At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), 8.8.2004:

1. ISA Director Avi Dichter briefed ministers on security issues.

2. The Cabinet approved the appointment of Shabtai Tzur as Israeli
Ambassador to Georgia.

3. The Cabinet approved the following appointments:

· Daniel Pinchasi, Ambassador to Senegal, and Non-resident Ambassador to
Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.
· Ze’ev Ben-Aryeh, Ambassador to Belarus.
· Aryeh Mekel, Consul-General in New York

4. The Cabinet appointed attorney Bina Bar-On as Director of the Industrial
Cooperation Authority.

In addition to the coordination committee, which operates alongside
Authority, the principal task of which is to aid the Authority in locating
Israeli companies and bodies that are suitable for communication with
foreign suppliers who are committed to reciprocal purchases, Trade, Industry
and Employment Minister Ehud Olmert will appoint an executive committee for
the Authority, which will include representatives from large Israeli
companies and other bodies.  Members of the executive committee and the
coordination committee will not be paid a salary or receive any other
benefits for their work.