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Where to invest in a crisis? Israel

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Izzy Tapoohi, the president of Israel Bonds, is in a win-win situation, and would like you to join him.

His organisation raises over $1.1 bn every year for Israel from around two million investors, a sum he aims to increase to $1.5 bn in the next couple of years.

And when the country suffers some sort of economic or geopolitical crisis, demand for his product actually rises.

"Wall Street or the City of London would not raise one penny in a crisis. We can raise any amount for Israel in a crisis. If a disaster happened today, we would be ready," Mr Tapoohi said.

"When I ask people why they are investing, especially young people, they say it's a good investment with a reasonable return. But, in 2014, when there was the conflict, we raised $250m within a very short period of time. When there is a crisis, Israel becomes the number one reason to invest."

The typical investment for bonds, which vary from two to 10-year investments, is $25,000, though more than one in seven are as much as $15 million.

Over the past five years, the average customer has gathered nearly $2,000 in interest, with the money ploughed into forward-looking industries like hi-tech and transport.

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