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The list of the companies (if not fake) that support Israeli government tells a lot to me...

The list is of foreign direct investment. It's not direct support for the government.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:02:11 PM EST
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The list is of foreign direct investment. It's not direct support for the government.

Oh really? Again depends how you want to see it.Israel does not look like safe place to invest money amidst all those wars and potential wars...all tho the profit may be high...
Investing in Hitler's Germany was considered as support to Hitler (after the WWII) I can see analogy here...
by vbo on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:41:38 PM EST
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Israel does not look like safe place to invest money amidst all those wars and potential wars...

Huh, Israel is the local military hegemon (thanks in part but not exclusively - and maybe not even mainly - to all that US military aid).

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 03:48:22 AM EST
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel
Israel is one of the world's major exporters of military equipment, accounting for 10%[citation needed] of the world total in 2007.

War economy...great for investment!
by vbo on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:00:51 AM EST
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