Yom Ha'atzmaut '52
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The Jerusalem Post
   

They came, they swam, they left
In Israel's 52nd year, the rich, famous, and obscure came to visit. Here are our 52 top distinguished tourists

37. Sanford Weill
Bearing the news that the local banking world is going to be shaken up, Citibank chairman and chief executive officer Sanford I. Weill came to call, announcing that he will soon operate a full-service branch in Tel Aviv, the first such branch of a foreign bank in the country. Then Bank of Israel Governor Jacob Frenkel called the new branch one of the most significant events in the financial history of Israel.


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