(GamesBids.com) Tel Aviv's feasibility study is supported by the Directors General of All Government Ministries chaired by Avigdor Itzhaki, director general of the Prime Minister's Office. On September 24, 2001, they funded the study with 3.5 million shekels (US$800,000). Tel Aviv's main incentive for hosting an Olympic Games is typical for a bid - it would force the rapid development of much-needed infrastructure by compressing fifty years into only seven, according to Alex Gilady, the Israeli IOC member who is behind the bid project.
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