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The markets are signalling a clear winner in the Middle East. Israel’s stunning stock rally suggests the country is cementing its status as the regional economic superpower.

The markets are signalling a clear winner in the Middle East

Israel’s stunning stock rally suggests the country is cementing its status as the regional economic superpower

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Since the October 7 2023 attacks on Israel, the best-performing major stock market in the world is . . . Israel

This ascent continued through the recent 12-day war with Iran,

The stock market (…) kept signalling that the conflict would end soon, with Israel prevailing both militarily and economically.

Despite all the international criticism of Israel for its multiple military offensives, from Gaza to Iran, a surge in foreign buying has fuelled the rally in its stock market.

Its $550bn economy is now among the largest 30 in the world.

Israel now spends more than 6 per cent of GDP on research and development — more than any other nation and over double the global average. An unusually high share — about half — of that R&D funding comes from foreign multinationals, many involved in defence-related industries

Spillovers from defence have made Israel a global leader (…)

its business culture is closer to that of California than the Middle East.

In tech-driven Israel, GDP per head has nearly tripled since 2000 to more than $55,000, rising from 50 to 70 per cent of the level in the US

(Despite) the (precarious) geopolitical situation in the Middle East (…) the market’s optimistic take on Israel’s tech-driven economy is now showing up in economists’ forecasts, which are projecting growth at nearly 4 per cent in coming years.

the market view (is) that Israel is cementing its status as the region’s dominant economic force.

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