An episode from the series MADE IN ISRAEL

The story of the establishment of the local diamond industry. The episode follows the journey each diamond makes from the bowels of the earth to the finger of nearly every woman in Israel; from the local mining attempts, through the polishing workshops and the workers and all the way to the local merchants and jewelry shops. The people who shaped this industry, turned it into one of the most influencial industries on the Israeli economy. The episode will take viewers through this industry’s important milestones, its successes and the crises it has had to survive and will also provide a critical look at how closed the industry is, the segregation it maintains and its controversial trading methods.