Jewish people are once again free and sovereign in our ancient homeland. And in rebuilding our land, our state, our economy, our army, our science, our culture, weve achieved remarkable successes. But its true we also face great challenges. We are in fact today witnessing two contradictory trends. First, the positive trend everyday, highlevel delegations land at bengurion airport. They come from america. They come from europe. Increasingly, they come from asia, from africa, from latin america. As many of them confront the rise of militant islam and its accompanying terrorism, they come to israel to strengthen their security. They wish to learn from israels proven security and intelligence capabilities how to better protect their own people. But they also come to israel because they want to upgrade their economies with israels technology. And for good reason israels knowhow is powering the worlds computers, navigating its cars, protecting its bank accounts. It has led to breakthroughs i