orders and its runway was destroyed by the Israel Defense Force in December 2001.
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 Israel
That summer, the kidnappings of Israeli soldiers by Hamas and Hezbollah, and the shelling of settlements on Israel's northern border led to a five-week war, known in Israel as the Second Lebanon War.
The Israeli Coastal Plain on the shores of the Mediterranean is home to seventy percent of the nation's population.
Israeli Arabs and those engaged in full-time religious studies are exempt from military service, although the exemption of yeshiva students has been a source of contention in Israeli society for many years.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - West Bank
Rain levels decrease from north to south and from west to east, and the eastern third of the territory is arid and desiccated, with warm winters and hot summers.
Additional Israeli withdrawals outlined in a 1998 accord were to have transferred another 13 percent of the West Bank to Palestinian administration.
Israelis in the West Bank are subject to Israeli law and authority, just as if they were residents of Israel.
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 New Israeli sheqel
In Hebrew, the NIS is called "שקל חדש" (Sheqel Khadash), and is usually abbreviated ש"ח (pronounced shakh).Its meaning is "WEIGHT" [value according to weight].
The symbol for the NIS is ₪, a combination of the first Hebrew letters of the words sheqel (ש) and khadash (ח).
The "old" Sheqel replaced the Israeli Pound (Lira) in 1980, at a rate of one Sheqel per 10 Pounds.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/n/ne/new_israeli_sheqel.html   (300 words)

  
 Israeli new sheqel Information
On the reverse of the coin (left) are the letters YHD in ancient Hebrew - spelling the name of the ancient state of Judea.
It replaced the Israeli sheqel in 1985 at a rate of 1000 Israeli sheqels per 1 New Israeli sheqel.
In Hebrew, the NIS is called "שקל חדש" (Sheqel Chadash), and is usually abbreviated ש"ח (pronounced shach).
www.bookrags.com /Israeli_new_sheqel   (345 words)

  
 New Israeli sheqel - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In Hebrew, the NIS is called "שקל חדש" (Sheqel Khadash), and is usually abbreviated ש"ח (pronounced shakh).
The "old" Sheqel replaced the Israeli pound (Lira) on February 24, 1980, at a rate of one sheqel per 10 pounds.
The name "sheqel" derives from the name of an ancient unit of weight, corresponding to a little bit less than half an ounce (American) or between 11 and 12 grams.
www.biocrawler.com /w/index.php?title=New_Israeli_sheqel&redirect=no   (394 words)

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