We posted the following comment on a BDS supporting blog in which Israel is called pariah state Talking about pariah state - it is only in the eyes of this blog and the BDSers. But in fact the attempts to turn this into reality are not exactly supported by the a very important part of the world - the investors. Just today it was announced that Facebook acquires Israeli app maker Onavo, and opens a Tel Aviv office. After losing out to Google on acquiring Israeli Waze for $1.2 bln, Facebook is paying between $100 million and $200 million for Onavo. timesofisrael/facebook-acquires-israeli-app-maker-onavo-and-a-tel-aviv-office/ It is happening now almost every week. Samsung launches international innovation and strategy center in Ramat Gan, expected to invest millions of dollars in companies and academia ynetnews/articles/0,7340,L-4342371,00.html IBM announced its acquisition of cyber-security firm Trusteer and Apple reportedly snatched up TV application Matcha. Globes estimated it at $630 million, while Army Radio reported it between $800m. and $1 billion. jpost/Business/Business-News/IBM-acquires-Israels-Trusteer-Apple-reportedly-buys-Matcha-323256 Warren Buffet purchased a third Israeli company Ray-Q Interconnect bringing the total investment of his in Israel to $7 bln. And that goes on and on. This together with newly found wealth in gas resources - the quantities of financially viable recoverable gas estimated to be in situated within the Levant Basin, lying largely in Israeli and Cypriot waters in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, holds the staggering figure of 3.5 trillion cubic meters of gas. Solidly proved to be 100% accurate, this quantity of gas would be sufficient to meet the entire needs of all of Europe for natural gas. Translated into financial terms, even if Israel and Cyprus together export just two trillion cubic meters of the natural gas expected to be drawn from these fields, it could run into an income amounting tohundreds of billions of dollars. jewishbusinessnews/2013/08/09/the-great-israel-gas-export-drive-gets-underway/ And by the way let us not forget the developing ties with India. Last year, Israel topped the list of arms suppliers to India—just as India officially became the globe’s largest arms importer. And it’s not just missiles and drones: India has increasingly leaned on Tel Aviv for high-tech warfare, scooping up the Phalcon airborne radar and advanced electronic surveillance systems along with equipment to retrofit now-rickety Soviet-era weaponry. In New Delhi, Israel is seen not just as a ready and competent supplier, but as a kindred nation. “India and Israel both imagine themselves as democracies under siege,” tabletmag/jewish-news-and-politics/147934/israel-india-military-romance And with China (Samsung of South Korea I already mentioned). China seeking technological edge in Israel. Chinese investors are looking at Israeli high-tech - medical devices, cleantech, environmental technology, food processing and agriculture. Economy Minister Naftali Bennett flew to China for his first official visit abroad. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu preceded Bennett with his high-profile visit to China at the beginning of his new term. In Israel, the Chinese are looking for technology and dont care much how they get it. They want to invest, buy the technology and collaborate …. Were not a threat to the Chinese and make a natural partner. The Chinese are aware of the Israeli story and hold our abilities and culture in tremendous esteem, haaretz/business/.premium-1.534566
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:56:50 +0000
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