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Offshore Gas Bonanza Poses Opportunity, and Risk, for Israeli Economy, but Milken Institute Report Shows How Creation of Sovereign Investment Fund Can Help Ensure Country's Economic Future

December 12, 2011

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - Dec 12, 2011) - Within this decade, production off Israel's Mediterranean coast will produce tens of billions of cubic meters of natural gas. The resulting bonanza could lead to an annual increase in GDP of more than 2 percent -- but also a rise in the shekel to levels that could endanger Israel's export success.

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