The guy is pondering over a gilded statue of himself in front of the Knesset and in being proclaimed King of Kings ... or something similar.

bibi wants to stay in power and that is his only reason to take in such a wimp as herzog, the man is an absolute disgrace to think he could be pm. likewise livni and arrogant lapid. you know about bibi's wife who was successfully sued by workers.netanyahu, yes he has beenpm for a long time. but deep down, he has no priniciples, acts like he is 5' tall and 100 pounds instead of his 5'11", 185 pounds in pretty good shape and does not have the attitude that jews will fight to the last man. i raised both my boys to take care of themselves and they can for the most part on the street. but the ruling class of isaeli=bibi, herzog, livni, olmert, burg, lapid, are a bunch of overinduged spoiled kids who act like it-begging, whining, pleading. i mean there is a state, a powerful one but with these guys in power, it acts like a pygmie, like peres, with a pleading rope to obama... oh please save us poor jews. and haaretz-if it was up to me, the entire staff would be doing hard labour for 2 years. and i mean hard labour.

With the 'mighty' EU just a meager 1.6-1.8, the US around 2, Japan at 0.4/ 0.7, Brasil at minus, this sounds just fine. Mr. Plocker stop whining! Netanyahu is your PM for the foreseeable future!

Except for some very low volume items, NOTHING Israel makes is unique and can easily be purchased from many other sources around the globe, usually for a much lower cost. Asians are notorious for copying everything and anything no matter how complex. As for Intel, they have no reason to produce anything in Israel because they have LOTS of spare capacity in Asia where their chips are incorporated in products. Once again as the article points out, Bibi is ignoring REALITY for his delusions. BUT . . . The same can easily be said about the Israeli public which seem oblivious to the changes happening in the world. Asia has the largest population and is now able to make EVERYTHING that population needs. Hundreds of USA companies are pulling out of China and China now has fast shipping to Europe via the "New Silk Road." If Israelis want to have a future, they need to RETHINK everything, especially coexistence with the Arabs. Notice that every one of the talkbacks totally ignore reality.