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challenges. Israel is a flourishing high-tech hub in an increasingly inhospitable region. Yet the country is surprisingly self-reliant. At an October 7 Tel Aviv event promoting the International CES®, I moderated a panel of leading Israeli innovators. The discussion revolved around why Israelis are so entrepreneurial. The panelists’ responses revealed that Israeli tech prowess comes from a combination of intelligence, creativity, productivity and independence as well as their staunch determination to press on in the face of daunting opposition. The panelists praised Israel’s education system. Dr. Yoelle Maarek, head of Yahoo! Labs Israel, said Israeli education is excellent, largely because the students participate actively. She compared her experiences teaching in France, the U.S. and Israel, and said Israeli students are the most eager to learn. Others point out the mandatory military service most young Israelis are SFRVJSFE UP GVMëMM XIFO UIFZ UVSO BT B driver of high achievement. Dr. Maarek and another panelist, Dov Moran, inventor of the USB flash drive, said that military service, combined with the continuous external threats to Israel, cultivate a seriousness of purpose and a cultural willingness to accept economic risks. Creating a new business may seem relatively tame when neighboring countries are hostile to your physical survival. Besides this, Israel’s investments in defense technology and commercial products spun off from defense continued on insert page one, column one continued on insert page 1, column 1
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