JERUSALEM, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Sunday announced a plan to promote economic ventures in the northern Galilee region and the southern Negev region for a total amount of more than 20 million shekels (5.54 million U.S. dollars).
The Israeli Ministry of the Negev, Galilee, and National Resilience said in a statement that the plan aims to promote economic growth in the two regions far from central Israel, attracting advanced industries and creating hundreds of high-paying jobs for residents.
"The plan is an essential step that will strengthen the economy of the two regions and the country in general, especially during the current complex fighting days," said Israel's Negev and Galilee Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf.
The plan includes projects related to artificial intelligence, the development of information and communications technologies for defense uses, electronic waste recycling and fertilizer production.
It also includes the set-up of a software company for ultra-Orthodox Jewish women employees and a culinary training and placement project for the Bedouin society. ■
