Howard

several earlier posts should also be removed if thats the way u r going to operate – poor show guys !

Im not a comedian, so i care less about being funny. However, what I see going on now in Palestine should make any sane person ashamed, not proud. You know the Germans are still to this day paying pensions and compensation to the survivors of the holocaust. They are very ashamed of their history and I cannot help feeling that one day many innocent Israelis will feel the same.

Right now though I care more about the victims of your countries oppression than I do about not opening a can of worms. This is nothing personal, nor about individuals who have no control over their state, however, that does not extend to those who are ignorant as to the reality on the ground and who condone it.

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Craig
craig@craigslist.org

‘Un-American’
Google in HebrewOh, the conspiracy theorists will have a field day. The director of Google’s Haifa research center says, in an interview with Globes, a local business newspaper: “The thing is that essentially, Google is built on a certain degree of Israeli character that is very un-American.” To be sure, the R&D boss, Yoelle Maarek, refers, at least ostensibly, to the Mountain View search engine’s risk-taking culture, which is, presumably, akin to the boldness of an Israeli tank commander. But, for the more paranoid anti-semites, the quote will just confirm their worst fear: that the future has arrived, and the Jews got there first. It was bad enough that the leading PC maker, enterprise software company and operating system are all run by tech moguls (Michael Dell, Larry Ellison and Steve Ballmer) of Jewish origin. Now the cabal even organizes the information itself. Do no evil? That’s what they would say.

I’m on the Israel Web Tour’s steering committee and I provided additional coverage on each of the 15 participating companies. These are going to be Israel’s hottest web companies for 2008….

Here’s my post from last week: http://www.vcca...ning-companies/

and here are some of the recent headlines:
* Exclusive Interview: Ten questions with the founder of TripTouch.com
*Arnold Schwarzenegger: your Israeli seed investment just raised $8M
* Overview: 16 Israeli companies at CES 2008 this week

So, for Israeli specific coverage, tech innovation and vc deal flow, I invite you to check out VC Cafe (www.vccafe.com)

Thanks,
Eze

January 13th, 2008 at 1:39 am

Anything from the Palestiniens?

They say they are the the world’s only true Web Operating System. Aside from being a for-profit venture, Schreiber has pledged 15% of the founding equity of G.ho.st to the G.ho.st Peace Foundation (GhPF), whose goals are to create a foundation for peace via business.

Personally I think Israel is a greate place and we definitely plan to expend our site to Israel in the further.

Tal,
http://www.copenda.com

I want to give a big shout for Qoof and its CEO Richard Kligman – the guy is amazing, innovative, is a spiritual guy and an entire industry is waiting for him to unleash his platform on the net.

Good luck in Silicon Valley Richard

your derisory remarks are not funny at all.

Israeli companies have as much right as any other company to come in and penetrate the US market. That said, to equate the political and economic power of an Israeli company with that of a Palestinian company is supercilious. It is unfortunate that is the case but that is the reality today.

The fact that this equality does not exist is the root of the problem which faces both the Israeli and Palestinian people today. I would kindly suggest you give some thought to this prior to revealing to all the TC readers how detached from reality you are by posting insolent comments.