(Wall Street Journal) George Gilder - Israel cruised through the recent global slump with scarcely a down quarter and no deficit or stimulus package. It is behind only the U.S. in an array of leading-edge technologies. In the face of a global campaign to boycott its goods, it raised its exports 19.9% in 2010's fourth quarter and 27.3% in the first quarter of 2011. Tiny Israel's unparalleled achievements have become vital to the U.S. economy and military capabilities. U.S. defense and prosperity increasingly depend on the ever-growing economic and technological power of Israel. We need Israel as much as it needs us.
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