Comments on: Seven uses for Israel’s newfound energy wealth

By: Robman

Robman — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:27:30 +0000

Shalom,

The point of an Israeli counterpart to the likes of Al Jazeera (or CNN, for that matter, which I call the “Caliphate News Network”), would not be to compete for veiwers in Arab or Moslem countries. You can just write them off.

The point would be to compete where it might make a difference. The U.S., Canada, and Australia, along with a few of the notably less anti-Semitic European countries (e.g., Czech Republic, Finland), would be good places to go. Also, India is a possible venues; in absolute terms, they have the third largest middle class in the world, behind the U.S. and China.

A few good, powerful friends on the world stage will do very nicely at keeping the rest of the cretins at bay. We don’t have to get everybody to love us; a few key allies will do.

Right now, thanks to the Arab/Moslem anti-Israel petrodollar propaganda machine, Israel is in danger of facing very painful isolation on the world stage. I don’t mean to overstate the problem; some make too much of this. But it is serious, and has to be addressed.

By: Shalom Freedman

Shalom Freedman — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:39:53 +0000

This is a nice list of things Israel might do to strengthen its position. I am not sure however how great the boon will be from the energy exports. Does anyone have facts and figures on projections for this?
As it is Israel is now facing a large deficit crisis and the money will have many domestic claimants.
A couple of other points. The establishment of Israel Studies programs is a project already underway. I do not however know how far it has gotten.
I doubt Israel would have anything like the resources to compete with the Arabs in twisting the arms of the big energy companies.
There have been efforts to create a Jewish counter- voice to Al Jazeera. So far as I know without great success. Here the question is not only money but also access. Would any Jewish or Israeli media be able to cover most places in the Middle East or most Islamic countries? I might be wrong about this but I think our smallness as a people and our being wihout significant Jewish population in most countries means we would not be able to do this well.

By: Robman

Robman — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:03:35 +0000

These are fantastic ideas. But it is a long shopping list. One would hope that the money would be there to fund all of this, and still maintain a healthy profit to keep investors interested and to ensure further development of these resources.