Israel and the challenges of globalization

Israel and the challenges of globalization

By: Majed Attorney-LCA

Israel was unable to dissociate itself from the effects of globalization, various tracks, especially economic, these tracks have been able to impose many of the great transformations and quality in the Israeli economic sectors, including: 1) weaken the public sector for the benefit and common growth of the growing private sector. 2) the erosion of government interference in economic processes. 3) the government had backtracked on a large part of the social. 4) The growing share of the "end of Teck" and high technology in the economy, at the expense of industry and agriculture.

If we are talking about a normal or natural to it was obvious tracks globalization earthquake and changed many nations and societies, but we are talking about state created unnatural is Israel.

In this state reflected changes and developments arising from globalization itself is a strong and influential on social and cultural spheres, especially since Israel was founded on mind the welfare state, its considerations and functional settlement in the region, which is supposed to be a state attractive for migrants Jews, and the coverage into large Social services for the community of settlers / immigrants, to enable them to live in an environment close to their environments in the West, if not better; That is aside from the need to maintain the superiority of Israel, the region's countries, in all respects, including economic and standard of living, and also the requirements of its superiority in The military sphere.

Sirna Igoual summarizes the effects of globalization on Israel, saying: "Globalization is the crucible in which shock and hurt us, abolish the ancient world, crash frames, did not explain what awaits us after fairly from now on .. globalization turned into a technology-rich .. supreme as the main source .. But the way globalization is indispensable for a high price: it abolished the old building of the policy, power is transferred to the capital alone, weakening all kinds of equality, distribute capital differently. Jumped to the Principality of high technology on the shore of the Mediterranean, working almost Emirates Oil: a single product , Rich and poor. Privatization of uncontrolled globalization sensible people paid for the building to collapse sensitive social welfare old and Social Solidarity, which was based on military service for all. " (Yediot Aharonot 10/4/2007)

Overall, the changes reflected the socio-economic repercussions resulting from the paths of globalization, "revealed the role of the state, have been eroded somewhat central institutions, and the retreat of its role as the largest employer of labour, as a result of the tremendous growth of the private sector. Even the Israeli state has become the retreat of its functions, and the shrinking of the old social strata poor, as increased social gaps in Israel, unlike the image on which it was founded as a socialist or as a guarantor (education, health, employment, housing and services) for Jewish immigrants. The Histadrut (union workers) and kibbutzim (cooperative agricultural settlement) has declined significantly in their economic and social life for Israelis. Also the State no longer quite void, there is corruption and privileges. Even the army is no longer a place they had in Israeli society, in terms of demand for the service, and regarded it as outside criticism.

The opinion of the writer and shred Taub, has: "Israel has developed economically and industrially advanced capital quickly .. It does not make people feel that in one vessel, but won, capitalism and individual selfishness." (Yediot Aharonot 23/4/2007) either Tom Arabs, he believes that globalization has led to deepen "the gaps in society have been abandoned many values of solidarity and social solidarity that characterized the adoption by Israel of the U.S. capitalist approach. There is no doubt that Israel adopts all that had it not been Was part of American culture. " (Ha'aretz 9/1/2008) and because of Israel's openness to globalization, according to Sefer Blotskr, has "lived about a quarter of Israelis in the past year under the poverty line", where ".. Israel has moved from socialism to capitalism successful successful, but less humane and turned .. Israel from the community model to the community shares a mutual guarantee is limited. "(Yediot Aharonot 23/4/2007)

Of course there are gains in return for Israel's integration into the globalization, it is part of the Western capitalist world, which rely on high-tech electronics, has arrived in Israel to a GNP of $ 150 billion, and per capita income level rose to 21 thousand dollars annually (in 2007), and became Israel States exporting high technology; issued a cargo of about 150 billion U.S. dollars over 12 years, received investments of tens of billions of dollars, the result of joining the paths of globalization. Sefer Blotskr says: "saved globalization and the end of tack Israel. We have introduced higher technology branches, for example, within the last 12 years, 150 billion dollars of export and another $ 30 billion of foreign investment." (Yediot Aharonot 6/11/2006)

In a report issued by the Research Institute and National Security at Tel Aviv University, entitled: "Israel's economy in the era of globalization" was written by researchers Linda Penny and Shmuel Eeben. Israel improved its marked improvement compared with the twentieth State of the strongest in the world. Research shows that sectors of industries Israeli production process is carried out abroad (in the taxi a few employees). We know that Israel implement certain industries in Jordan, Egypt, where wages are very low, and that Israel was invading China economically. (Nahar 3/8/2007)

Israel is generally able to invest their resources (material and human) better (despite the numerical limitations), which helps them to invest transformations imposed by globalization and to adapt to challenges. For example, the volume of per capita spending in Israel in education, more than 1200 dollars (in the Arab world is around $ 150) The per capita share of spending on scientific research is about $ 500, per year, noted that the proportion of spending on scientific R & D In Israel, amounting to 2.5 percent of their gross annual estimated at about 150 billion dollars (share of per capita spending in the Arab world, no more than 8 dollars) per year!

According to research removes Yesha (President of the Association of electronics companies) theme of "balance of intellectual property" shows that the number of engineers in Israel is the highest in the world: 135 engineers per ten thousand workers, while the United States is ranked second with 70 engineers, and then Japan ( 65), Netherlands (53), Switzerland (38). Meanwhile, scientists and people with technical expertise include Israel in first place with 140 per ten thousand workers, and the United States comes after Israel with 83 scientists and technicians and then Japan (80), Germany (60), Switzerland (55) .. Israel has become a "Silicon Valley "In the region:" There must be measured against the United States are all but certain areas of Hi Tech, such as Silicon Valley in California, and the Olhaye Teck in Boston and the Texas Tech Olhaye. Indexation in this instance, there is Israel in third place in the world. " (Yediot Aharonot 20/11/2005) and the standard of some of the classifications of Israel lies in the arrangement of the 11 in the world for a number of inventions registered in the United States .. in the years 1977 - 2004. (Report home Faso length Levy Ha'aretz / Marker of 19/10/2006)

On the other hand, the Israeli environment (despite all what is happening), is attractive environment for financial investments and efficiencies of Jewish immigrants. In terms of standard of living, the per capita annual output for the first time crossed the line of 20 thousand dollars in 2006. According to Gai, the author national production of crude to Israel rose to 150 billion dollars in the year 2006. (Yediot Aharonot 21/12/2006)

Thus Israel is trying to manage their appropriate way to adapt to the shifts of globalization and meet the challenges and questions posed via reducing its negative effects (socially and economically), and positive investment tracks in order to serve the strengthening of the Israeli economy, the stability of social and economic processes in Israel.

But for how long Israel can dissociate itself from the effects of globalization and bumps?