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Israel’s technology protects British troops in Afghanistan

1. “British Prime Minister David Cameron: ‘Israel’s technology is protecting British and NATO troops in Afghanistan….’  UK-Israeli trade is at an all-time high, despite recent rumblings by the EU over the labelling of products from the West Bank and calls in some quarters for a boycott of Israeli goods….HSBC, Barclays, Rolls-Royce, GlaxoSmithKline and Unilever have a major presence in Israel. One out of every seven prescriptions filled by Britain’s National Health Service is from an Israeli pharmaceutical firm…. There are raft of government initiatives to propagate growth spearheaded by a recent trip to Israel, by Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as favorable tax treaties…. Britain’s trade with Israel reached a record high of £5.1billion last year after doubling during the last decade. The UK is Israel’s second largest trading partner after the US…. More firms listed in London’s stock exchange last year from Israel than from anywhere in the world, other than the UK itself…. Technology from Israel is used by a host of British firms, from cyber security used to protect High Street cash machines to chips that go in TV set-top boxes.”

2. $835mn raised by Israeli companies, on the British Stock Exchange, during the first seven months of 2015 (Globes Business Daily, July 13, 2015).

3. Steve Forbes, July 22, 2015: “Israel is now one of the top two or three high-tech powers in the world–ahead of the European Union, with its 500 million people.

4. The following Israeli companies were acquired during the first 7 months of 2015: Lumenis acquired by XIO Private Equity for $510mn, Cliquesoftware by San Francisco Partners – $438mn, Annapurna Labs by Amazon – $360mn, Adallom by Microsoft – $320mn, Red Bend by Harman – $200mn, Panaya by InfoSys – $200mn, Exelate by Nielsen – $200mn, CloudOn by Dropbox – $100mn, WatchDox by Blackberry – $100mn, Spectronics by Emerson Electric – $100mn, Stockton Agrochemicals by China’s Sichuan Hebang Corp – $90mn,Equivio by Microsoft – $75mn, Discretix by ARM – $75mn, OrAd hightech by Avid Technologie – $70mn, Intellinx by BottomLine – $67mn, CyActive by PayPal – $60mn, Matan Printing by EFI – $50mn, Deeprz by Como – $50mn, ARX by DocuSign – $40mn, Kima Labs by GroupOn – $35mn, AppsFire by Mobile network Group – $30mn, Appoxee by TeraData – $25mn, LinX by Apple – $$20mn, IdmLogic by Computers Associates (CA) – $20mn, Porticor Cloud Security by Intuit, Ntrig by Microsoft, Quantum Materials Company by Merck, and ConteXtream by HP – each for a few scores of million dollars (Globes, July 21).

5. Israel’s NeuroDerm and Chiasma raised $170mn on NASDAQ (Globes, July 17). $84mn invested by Insight Venture Partners in Israel’s cyber company, CheckMarx (Globes, June 26). 

6. $5.3bn during the first six months of 2015 is the total acquisitions of Israeli companies, Israeli IPOs and joint ventures – 76% of the total during the entire 2014, $6/9bn and 80% of 2013, $6.6bn (Globes, July 8).

7. The London Economist, July 18, 2015: “Israel is pivoting to Asia…. India is buying $7bn of Israeli military systems…. Dozens of Chinese businessmen and officials from all levels of government visit Israel each month.  In 2014, Chinese companies invested nearly $4bn in Israel….The Director of Shengjing, Beeijing-based consulting firm, which facilitates Chinese investments in Israeli technologies, visited Israel 15 times in the past two years….”




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Foreign investment in Israel’s high-tech companies surged to new heights in the 1st quarter of 2021 – $5.7bn in 172 deals – which is up 89% over the impressive 4th quarter of 2020 and double the volume of the 1st quarter of 2020.

2020 was the first year of surpassing $10bn in capital raised by the Israeli high-tech sector from investors in the US, Asia and Europe, who trust the maturity of Israel’s brain power. Investments in Israeli companies more than tripled in six years, reflecting the effective response by Israeli startups to the technological, medical, pharmaceutical, educational, social and digital challenges posed by Covid-19.

Israel’s economic performance in defiance of Covid-19 is presented by Dr. Adam Reuter, the Chairman and Founder of “Financial Immunities,” Israel’s largest financial-risk management firm, and the co-author of Israel – Island of Success:

  1. Israel has led the globe in the rapid administration of Covid-19 vaccinations due to effective negotiations with Pfizer and an efficient, country-wide medical infrastructure.
  2. Israel is the second lowest among OECD countries in the number of Covid-19 deaths per number of Covid-19 cases: 0.7% compared to the 2.3% OECD average. Israel features a young population (median age of 30 compared to the OECD’s 42) and an effective country-wide medical infrastructure, including top level HMOs and hospitals.
  3. Israel is ranked 12th from the bottom among the 37 OECD countries in the number of deaths per million inhabitants: 645 compared to 1,145 OECD average.
  4. The International Monetary Fund’s 2025 GDP growth forecast for OECD countries: Israel – 4%, OECD average – 2.2%, US – 1.8%, Australia – 2.5%, Ireland – 2.6%, France and Canada – 1.7%, the UK – 1.6%, Germany – 1.2%, etc.
  5. Israel’s 2020 GDP was reduced by 2.5%, compared to the OECD average reduction of 4.1%, South Korea – 1%, Norway – 0.8%, Australia – 2.6%, US – 3.5%, Japan – 4.8%, Germany – 5%, France – 8%, the UK – 10% reduction, etc. GDP growth was recorded in New Zealand – 2.4% and Ireland – 3.5%.
  6. In 2020, Israel was ranked 20th among the 37 members of the OECD in terms of GDP per capita, featuring $43,000 (GDP – $408bn), ahead of Japan, Italy and Spain, and very close behind the UK ($44,000) and France ($45,000).
  7. Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio increased from 60% in 2019 to 72% in 2020, compared to the OECD’s average increase from 66% to 82%. The 2020’s debt-to-GDP ratio was 266% in Japan, Italy – 161%, the US – 131%, Germany – 73%, etc.
  8. Israel’s foreign exchange reserves-to-GDP ratio of 41% (3rd among the OECD countries) attests to its financial stability, and Israel’s capability to raise foreign credit promptly in a cost-effective manner. Israel’s foreign exchange reserves in March 2021 – $186bn.
  9. During the past decade, Standard and Poor (S&P) accorded Israel a positive credit rating trend, unlike the negative trend for the G-7 countries. In 2020, notwithstanding Covid-19, Israel’s credit rating (S&P) remained at AA.
  10. Some 380 global high-tech giants operate in Israel, including Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Apple, Verizon, Applied Materials, Dell, HP, Kodak, Oracle, Philips, SAP, Medtronics, GM, eBay, GE, etc. Israel leads the world in the ratio of research and development investment to GDP: 4.9%. 85% of this investment comes from the business sector.

 




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