The Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is the first stop we visited. Walking into its headquarters, I saw several young men and women standing on the grass chatting. They were brainstorming for an innovative project.
"Innovation has changed Israel" and "Innovation has changed our society" is the first thing JVP founder and chairman, Erel Margalit, said when meeting us.
This is by no means exaggeration. Data shows that high-tech industries provide about one-third of Israel's employment and contribute more than half of the country's GDP. Among the high-tech companies listed on Nasdaq, the total number of Israeli companies ranks the second, only after the United States.
Image: Photo taken on March 18, 2019 shows a sewage treatment plant in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Xinhua/ Guoyu)
