Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On held a press conference on Wednesday in which he presented the main parts of the Treasury's plan designed to help the Israeli economy deal with the global financial crisis. Bar-On said that the plan is an important message to the financial markets that the government will not stand by idly and watch the economic crisis approach. The plan calls for an increase in government investment to a total of 21.7 billion shekels in 2009 in order to encouraging growth and employment. 11/19/08
