1. Gilad Atzmon: Israeli Economy For Beginners
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 9:12AM Gilad Atzmon
We learn from the press and political analysts that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil, Israel's economy is booming. Some even suggest that Israel is one of the strongest economies around.
'How come?' you may ask; besides maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don't make cars; nor do they make electric or electronic appliances, and they hardly manufacture any consumer goods. Israel claims to be advanced in high-tech technologies but somehow, the only Israeli advanced software ever to settle within our computers have been their Sabra Trojan Horses. In the land they grabbed by force from the indigenous Palestinians, they are yet to find any lucrative minerals or oil.
So what is it? How is it that Israel is impervious to the global financial disaster? How can Israel be so rich?
Israel may be rich because, according to the Guardian, "out of the seven oligarchs who controlled 50% of Russia's economy during the 1990s, six were Jewish." During the last two decades, many Russian oligarchs have acquired Israeli citizenship. They also secured their dirty money by investing in the kosher financial haven; Wikileaks has revealed lately that "sources in the (Israeli) police estimate that Russian organised crime (Russian Mafia) has laundered as much as US $10 billion through Israeli holdings."[1]
3. Franklin Lamb: As Tahrir Square goes so goes the Middle East?
No comments:
Post a Comment