Google To Invest Millions in Palestine
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Google To Invest Millions in Palestine
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#2As someone with family in Israel and strong views on the ME conflict, I think this is great news. Anything which supports/encourages the Palestinians making their own lives better and producing stuff which doesn't explode is a good thing for everyone in the region. This sort of thing is how a viable Palestinian state is going to come about, if ever.
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#3Is Google in the practice of making these kinds of investments in very early stage tech sectors? What is in this for them?
Re: Google To Invest Millions in Palestine
#4As someone with family in Israel and strong views on the ME conflict, I think this is great news. Anything which supports/encourages the Palestinians making their own lives better and producing stuff which doesn't explode is a good thing for everyone in the region. This sort of thing is how a viable Palestinian state is going to come about, if ever.
I think that the part of your comment regarding "producing stuff which doesn't explode" is very unnecessary. Your level of bias is clearly evident here. Instead of trying to pull both sides together through the positiveness of such news you add fuel to the conflict. Having family in the region does not make your statement any more authoritative then it would for someone with family in Palestine.
I hope you rethink your intentions here and in future posts about this terrible conflict attempt to be more evenly considerate. Remember there are always two sides to every story.
Thank you.
Re: Google To Invest Millions in Palestine
#5As someone with family in Israel and strong views on the ME conflict, I think this is great news. Anything which supports/encourages the Palestinians making their own lives better and producing stuff which doesn't explode is a good thing for everyone in the region. This sort of thing is how a viable Palestinian state is going to come about, if ever.
On the other hand, your government's policies have stifled Palestinians in both regions, in food, shelter, security, and basic medical care.
It's kind of hard to produce anything when your house is demolished by bulldozers and your town's farm is burned.
This sort of thing is how a viable Palestinian state is going to come about, if ever.
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#6I wonder, why are they doing this? I mean, the reason tech companies go to Israel is because there's an enormous concentration of talent there. Why would they go to Palestine? I don't think there's any talent there. Is this a humanitarian thing?
I'd be happy to hear first-hand experiences from people who worked with Palestinian developers or with software produced by Palestinian developers.
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#7As someone with family in Israel and strong views on the ME conflict, I think this is great news. Anything which supports/encourages the Palestinians making their own lives better and producing stuff which doesn't explode is a good thing for everyone in the region. This sort of thing is how a viable Palestinian state is going to come about, if ever.
I think that the part of your comment regarding "producing stuff which doesn't explode" is very unnecessary. Your level of bias is clearly evident here. Instead of trying to pull both sides together through the positiveness of such news you add fuel to the conflict. Having family in the region does not make your statement any more authoritative then it would for someone with family in Palestine. I hope you rethink yo…
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Re: Google To Invest Millions in Palestine
#8I wonder, why are they doing this? I mean, the reason tech companies go to Israel is because there's an enormous concentration of talent there. Why would they go to Palestine? I don't think there's any talent there. Is this a humanitarian thing? I'd be happy to hear first-hand experiences from people who worked with Palestinian developers or with software produced by Palestinian developers.
I wonder, why do you think there's no talent there? Do you think Google would have done some due diligence before hand?
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#9I wonder, why are they doing this? I mean, the reason tech companies go to Israel is because there's an enormous concentration of talent there. Why would they go to Palestine? I don't think there's any talent there. Is this a humanitarian thing? I'd be happy to hear first-hand experiences from people who worked with Palestinian developers or with software produced by Palestinian developers.
I wonder, why do you think there's no talent there? Do you think Google would have done some due diligence before hand?
I think there's no talent there because:
1. I never knew a Palestinian developer on any mailing list or other forum.
2. I never knew of any software or technological product developed in Palestine.
3. I never knew of any notable developer or software developed in ANY of the Muslim states in the middle east, and that's a huge evidence given that there are >100 million Muslims there.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder, why do you think there's no talent there? Do you think Google would have done some due diligence before hand?
I think there's no talent there because: 1. I never knew a Palestinian developer on any mailing list or other forum. 2. I never knew of any software or technological product developed in Palestine. 3. I never knew of any notable developer or software developed in ANY of the Muslim states in the middle east, and that's a huge evidence given that there are >100 million Muslims there.
Maybe you're just not looking hard enough: http://arabcrunch.com/