Fifty computer science students and 100 to 150 students from electrical engineering and related sciences graduate from each university each year. Israel is experiencing a dire shortage of software engineers, which forces it to seek manpower in India and other countries. And that creates a myriad of visa-related issues. Kassem said the Palestinian graduates could not only alleviate Israel's talent problem, but it could also lead to cooperation in helping to kick-start a local startup industry.
Training is the major issue right now to bring the IT sector up in Palestine.
The club has 40 PCs. We had heads of companies coming to ask to ask how to use a search engine. A familiar household name, Siemens AG , is also helping train Palestinians. Oracle is also in on the act. Now they are businessmen and everyone welcomes them.