Why Israel?

  1. Israel has become a High-Tech world leader, second only to the United States.
  2. Israel enjoys the highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world with exception of the Silicon Valley.
  3. A ‘strong buy’ outlook for the Israeli economy (by Warren Buffet who acquired Israeli-based Iscar for US$ 4 billion as his very first oversees investment ever).
  4. Israel’s macroeconomic trends are on a continued upswing – increasing GDP, declining unemployment, declining interest rates, negative foreign debt, and high stable credit rating
  5. “The solid investment grade ratings on Israel reflect its advanced, prosperous, export-oriented economy with few balance-of-payments pressures, underpinned by structural reforms” – S&P. 
  6. Israel’s workforce enjoys the highest percentage of scientists and technicians in the world – almost double that of US and Japan, and three times that of Canada. 
  7. Israel is a world leader in expenditures on R&D as a percentage of GDP.
  8. Israel ranks second in the world in total public expenditures on education as a percentage of GDP and in Venture Capital funding. 
  9. Some 60 foreign R&D centers are located in Israel, such as Intel, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, and Qualcomm.  Among the numerous foreign companies invested in Israel are also Intel Capital (35 investments), JPMorgan (16), Bank of America (9) and RBC (9). 
  10. The Israeli government provides generous support by way of grants, tax exemptions, and investment incentives.  In addition, Israel is the only country that has several Free Trade Agreements including with US and Canada, and with the EU, thus enabling the export of Canadian merchandise from Canada to Europe via Israel, free of indirect taxes.
  11. As a senior vice president of Philips Medical stated “In two days here I saw more opportunities then I saw in a year in the entire world”.