Award to Bet Shemesh Mayor

The Interior Minstery,presented an award to Mayor Moshe Aboutbul for proper management of Bet Shemesh for 2009.
This is the first time that a Bet Shemesh mayor has ever won the award. Among efficient masures taken,now each department head to produce a four year work plan, something not done in the past

Israel's population stands at 7,509,000 million from the beginning of 2010

The Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. 75.4% of the population is Jewish, 20.3% Arabs, and 4.3% others (immigrants and their families who are not registered as being Jewish by the Ministry of Interior). During 2009, Israel's population grew by 1.8% - a rate of increase that has remained stable since 2003. Over the past year 160,000 babies were born in Israel, while 14,500 new immigrants came to the country - an increase over the 2008 figure of 13,700. Furthermore,the Jewish Agency reported that immigration in 2009 was higher than any of the past 10 years. As housing starts every year cannot match up to the pupulation growth, "the writing is on the wall" as regards to property prices in the country for the years to come. Settlement freeze ,if finally carried out, will add to the demand within the green line.