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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

Israeli prosperity

June 11, 2008 24:00
1 min read

Harry's Place flags up asuperb piece by Thomas Friedman on Israel's astonishing hi-tech accomplishments, an aspect of the country which does not get covered as much as it should be:

Israel is a country that is hard-wired to compete in a flat world. It has a population drawn from 100 different countries, speaking 100 different languages, with a business culture that strongly encourages individual imagination and adaptation and where being a nonconformist is the norm. While you were sleeping, Israel has gone from oranges to software, or as they say around here, from Jaffa to Java.