Military police say that circumstances surrounding yesterday\'s death of IDF soldier, Dvir Reshef, 18, from Beit Shean, indicate that he may not have been killed by Arab sniper fire, as was reported. The investigation continues.
Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, City Group, United Bank Of Switzerland (Ubs) and Deutsche Bank have assessed (July 2001) that Israel\'s economy will grow in 2002 - following the 1%-1.5% slowdown of 2001 - by 4.2%, 3.5%, 4.5% 3.3% and 4.1% respectively. Israel\'s Ministry of Finance has assessed the 2002 growth to reach 4%.
Margalit Har Shefi was released from prison today after 9 months. She maintains her innocence and said today that had she believed that Yigal Amir was serious about killing Prime Minister Rabin, she would have viewed it as her \"moral duty\" to report him to the authorities.
Over 920 new immigrants arrived this week in Israel. 628 from the CIS, 76 from Ethiopia and the others from France, Belgium, England, South Africa, Holland, Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Canada.
