Stanley Fischer: “The Negev’s Main Advantage – Quality of Life at a Reasonable Price”

The Governor of the Bank of Israel came to tour the Negev together with the Supervisor of Banks, Rony Hizkiyahu. "There is work in the Negev, people just need to come", said Ofir Fisher, Vice President for Development, OR Movement, for settling the Negev and Galilee, told them, when asked about employment in the region.

"The Negev's main advantages are the possibilities that come from living in the region - a high quality of life at a reasonable price," so said the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, during a tour he conducted in the Negev in July, together with the Supervisor of the Banks, Rony Hizkiyahu. "The localities developing rapidly in the USA are specifically in the South, due to quality of life and attractive housing prices. The moment they invented air-conditioning, everyone understood that the South is a place worth living in," he said.