Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Time is on Israel's side

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=576
 
 
Yoram Ettinger
 
Time is on Israel's side
 
Time is running in Israel's favor, in contrast to conventional wisdom,
as evidenced by the “global economic walk” and irrespective of the
“global political talk.”
 
At the outset of the Jewish New Year 5772, Israel's gross domestic
product is $240 billion, and the country has a 3 percent deficit, 5.7%
unemployment, 3% interest rate and 3% inflation -- compared with $38
billion GDP in 1990 and $1 billion in 1949. Israel's credit rating has
been recently upgraded by Standard & Poor, ranking it among the top
OECD economies.
 
In 1948, Israel had no sifgnificant exports, compared with a $6.7
billion current account (mostly trade balance) surplus in 2010, with
the U.S., Europe and India as the chief trading partners.
Notwithstanding disturbing Turkish statements, Israel-Turkey trade
volume has surged 140% since the Islamic AKP party assumed power in
2002 -- $3.45 billion in 2010 compared with $1.4 billion in 2002.
Irrespective of political tensions, the first quarter of 2011 features
a 40% increase in the mutually beneficial Israel-Turkey trade from the
first quarter of 2010.
 
In 2011, Israel takes pride in robust exports, despite the global
economic meltdown, due to its highly specialized lines of exports,
which correspond to vital global needs in the areas of
pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biomed, agriculture, water
technologies, energy alternatives, software, laptop computers,
telecommunications and defense industries. The latter features Israel
as the fifth largest global defense exporter. The New York-based
“Trading Economics” reported a $1 billion Israeli current account
surplus in the first quarter of 2011.
 
Recently, the Houston-based Noble Energy company discovered proven
offshore natural gas reserves, which will transform Israel by 2014
from nearly total reliance on imported energy to a major exporter of
natural gas. The Jewish state is “a shining high-tech city on a hill,”
attracting leading global companies, venture capitalists and
investment banks, which seek unique manpower and cutting-edge
innovative technologies. The European Community appoints Israelis to
head its high-technology commissions.
 
Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, calls Microsoft as much an Israeli
company as an American company because of the importance of its
Israeli technologies, such as the Kinect gaming motion-sensor
interface, the fastest-growing consumer electronic product in history.
The same applies, increasingly, to Google, Cisco and eBay, and Apple's
memory systems for its iPhones, iPods and iPads. According to Intel's
CEO, Intel would have been devastated by the competition, if not for
its four research and development centers and two manufacturing plants
in Israel, which developed its most advanced microprocessors, Pentium,
Sandbridge, Atom and Centrino.
 
Leading American venture capital funds Sequoia, Greylock, Accel and
Orbimed have become frequent investors in Israel, and some 400 global
high-tech companies have established a research and manufacturing
presence in Israel. IBM and Computers Associates just made their ninth
and 10th acquisitions of Israeli companies respectively. Overseas
investments in Israel's high-tech exceed any single European country
and France and Germany combined.
 
The American defense industry has been a major beneficiary of Israel's
unique technological and battle capabilities. Thus, the current
generation of the F-16 features more than 600 modifications,
introduced by Israel, making it a global success and enhancing the
American employment, research and development and export
infrastructures. Northrop Grumman's robotics division’s cooperation
with, and sales to, Israel have dramatically upgraded the quality of
its products, as has been the case with hundreds of U.S. defense
systems employed by Israel.
 
In retrospect, Arab wars and terrorism, geopolitical constraints and
limited natural resources have been nothing but bumps on the path of
an unprecedented Israeli economic, technological, educational and
defense surge, which has benefited humanity at large.

unemployment, 3% interest rate and 3% inflation 
 
e 400.000 persone in piazza perchč con quel popo' di dati farlocchi non trovano
casa...
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uomo bianco parla con lingua biforcuta.
 
il Diamat č la spiegazione di tutte le cose

 e 400.000 persone in piazza perch
 
perche' c'e' liberta' di manifestare.

 casa...
il 10% del paese? mi sa che i dati farlocchi sono altri...

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sul mercato non ci sono case per tutti. Un successo di Bibi, vantatene
pure

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in Israele sono 7 milioni, e quasi tutti molto incazzosi, per cui non
c'è nulla di strano a vedere il 6% della popolazione in piazza...

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se ne costruiranno.

 se ne costruiranno.
 
In effetti è penoso che qualche cagnetto abbai dietro il canello se un
paese costruisce alloggi residenziali, che mancano, nella propria capitale.
 
 
 
-- 
recoil is insignificant when there is a tiger on the head of your elephant


wrote:
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è a Tel Aviv che mancano di più. Ma capisco che Tel Aviv non è in
Cisgiordania come Gerusalemme Est, e allora che emigrino i senzatetto

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ed infatti e' lontanissima dalla Cisgiordania...
 
 
 

 c'è nulla di strano a vedere il 6% della popolazione in piazza...
 
OK, allora non vedo dove stia la notizia.
 
Se sono "molto incazzosi", vuol dire che vanno in piazza per cose che
chiunque altro riterrebbe normali.
 

 Centrino.
 
Non è un microprocessore. Intanto sto provando Windows 8, di cui esiste 
una versione per ARM (Arian Risc Machine) visto che per ora Intel non 
riesce a produrre un processore a consumo abbastanza basso per i tablet.
 
fe...@delenda.net
 
-- 
http://delendanet.blogspot.com
 

 Se sono "molto incazzosi"
 
rispetto ad altri posti, non in assoluto. E che in un paese con quei
numeri ci siano centinaia di migliaia di persone che non trovano casa
non è affatto normale...