Common use of Language of the Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Language of the Arbitration. (a) If the Arbitration Agreement is in English, the arbitration shall be conducted in English, unless the parties agree otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and only if the Arbitration Agreement is silent as to the language for conducting the arbitration, (i) if the arbitrator(s) conclude(s) that substantially all of the likely witnesses are Hebrew speakers, he shall have the discretion to order that oral examinations of those witnesses be conducted in Hebrew, so long as he is convinced that no hardship will be caused to any party, and (ii) the arbitrator(s) shall have the discretion to conduct administrative hearings in Hebrew. For purposes of this subsection (a), an "administrative hearing" is one (A) that involves counsel for the parties but not the parties themselves, and (B) as to which it is expected that the only matters to be dealt with are administrative ones.