Israel’s economy should grow at a rate of 5 to 6 percent this year, higher than a previously forecast 4.5 percent growth rate, according to the nation’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Much of the growth was the result of the rapid expansion of Israel’s high-tech sector and the end of a slowdown in more traditional industries, the bureau said.
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