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30A January 2022 ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD

BRIEFS enjoyed more than a decade of rising
prosperity and relative peace. Its per
capita income is now higher than that
of Britain. The country’s booming tech
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industry boasts more than 70 start-
ELBIT TO BRING 300 JOBS up companies valued at $1 billion or
TO SOUTH CAROLINA more, which is about 10% of the global
Elbit Systems of America plans to open total. Venture capital is pouring into the
a new facility in North Charleston to country.
assemble automatic self-propelled Most intoxicatingly of all, the
howitzer guns for the Israel Defense Abraham Accords have normalized
Forces that will bring 300 jobs to Israel’s relations with the UAE and
Charleston County next year. Bahrain and, more tepidly, Morocco
The company identified 280 sup- and Sudan. Issawi Frej, an Arab-Israeli
pliers in South Carolina that can pro- who is Israel’s minister for regional co-
Jmof.fiu.edu vide materials and services in that operation, predicts that more countries
effort. will join the accords soon. It feels like
JMOF-FIU, the exclusive Southeast exhibition presenter, is proud to pay tribute to the iconic singer, “Establishing this facility is part every prominent Israeli has recently
actress, director, and producer. To book a group visit or live, curator-led virtual exhibition tour, of a strategy to increase Elbit Sys- visited the UAE. They come back en-
contact Nancy Cohen at nancohen@fiu.edu. JMOF-FIU 301 Washington Ave, Miami Beach 33139 tems’ engineering and manufacturing thusing about the novelty of flying over
capabilities in the U.S., and contribute Saudi airspace and the warmth of their
to strengthening America’s defense reception in Dubai.
industrial base, with future efforts to One senior Western diplomat in Is-
Fr eed o m t o “Best Retirement include supplying the U.S. Depart- rael says that 15 years ago, diplomacy
Flourish! in Sarasota” of Homeland Security,” said Elbit Sys- Now it is 20% Palestine, 80% other
was “80% Palestine, 20% other things.
ment of Defense and the Department
Community
things.”
tems CEO Raanan Horowitz. (Joseph
Winner 12 Years in a Row – Bustos, The Herald - Rock Hill, South Israel’s technological prowess is
voted by readers of Carolina) key to changing its relationship with
Sarasota Magazine the outside world. As the diplomat puts
A TECHNOLOGY BOOM it, “The world wants what Israel is sell-
Best of SRQ Local 2021 AND GEOPOLITICAL ing.”
CHANGE ARE HELPING Shifts in geopolitics are also work-
ISRAEL EXPAND ITS ing to Israel’s benefit. The govern-
HORIZONS ments of China, India and Russia see
Israel primarily as a tech partner and a
88171 PRAD JNSM2022 For decades, Israel’s foes have pre- geopolitical actor. In the Middle East,
dicted that the “Zionist entity” will
the shared fear of Iran, in Israel and
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