SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of March 2006
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AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD.
(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
P.O. Box 142, Hadera, Israel
(Address of Principal Corporate Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
|X| Form 20-F |_| Form 40-F
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): |_|
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Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): |_|
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Form 6-K submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
|_| Yes |X| No If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to
the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-______________
Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is
the Registrant's press release dated March 9, 2006.
SIGNATURE
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Lea Katz
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Name: Lea Katz
Title: Corporate Secretary
Dated: March 10, 2006
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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1. Press release dated March 9, 2006.
EXHIBIT 1
NEWS
CLIENT: AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD.
AGENCY CONTACT: PHILIP Y. SARDOFF
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD/ TMM INTEGRATED RECYCLING INDUSTRIES LTD.
HADERA, Israel, March 9 -- Below is an immediate report issued in Israel by TMM
Integrated Recycling Industries Ltd. ("TMM") an associated company.
"The Israel Securities Authority turned to TMM with regard to an investigation
the authority is conducting. To the best of the TMM 's knowledge, TMM 's
president was arrested and was released under restrictions. At this stage, TMM
doesn't have any additional information."
(pr 21558)