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also Sharon Udasin, “GE Awards Israeli Startup
$100,000 ‘Ecomagination’ Grant,” Jerusalem Post,
June 27, 2011, http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.
aspx?id=226699.
84. Paul Krugman, “Here Comes the Sun,” New York Times,
November 7, 2011, citing Scientific American blog.
85. BrightSource Energy, http://www.brightsourceenergy.
com/; Virent Energy Systems, http://www.virent.com/.
86. Sharon Udasin, “First Series of Better Place Cars Hit
Roads,” Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2012; Mathew Kalman,
“Baby You Can Drive My Electric Car,” Jerusalem
Report, March 12, 2012, pp. 6–9.
87. John Reed and Bernard Simon, “Electric Vehicle Sales
Fail to Spark into Life,” Financial Times, January 3,
2012; Daniel Yergin, “The Perils, Prizes, and Pitfalls of
the post-Gaddafi Era of Oil,” Financial Times, October
4, 2011. For a more favorable, informed assessment, see
Seth Fletcher, Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric
Cars, and the New Lithium Economy (New York: Hill &
Wang, 2011), passim.
88. Israel Life Science Industry, “2001–2010: A Decade of
Growth,” http://www.ilsi.org.il/industry_profile.asp.
89. “Duramed Parent Barr Pharmaceuticals to Be
Acquired by Teva,” Business Courier (Cincinnati), July
18, 2008, http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/07/14/daily54.html.
90. Senor and Segal, Start-Up Nation, pp. 211–212.
91. The Israeli bandage is credited with saving lives on
the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in
the United States. In particular, it was credited with
saving the lives of several of the wounded following
the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Sandhiya Somashekhar and Sari Horowitz,
“First Aid Kits Credited with Saving Lives in Tuscon
Shooting,” Washington Post, January 21, 2011,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012105860.html;
Ron Kampeas, “Bandage That Helped Save Lives
in Giffords Shooting Has Israeli Backstory,” Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, February 14, 2011, http://
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israeli-bandage-saved-lives-at-giffords-shooting-scene.
92. Col. Daryl J. Callahan, “Combat-Related Mental
Health Disorders: The Case for Resiliency in the Long
War,” Journal of the American Osteopathic Organization
How the United States Benefits from Its Alliance with Israel
110, no. 9 (September 2010), pp. 520–527, http://www.
dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA530573; Maj.
Paul E. Gonzales, “National Guard Warrior Care: A
History and a Way Ahead,” National Guard Bureau
briefing, http://www.dcoe.health.mil/Content/navigation/documents/SPC2010/Jan11/1000-1130/Gonzales%20-%20Resiliency%20Programs%20in%20the%20National%20Guard%20Views%20from%20Michigan%20and%20Kansas%20Presentation%201.pdf.
93. Joshua Norman, “Outsiders Miss Cultural Differences
when Trying to Help,” Biloxi Sun-Herald, July 29,
2008, http://www.sunherald.com/2008/07/29/706262/
outsiders-miss-cultural-differences.html; Joshua Norman,
“Resiliency Training Aims to Improve First
Responders Coping Skills,” Journal of Emergency Medical
Services, October 15, 2007, http://www.jems.com/
article/industry-news/resiliency-training-aims-impro.
94. Coby Ben-Simhon, “Prof. Edna Foa: Queen of Broken
Hearts,” Haaretz, June 8, 2010, http://www.
haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/queen-of-brokenhearts-1.306416;
Clearinghouse for Military Family
Readiness, “Evidence-Based Programs Fact Sheet:
Prolonged Exposure Therapy,” http://bobcat.militaryfamilies.psu.edu/sites/default/files/Prolonged%20
Exposure%20Therapy.pdf.
95. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Israeli Exoskeleton
Allows Paraplegics to Walk,” August 28, 2008,
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/
Israeli_exoskeleton_allows_paraplegics_to_walk%20
28-Aug-2008.
96. Yaakov Katz, “IDF, U.S. Army Seek to Coordinate
Medical-Military R&D,” Jerusalem Post, November
1, 2010, http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/
Health/Article.aspx?id=193493.
97. See, for example, Reuters, “GE Healthcare, Intel
Open Test Lab in Israel,” March 13, 2012, http://
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/us-ge-intelisrael-idUSBRE82D0JI20120314;
“BIRD-Israel-U.S.
Binational Industrial R&D Foundation to Invest $8.1
Million in Nine New Projects,” BIRD press release,
December 20, 2011, http://www.birdf.com/_Uploads/
dbsAttachedFiles/BIRDBOGDec2011PR.pdf.
98. Yaron Niv, “Capsule Endoscopy: No Longer Limited
to the Small Bowel,” Department of Gastroenterology,
Rabin Medical Center (Petah Tikva), and Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (Ramat
Aviv), March 2010, http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/
ar10mar-13.pdf.
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