1. Stong israeli export economy
2. Large fields of natural gas were found in Israel and foreign investors increased the flows of funds (in that process they purchase shekels to invest in Israeli oil companies and thus drive the value of shekel up)
3. Bank of Israel tried to intervene and purchase $$ in the market thus trying to boost up the dollar. Without this shekel value would increase even more...
No. Israel uses the New Israeli Shekel. The old Israeli Shekel was replaced by the New Israeli Shekel on 1/1/1985.
Israeli new shekel was created in 1986.
Old Israeli shekel ended in 1985.
Old Israeli shekel was created in 1980.
It is the Israeli shekel
The Israeli coin is Shekel Khadash, or in English 'new Israeli shekel'.
1 Israeli shekel = 0.264061 U.S. dollars
New Israeli Shekel
Israeli shekel!
Israeli shekel
Israel's currency is the NIS or New Israeli Sheqel. The Sheqel is currently worth approximately $0.27 USD. Note: The NIS is also used in most areas of Gaza and the West Bank as there is no formal Palestinian Bank, but Jordanian Dinars are also in some circulation in the West Bank.
New Israeli Shekel.