@ Victor (201) who said “That was the final blow to the Israeli brand world wide and the end of its dream to become the finance and technology hub of the Mid-East.
Since then Israel has managed to alienate all its remaining friends–for the US it is a crazy aunt in the attic to whom we dole out $3Billion per year with no ROI and with no compliance in return.”

Israel may not be the finance hub of the Middle East but if it’s not the technology hub, I’m not sure who can claim the title. Even the most cursory glance at the list of Israeli companies traded on the NASDAQ suggests that they far outpace neighboring and regional countries. Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Saudi, the Gulf countries–none come even remotely close, not even when taken together.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_companies_quoted_on_the_Nasdaq

Even more interesting is to examine the list of Israeli companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq. Note how many have been acquired and by whom–Phillips, Marvell, HP, eBay, Verifone, SanDisk, Motorola, Stanley Works. You, Victor, may assert that there’s no ROI but a lot of people who do tech for a living say other wise. They clearly recognize the enormous intellectual resources in the Israeli state and are investing millions at a time and billions in the aggregate. Crazy aunt in the attic my a**.