Why is Israel the most successful country in the Middle East in technology?

Question

Why is Israel the most successful country in the Middle East in technology?

Answer 1

Because of all the engineers that emigrate to there from other countries.  They are engineers because Jewish people, historically, tend to value literacy, education, professionalism, excellence in all things. It's in the culture.

Answer 2

Newsweek deemed Tel Aviv one of the top ten capitals of the high technology industry worldwide, never mind the middle east  The nine other capitals include seven cities in the United States, Bangalore in India, and Cambridge in Great Britain, none other in the middle east.

According to Newsweek , Tel Aviv is flourishing as a technological center mainly as a result of immigration from the former Soviet Union, a high percentage of which were trained in the computer science field. The magazine also states that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) provides talent to the industry with youngsters who obtain knowledge and experience during their military service.

"Some say that of all the cities in the world, Tel Aviv is the most serious competitor to the Silicon Valley," Newsweek states.

What is it that drives Israelis to reach this level of achievement? The answer is rooted in part in the tradition of intellectual curiosity and analysis, which is an aspect of Jewish culture. It is a tradition that emphasizes education and that has produced, out of all numerical proportion, outstanding scientists and inventors. This age-old reverence for education has found expression in the development of a good Israeli public school system and excellent universities and institutes of science and technology.

Even more likely, the technological accomplishments may be a result of the innate stubbornness, resilience, and creative drive of a polyglot people. Because of the multi-national mix of the population, many of the researchers have brought with them a variety of experiences and points of view acquired in different parts of the world. All are joined together by the determination to create a country which will become strong in spite of a lack of natural resources and of hostility on the part of most of its neighbors. This need for national security has led to the development of new defense technologies.

Ambition for a better quality of life and higher standards of living has led to the creation of an export-driven economy. And most Israelis are aware that the ability to sell and succeed in the international marketplace is dependent on their products being more innovative and better priced than those of the country's competitors.

Charles DeGaulle: One of the Fathers of Israel's High-Tech Phenomenon

Thirty years ago, just in the wake of the Six Day War it became apparent that Charles DeGaulle had effectively cut off the supply parts for the French made planes used so successfully by the Israeli air force. It was a bitter pill to swallow and voices of reason began to promote the idea that Israeli institutes of higher-learning must be weaned away from fundamental research to applied research. The country must produce its own electronics and smart systems and become independent of funky suppliers.

The adaptation of this concept marked the birth of Israel's high-technology industries which for the greater part dedicated itself to supply the critical needs of a country which needed to be always ready to defend itself. It was a slow go at first but once momentum gathered Israelis turned to technology in earnest.

In 1975, I undertook to provide broad English-language coverage on all topics related to Israel's science-based industries. The decision to do so, however, was easier to make than to implement. While Israelis are known worldwide for their bravado and chutzpah, their reticence in discussing their business activities was overwhelming. To get at the facts, to get to know the individuals who are key to Israel's technology, took many years of patience and, sometimes, frustration.

By 1988, a year in which Israel celebrated 40 years of independence, Israel's leaders of Israel's high-technology industries, had become aware of the problems of setting up strong industries when capital is not readily available. They became "more open", more willing to offer foreign investors equity participation and opportunities to fund profitable local ventures. This marked a radical deviation from traditional thinking, which postulated that "If you have something good, keep it to yourself."They often are overvalued but continue to maintain their attractiveness for international companies who seek to buy the technology or become strategic venture partners or marketeers of the product, and for investors who pay many times the shares earnings so as to own them in their investment portfolio. The "they" are the Israeli high technology companies which, when lumped together, are a growing mass containing an expanding base of technological knowledge.

Answer 3

cause Israel sucked up all water, and now take down all farms, soon will be like Japan, only resource technology, but many europe company still will not do business with Israel, cause the area unstable, but the Japan grow itself so fast after World war 2, but now even Japan falling, what goes up always comes down, economy,

Have you ever been to Dubai, that is technology, bye.

Answer 4

Well I'll get thumbs down by anti-israelis when i answer "Because Jews are smart throughout history: Look at Einstein, they created Hollywood and own lots of banks in USA and throughout Europe b4 the n***s destroyed. They converted their Land from filthy slums into the most developed country in Mideast"

So it's the asker's opinion on what he/she thinks will be the best answer and to believe what is the truth.

Answer 5

i wonder if US wasn't on your side would u even ask this question again???

Answer 6

Cuz, the billions of $$$$ jews receiving each month along with other aids from US would also turn the most backward country into a 'HIT COUNTRY'!

If you know, what I mean!

Let's also not forget that,

hundreds of sworn LOBBYISTS

do what they can! to make that happen!!!

HEY it's  free money,

why not, RIGHT?!!

Astonishingly,

lot of good responses ( which purely stating the facts!!!) received '''thumb down'''!!???!!.....hmmm....INTOLERANT?!!

The following link will shed a bright light on the well known!!

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/israel....

Answer 7

They have been busy as a nest of bee's trying to make something of themselves instead of doing nothing and crying for someone to give them something.

I wish Americans would understand we have received more in free technology from Israel than our tax dollars could ever pay for, even if they really went to that.

Answer 8

They're afraid that if they're not then they become a target for the middleeast. It's do or die.

Answer 9

Because what our puppet politicians don't give them, they just steal from us.

Answer 10

Israel dousnt have much natural resources, so from the beginning Israel had to rely on technology.  What made that easy was a lot of holocaust surivers who ended up in Israel were scientists and educators so the technology field was what you would study if you wanted a stable job.

Answer 11

Why on Earth you people deleted all of the answers that you didn't like?

You want to convince the viewers here that israel is an advanced "country"?

I answered your question saying that:

Many of that technology comes from people that israel hires from advanced countries like mine,( I had a relative that was working in NOKIA developing micro-processors for hand-helds and when they used some of his knowlege the jews...deported him! They still owe him the rest of the contract money!!!)

They do this with Germans and Russians too.

Oh yeah and some spies "helping" real good the jews too.

So please stop deleting every answer that does not belong to a friend of yours.

This is Yahoo not israel little one.

OK I forgive you!

You are just a kid having fun!

I'll make another account and post back here,LULZ!

SMF!

Answer 12

So according to the pali supporters in this thread, its because of the USA. According to israel supporters, its cause jews are just smarter than everyone else.

You're both wrong.

Israel, just like water, steals all their technology from lebanon.

Answer 13

Yeah right!

Only jews think that way.

I am not a jew so I think israel is living a dejavu in the middle ages with all of that "killing and maiming" stuff.

So my answer to you is this:

No israel is far from a successful "country"

Especially in Middle East .

I just want them jews to stop getting from me $147.00 each and every year from my tax paying money. That's all.

I just hope Obama or John will kick out of the White House all of those jews leeching us US citizens big time.

Answer 14

They get a great deal of it from us.

Answer 15

I admire a people who strive for excellence and unity.  And I do see that from Israelis.

Answer 16

Because Israel has very limited natural resources.

It is interesting to note that 37% of American Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish (Today Americans Jews - which vary from ultra-orthodox to secular - comprise approximately 2% of the total US population). Clearly America has been good for Jews, and Jews have been good for America.

Please read the two links below.

Answer 17

Because they are advanced thinkers looking to the future. Technology is a resource that has a strong future. Other countries in the Middle East have not invested in their future which results in oppression and poverty and feelings of anger within their population.  They use Israel as scapegoats to redirect their populations anger towards this oppression and poverty.

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to the person that responded above me.  credit was given on the long responses where credit was due.  Unlike you're hyperbole which is totally your opinion, theirs is substantiated.

Answer 18

Because Israel is the only Middle East country not hampered by islamic retrograde beliefs.

Answer 19

Because this is how it is ment to be! This is how it is planed!

Do you think that Jordan or Syria or other neighbor countries are allowed to advance and become successfull?

Where is Israel going to be then ? Think about it for a sec...

Edit: About 80% of today technology was military Technology in the first place! For ex. Internet, Computers..etc.

Why dont we see any clean technology that really helps humanity? Like cars that dont work on fuel but sun energy ?

Because then oil companies that are run by Zionists, will broke!!! And they will not be able to suck peoples blood by paying all these prices for the oil!

Let us dont forget n***s Germany that was a very advanced country in technology...

All Arab and Muslim scientists are working in US and EU just because their countries have dictatorship system (Supported by US and Israel) which dont allow them to invent in their country and for their people!

One of the answerers mentioned Holwood! Yeah exactly!!!

Who is responsible for spreading prostitution and sickness in the world! Israel Technology is the reason this world is the way it is...

Answer 20

its because jews have always had to work harder then other people when they were under foriegn rule to stop from being persecuted, so those traditions have followed to israel, why else would Duke Bolesloe IV of Poland or Catherine the Great of Russia have invited them into their country despite their own prejudices? they knew the jews would make them strong and powerful.

Answer 21

Because of the USA.

Answer 22

A beautiful question & refreshing to see.

Shalom.

Answer 23

Israeli contributions to science and technology have been significant. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, Israel has worked in science and engineering. Our scientists have contributed in the areas of genetics, medicine, agriculture, computer sciences, electronics, optics, engineering and other high-tech industries.

Israels science is particularly well known for its military technology, from simple submachine guns like the Uzi, ranging to advanced anti-ballistic defense systems - like the Arrow. Moreover, Israel is among the small group of nations in the world that have the capability to launch satellites into orbit (the others include the USA, Russia, China, Japan, India, and some European nations through the ESA).

As a dry land, Israel has pioneered in advanced agricultural technology such as water-conserving irrigation methods, anaerobic digestion, salinity research, enriched compost, irrigation, and enhanced genetic engineered crops.

Israel also has a high reputation in theoretical physics. Israeli physicists tend to deal more with theoretical and conceptual aspects of physics, especially in questions of time and space, and the paradoxes and strange phenomena of quantum mechanics.

Israel is also known for its well-developed and revolutionary medicine. Israel medical researchers and surgeons have worldwide reputation, in searching for new cures as well in high technology and reliability. Recently, a group of researchers from the Weizmann Institute developed a molecular biocomputer to assist in cancer research.

The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, meanwhile, is home to Israel's only Nobel laureates in science, Profs. Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover, who received the Nobel Prize in 2004 for their research on ubiquitin, a protein that marks other proteins for destruction. The school is also known for having one of the world's top electrical engineering faculties as well as the Western world's largest computer science faculty.

And to answer your question.

A study by a University of Utah anthropologist and colleagues, linking intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews with genetic changes, is drawing attention worldwide. The latest example is the Oct. 24 edition of New York Magazine, where an article about the research is the cover story.

The article is labeled "The Jewish Brain."

"Jews have the highest IQ for any ethnic group for which there are reliable data," the study says.

"During the 20th century, they made up about 3 percent of the U.S. population but won 27 percent of the U.S. Nobel science prizes and 25 percent of the ACM Turing awards. They account for more than half of world chess champions."

Answer 24

American Tax Dollars

Answer 25

Actually there is a code in the Bible and Talmud which give us all the answers--a fellow named Da Vinci found out about it and invented the helicopter. Newton studied Hebrew and look what he invented!

Answer 26

They concentrate on life instead of death.

Answer 27

Jewish people have (or at least had) a tradition of education for excellency. Some trace it to the discrimination they suffered in the previous centuries in the countries they lived it - when a school had a strict quota for Jewish students, the Jewish students had to compete among themselves for the application, and work much harder than the other students.

Answer 28

Jewish people are known to be highly intelligent, and they place education as their highest goals for achievement.

Sincerely,

Ms. Miche ; })

Answer 29

Because thay have billions in welfare money to research with and steal technology. Just like the copy/paste plagiarists here that don't credit the source. That is a crime BTW.