what kind of money is used in israel?
Israeli new shekel
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 Under the Oslo Peace Accords , Israel undertook to deposit the VAT tax receipts on goods purchased by Palestinians into the Palestinian treasury . Until 2000 , these monies were transferred directly to Arafat 's personal accounts at Bank Leumi , in Tel Aviv . 

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 The State of Israel faced enormous military and economic challenges in its early years , and the period from 1948 to 1958 was a time of food rationing and austerity , known as tzena . In this decade , over one million Jewish immigrants , mainly from Arab countries , but also including European Holocaust survivors , inundated the new state . They arrived when only basic foods were available and ethnic dishes had to be modified with a range of mock or simulated foods , such as chopped “ liver ” from eggplant , and turkey as a substitute for veal schnitzel for Ashkenazim , kubbeh made from frozen fish instead of ground meat for Iraqi Jews , and turkey in place of the lamb kebabs of the Mizrahi Jews . These adaptations remain as a legacy of that time . 

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 For example , in March 2009 , as a result of the late @-@ 2000s financial crisis , the People 's Republic of China and the Russian Federation pressed for urgent consideration of a new international reserve currency and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development proposed greatly expanding the I.M.F. ' s special drawing rights . Conspiracy theorists fear these proposals are a call for the U.S. to adopt a single global currency for a New World Order . 

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 In August 2002 , the Israeli Military Intelligence Chief alleged that Arafat 's personal wealth was in the range of US $ 1 @.@ 3 billion . In 2003 the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) conducted an audit of the PNA and stated that Arafat diverted $ 900 million in public funds to a special bank account controlled by Arafat and the PNA Chief Economic Financial adviser . However , the IMF did not claim that there were any improprieties , and it specifically stated that most of the funds had been used to invest in Palestinian assets , both internally and abroad . 

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 Many Israelis , both religious and secular , celebrate with a kabbalistic @-@ inspired Tu Bishvat seder that includes a feast of fruits and four cups of wine according to the ceremony presented in special haggadot modeled on the Haggadah of Passover for this purpose . 
