Israel Assets and Liabilities
MVZ248 Week10
Assets
Military
Financial
Cultural
Religious
Military
Anti-ballistic missile systems (variety array of ballistic projectiles), including low-cost
and low-tech.
Anti-tank (SPIKE)
ISR (Intelligence,Surveillance,Reconnaissance)
Conscription (National Service)
Avionic Systems (Fighter Jets, Radars/Sensors)
Financial
Bond market
Natural Gas
Leviathan natural gas field
Technology
Google, BitCoin
Culture
UNESCO world heritage sites
Literature (Palmach-Generation of State-New Writers)
Language (Hebrew)
Food
Fashion
Theatre,Dance,Film
Jerusalem International Book Fair, Int. Poetry Festival, Karmiel Dance Festival
Religious
State for Jews around the world (diaspora) = political Zionism fulfilled
Broad spectrum of practicing Judaism (secular to Orthodox to ultra-Orthodox)
Protection of religious freedom (Christianity and Islam)
Holy sites
Courts
Liabilities
Military
Disproportional responses to threats and direct provocation
World condemnation
Religious
Haredim
Sentiment NOT Ideology
Nuisance or Harbinger
Conclusions
Assets will continue to outnumber liabilities
New allies 2012 - present
Economic and technological leader in region/world
International perception however will change ONLY slightly on this topic