Debt - external:
NA
Economic aid - recipient:
$1.14 billion; note - includes Gaza Strip (2004)
Currency (code):
new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Currency code:
ILS; JOD
Exchange rates:
new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004),
4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications West Bank
Telephones - main lines in use:
357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.095 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL
are responsible for fixed line services in the Gaza Strip; the
Palestinian JAWAL company provides cellular services
international: country code - 970