Normal Business Hours: Sunday to Thursday 8. 30 am‑1 pm and 4 pm‑7 pm, Friday and public holidays 9 am-l pm. Bazaars close at dusk; department stores are open all day.

Banks: Sunday to Thursday 8. 30 am-l 2 noon and 4 pm‑5.30 pm; Monday, Wednesday and Friday: mornings only.

Official bodies: Sunday to Thursday 8 am‑12 noon.

Newspapers

Most newspapers are written in Hebrew, including the Maariv and Haarnen. The English-language daily newspaper Jerusalem Post and the weekly magazine Jerusalem Report are amongst the most reliable sources of information in the country.

Literature

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/Israel

2. Trenneld, Martin. 2007. Israel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press