Editorial: Israel deliver opportunities and are role models for start-ups in the U.S.

The Israeli figures are amazing – more than US$ 16 billion in capital under management, US$ 37 billion has been taken out of public offerings, mergers and acquisitions over the past decade, and an unemployment rate of 5.6 percent in 2012 – the lowest in 20 years. American companies like Qualcomm, Intel, Apple and Cisco have either bought Israeli companies and / or have established research and development centers in Israel. Large venture capital firms – Kleiner, Benchmark, Accel, etc. has offices in Israel.