Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said that according to a survey conducted by the Bank of Israel, 40% of Israel's poor are Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews. In a speech to the Israel Business Conference held at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv, Fischer added that the bank has developed a series of suggestions for the government for dealing with the poverty problem. The suggestions included both immediate and long-term measures.More about:Stanley Fischer, Tel Avivfunction initServerVars() { _headup.clientHost = 'http://newstopics.jpost.com'; _headup.termsFromServer = 'Stanley Fischer$$Tel Aviv'; _headup.annotatedTerms = ['dbpedia:Stanley_Fischer$$1'] _headup.widgetMode = 'snippet'; _headup.snippetButtonStyle = 'banner'; _headup.blackListedUrl = false; } <!-- Terms Count: 2 TTL: 60 Terms From Server: Stanley Fischer, Tel Aviv DateTime: 6/6/2011 5:01:21 AM -->