03-01 North America
The US and Israeli flags tell it all. A powerful relationship. Shared values, sure. A quasi-religious belief that Israel should survive. Certainly, there are people in Canada that feel the same way as Americans about the importance of Israel in biblical terms.But as a technology and innovation superpower, the real nature of the relationship between…
03-02 The Arab States
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, the map of Africa and the Middle East gives you a sense of the size of the Arab world and the number of enemies Israel has faced since it became a state after the UN agreed in 1948 to the partition of Palestine.This story will give you…
03-03 Diplomacy
It was 1983, at a meeting with a group of senior government officials in Singapore at the 10th International Small Business Congress, that I was told that Singapore had bought something like 350 Israeli tanks for their national defence. It was such a surprise to learn that Israel and Singapore had established diplomatic relations shortly…