(AP-Washington Post) Daniel Estrin - In the past three years, a small but steady trickle of Israeli technology companies have been partnering with Palestinian engineers and programmers. They are cheaper, ambitious, and work in the same time zone. Gai Anbar, chief executive of Comply, an Israeli start-up that develops software for global pharmaceutical companies, previously worked with engineers in India and eastern Europe, but found communication difficult. So in 2007 he turned to Palestinian engineers. Today, Comply employs four Palestinians. About 10 Israeli start-ups and international companies with centers in Israel have been outsourcing to the West Bank in the past three years, said Tova Scherr of Mercy Corps, an international aid group working to encourage these ventures.
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