“In an effort to combat growing anti-Israel sentiments in Norway, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has appointed a Druze Arab poet as ambassador to Oslo and named an Arab career diplomat as his deputy. Araidi will be joined by George Deek, a Christian Arab from Yaffo who is currently deputy ambassador to Nigeria.”
“The war talk about Iran is nothing new for Israel, under threats since its existence, reports Bloomberg News, which notes that the return on stocks in Israel the past 10 years was the highest of 24 benchmark indices in developed nations, including China and Norway, after factoring out volatility.”
“Israel, under threat of war from its neighbors since being founded in 1948, produced better risk- adjusted returns than all other developed stock markets in the past decade as the technology-driven economy attracted global investors. The ‘Bloomberg Riskless Return Rating’ shows the Tel Aviv TA-25 Index (TA-25) returned 7.6 percent in the 10 years ended Feb. 17, after adjusting for volatility, the highest among 24 developed- nation benchmark indexes. Israel beat Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (HSI), the next-best market with a risk-adjusted gain of 6.7 percent, and Norway, which had the highest total return.”
