IT companies in the US claim they use the H1b visa program (Importing software worker) due to shortages also. In fact, what most studies show is that the worker are use to supplant US workers so they can pay half the wages.

Do Israeli companies now want to outsource more expensive Israeli wages with cheaper It workers in Eastern Europe. If so, this undercuts the start up culture in Israel when Israeli IT knowledge is exchanged for paying low cost workers who may less innovative and take less risk. I wish this was exposed in this article.