With a decade of experience working with the High Tech in the Palestinian Territory I learned a lot and gather a lot of information. One of the things I learned was that this is an unknown territory to the majority of the industry so there is a lot of suspicious and scepticism and also people who wish to try working with Palestinians are clueless where to begin, who to turn to and what are the hurdles. So I started this blog recently, aiming to put some of my knowledge in writing and share it with you, who are wishing to learn about the subject. I am encouraging you to read and not to hesitate approaching me with any question you might have on the subject.
In 2015 Hani Alami opened JEST (Jerusalem Entrepreneurs Society and Technology). During 2014, as a prep, he called the High Tech community in East Jerusalem to a conference to introduce the idea. Hani invited me too, asking for Cisco support, I was then the executive director of Ma’antech and his agenda was in line our initiative. So I was … Read more
In one of the winters, when I was a child, my father pointed from our window to a top of a mountain, covered with snow, at the east horizon, “this is Nablus” he said. He took us there sometime after 1967. I remember a beautiful city, big trees in the center of town, large mountains … Read more
They are good, committed, hard workers, their English is good. they can come to my office anytime I like with no overseas travelling cost and no entertainment cost. They start the week with me, on Sunday. The turnover rate is lower than elsewhere, they have a sense of responsibility to the code they write for … Read more
Congratulations to Eyal Waldman and Mellanox for an amazing Exit announced yesterday. Of Eyal’s many achievements I want to discuss one today: Eyal made Mellanox the biggest outsourcer in Israel to a Palestinian company. Mellanox started outsourcing to Asal Technologies in 2010 and today they hire over than 100 people in the West Bank and Gaza. It is … Read more
For an Israeli company to work with Palestinian vendor, there are some issues to take care of: Selecting the right vendor Prepare the right contract Payments to the Palestinian Vendor Permits to enter Israel for the Palestinian Engineers None of the above are trivial to those who are not familiar working with Palestinians, I will … Read more
“We’re small country with very limited natural resources so our most important resource is our people” Sounds familiar to the Israeli ears ? This “mantra” is repeatedly said by Palestinians too. In the Palestinian Teritory, as well as in the rest of the world, the economical leadership understands that the High Tech is a powerful … Read more
Nearshore in Israel ? How come ? We know very well that Israel surrounding countries that we have some kind of normal relationship with are not source of outsourcing, the closest countries that provide outsourcing services are located in Eastern Europe.
But under the radar there is an …