Israeli export 15K times greater than in 1948

[Hulk]

Good Job Israel

 

[somebozo]

All of this while the Palestineans only concentrate on one single goal...reproduce and blow yourself.

After the establishment of the state
After statehood, Israel faced a deep economic crisis. As well as having to recover from the devastating effects of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it also had to absorb absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees Europe and the Arab world. Israel was financially overwhelmed and faced a deep economic crisis, which led to a policy of austerity from 1949 to 1959. Unemployment was high, and foreign currency reserves were scarce.[19]
In 1952, Israel and West Germany signed an agreement stipulating that West Germany was to pay Israel for the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust, and compensate for Jewish property stolen by the Nazis. Over the next 14 years, West Germany paid Israel 3 billion marks. The reparations became a decisive part of Israel's income, comprising as high as 87.5% of Israel's income in 1956.[19] In 1950, the Israeli government launched Israel Bonds for American and Canadian Jews to buy. In 1951, the final results of the bonds program exceeded $52 million. Additionally, many American Jews made private donations to Israel, which in 1956 were thought to amount to $100 million a year. In 1957, bond sales amounted to 35% of Israel's special development budget.[20]
The proceeds from these sources was invested in industrial and agricultural development projects, which allowed Israel to become economically self-sufficient. Among the projects made possible by the aid was the Hadera power plant, the Dead Sea Works, the National Water Carrier, port development in Haifa, Ashdod, and Eilat, desalination plants, and national infrastructure projects.
After statehood, priority was given to establishing industries in areas slated for development, among them Lachish, Ashkelon, the Negev and Galilee. The expansion of Israel's textile industry was a consequence of the development of cotton growing as a profitable agricultural branch. By the late 1960s, textiles were one of the largest industrial branches in Israel, second only to the foodstuff industry. Textiles constituted about 12% of industrial exports, becoming the second-largest export branch after polished diamonds.[18] In the 1990s, cheap East Asian labor decreased the profitability of the sector. Much of the work was subcontracted to 400 Israeli Arab sewing shops. As these closed down, Israeli firms, among them Delta, Polgat, Argeman and Kitan, began doing their sewing work in Jordan and Egypt, usually under the QIZ arrangement. In the early 2000s, Israeli companies had 30 plants in Jordan. Israeli exports reached $370 million a year, supplying such retailers and designers as Marks & Spencer, The Gap, Victoria's Secret, Wal-Mart, Sears, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Donna Karan.[18]


The Kibbutzim, collective communities in Israel traditionally based on agriculture, played an important role in Israel's economy until the late 70s.
In its first two decades of existence, Israel's strong commitment to development led to economic growth rates that exceeded 10% annually. The years after the 1973 Yom Kippur War were a lost decade economically, as growth stalled, inflation soared and government expenditures rose significantly. Also worthy of mention is the 1983 Bank stock crisis. By 1984, the economic situation became almost catastrophic with inflation reaching an annual rate close to 450% and projected to reach over 1000% by the end of the following year. However, the successful economic stabilization plan implemented in 1985[21] and the subsequent introduction of market-oriented structural reforms[22][23] reinvigorated the economy and paved the way for its rapid growth in the 1990s and became a model for other countries facing similar economic crises.[24]
Two developments have helped to transform Israel's economy since the beginning of the 1990s. The first is waves of Jewish immigration, predominantly from the countries of the former USSR, that has brought over one million new citizens to Israel. These new immigrants, many of them highly educated, now constitute some 16% of Israel's 7.5 million population. The second development benefiting the Israeli economy is the peace process begun at the Madrid conference of October 1991, which led to the signing of accords and later to a peace treaty between Israel and Jordan (1994).

Despite the Second Intifada, which cost Israel billions of dollars in economic terms,[25] Israel managed to open up new markets to Israeli exporters farther afield, such as in the rapidly growing countries of East Asia.
In the past few years there has been an unprecedented inflow of foreign investment in Israel, as companies that formerly shunned the Israeli market now see its potential contribution to their global strategies. In 2006, foreign investment in Israel totaled $13 billion, according to the Manufacturers Association of Israel.[26] The Financial Times said that 'bombs drop, yet Israel's economy grows'.[27] Moreover, while Israel's total gross external debt is US$84 billion, or approximately 44% of GDP, since 2001 it has become a net lender nation in terms of net external debt (the total value of assets vs. liabilities in debt instruments owed abroad), which as of June 2009 stood at a significant surplus of US$54 billion.[28][29] The country also maintains a current account surplus in an amount equivalent to about 3% of its gross domestic product in 2010.

The Israeli economy withstood the late-2000s recession, registering positive GDP growth in 2009 and ending the decade with an unemployment rate lower than that of many western countries.[30] There are several reasons behind this economic resilience, for example, the fact, as stated above, that the country is a net lender rather than a borrower nation and the government and the Bank of Israel's generally conservative macro-economic policies. Two policies in particular can be cited, one is the refusal of the government to succumb to pressure by the banks to appropriate large sums of public money to aid them early in the crisis, thus limiting their risky behavior. The second is the implementation of the recommendations of the Bach'ar commission in the early to mid-2000s which recommended decoupling the banks' depository and investment banking activities, contrary to the then-opposite trend, particularly in the United States, of easing such restrictions which had the effect of encouraging more risk-taking in the financial systems of those countries.[31]


Technology sector
Science and technology in Israel is one of the country's most developed sectors. The percentage of Israelis engaged in scientific and technological inquiry, and the amount spent on research and development (R&D) in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), is amongst the highest in the world.[41] Israel ranks fourth in the world in scientific activity, as measured by the number of scientific publications per million citizens. Israel's percentage of the total number of scientific articles published worldwide is almost 10 times higher than its percentage of the world's population.[42]
Israeli scientists have contributed to the advancement of agriculture, computer sciences, electronics, genetics, medicine, optics, solar energy and various fields of engineering. Israel is home to major players in the high-tech industry and has one of the world's most technologically-literate populations.[43] In 1998, Tel Aviv was named by Newsweek as one of the ten most technologically-influential cities in the world.[44]

 

[sexy gun]

You also forgot to mention the funniest joke of the century which still makes me laugh, the joke is;
india == shupaar powaar, shining incredible.

just one thing still lacking with you people... a proper english course in primary schools

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

just one thing still lacking with you people... a proper english course in primary schools

That spelling is very much deliberate, it is intended as a form of mockery.

 

[raptor22]

Can you liberate those occupied territories back other than just blabbering?

If I could I would ,can you bring justice to this world lonely ? we will never reach to promise land unless we demand justice and obviously it doesn't mean to be silent , what I'm actually doing is trying to point out what the other people don't like to be mentioned .

 

[Desert Fox]

just one thing still lacking with you people... a proper english course in primary schools

I intentionally spelled it that way for a good reason. Anyways, i hope you enjoy your time in Afbannistan, but i wouldn't be surprised if you return under a new user name.

 

[Solomon2]

we will never reach to promise land unless we demand justice and obviously it doesn't mean to be silent

Hasn't it occurred to you that people who aren't dedicated to discovering objective truth have no ethical grounds to demand justice from others?

 

[raptor22]

Hasn't it occurred to you that people who aren't dedicated to discovering objective truth have no ethical grounds to demand justice from others?

what is the truth ? even if we narrow down the subject base on 1947 UNSC resolution , about 46% of Palestine belonged to Arab people , and if you look at the present map you will see that Palestine territories have become lower than 20% of what it had to be, isn't an occupation ? on the other hand occupation is taking place right now by building new settlements in Palestinian territories .

In addition everyone has this right to demand justice .

 

[Mercenary]

Israel has made some big contributions around the world.

The software that is used to power is forum is written in PHP. Which was invented in Israel.

The donations which is used to fund this site, the security software to verify the transactions was developed in Israel as well.

Israelis are smart, dynamic and educated people. Is it any wonder why even being surrounded by so enemies, they have managed to not only survive but thrive.

Pakistan should learn some lessons from Israel.

 

[Tshering22]

Wow! That's awesome achievement! If only our government could learn to govern like theirs.

 

[Solomon2]

what is the truth ? -

If you don't believe that one can discover objective truth then it does seem pointless to discuss facts.

even if we narrow down the subject base on 1947 UNSC resolution -

Stick to facts. In 1947 there were NO Security Council Resolutions about the situation in Palestine! link

In addition everyone has this right to demand justice .

With the proviso that everyone has the right to their own opinion, but not their own facts. Otherwise you are talking war and exploitation, not justice.

 

[King Solomon]

If you don't believe that one can discover objective truth then it does seem pointless to discuss facts.

Stick to facts. In 1947 there were NO Security Council Resolutions about the situation in Palestine! link

With the proviso that everyone has the right to their own opinion, but not their own facts. Otherwise you are talking war and exploitation, not justice.

I do recognise the right of a Jewish state to exist. But why in that piece of land, hostile to all neighbours and with a destructive tendency? Wouldn't it be better if the US gave up some area equal to Israel for all jews to live in?

 

[Mercenary]

I do recognise the right of a Jewish state to exist. But why in that piece of land, hostile to all neighbours and with a destructive tendency? Wouldn't it be better if the US gave up some area equal to Israel for all jews to live in?

Well when the Jews arrived there in 1880's they bought the land from the Arabs.

Tel Aviv was founded on territory purchased by Jews from Arabs. Much like New York City's Manhattan Island was purchased by the Dutch from the natives.

In 1948, there were 600,000 Jews living in British mandate of Palestine. 500,000 were in Tel Aviv, 50,000 were in West Jersualem and rest were scattered all over. They did not displace the Arab population.

Its only after the 1948 War, in which Palestinians fled which created the Palestinian refugees.

And besides, Jordan and Egypt controlled West Bank and Gaza Strip for 19 years. Why didnt they create an independent Palestinian state on those lands?

The fact of the matter is this, if Israel had never existed, there would be no Palestine, it would be nothing more than a Province of Jordan.

 

[Solomon2]

I do recognise the right of a Jewish state to exist. But why in that piece of land, hostile to all neighbours and with a destructive tendency?

This question was discussed at an early Zionist Congress over a hundred years ago, when Britain offered the Jews Uganda. The Zionists said no, thank you. Their decision was that the only piece of real estate a Jewish State could lay moral and spiritual claim to was in Palestine, the region Jews' ancestors had been expelled from their own state 2,000 years ago after over 900+ years of continuous habitation.

 

[King Solomon]

Well when the Jews arrived there in 1880's they bought the land from the Arabs.

Tel Aviv was founded on territory purchased by Jews from Arabs. Much like New York City's Manhattan Island was purchased by the Dutch from the natives.

In 1948, there were 600,000 Jews living in British mandate of Palestine. 500,000 were in Tel Aviv, 50,000 were in West Jersualem and rest were scattered all over. They did not displace the Arab population.

Its only after the 1948 War, in which Palestinians fled which created the Palestinian refugees.

And besides, Jordan and Egypt controlled West Bank and Gaza Strip for 19 years. Why didnt they create an independent Palestinian state on those lands?

The fact of the matter is this, if Israel had never existed, there would be no Palestine, it would be nothing more than a Province of Jordan.

Then frankly I don't see why are Muslims so wary of Israel. If they really bought the land from Arabs, they have the right to reside there. Why try to destroy them by waging wars on Israel?

But from what I've seen in some documentaries, they do carry out oppressive policies on the Palestinians who are living in the outskirts. The settler jews that is.

This question was discussed at an early Zionist Congress over a hundred years ago, when Britain offered the Jews Uganda. The Zionists said no, thank you. Their decision was that the only piece of real estate a Jewish State could lay moral and spiritual claim to was in Palestine, the region Jews' ancestors had been expelled from their own state 2,000 years ago after over 900+ years of continuous habitation.

Yes I'm aware of that history. But how did they lay their "moral and spiritual" claim that way? That too, by being hostile to all neighbours? By that logic, Greece could claim a lot of land today because Alexander conquered them all.