Peres: The New Israeli Empires

'Israel is getting through the economical crisis, a war as well as the withdrawal from Gaza and is reaching now an exceptional economic performance. The Israeli economy is flourishing. (...) It is possible to found empires today without settling colonies and using the military. Look at how big an empire has built Bill Gates without the use of police and military, see what a big power he represents today.

Contrasting with this, governments are unable to use their power since, even if they make projects, they have no money to realise them. Thus, governments are limited in their functioning while the private companies have no such limits. Israeli businessmen invest in the whole world, the Israeli economy was never so successful, we have conquered our economical sovereignty, presently we are buying out Manhattan, Poland and Hungary.'

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