> This rose from their Talpiot program in the IDF. And obviously their huge inside connections to the USA.
> [Israel’s Edge: The Story of the IDF’s Most Elite Unit – Talpiot](https://archive.ph/PPjyK)
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> People wonder how Israel can finance such programs but when you have been getting 3 billion annually as a gift from the USA it’s not hard to figure it out.
> Microsoft Azure data centres hold all foreign government information in Israel. How convenient huh.
> [Microsoft to launch new cloud datacenter region in Israel](https://archive.ph/6OCOc)
> [The Problem With Microsoft’s Massive Expansion in Israel](https://archive.ph/aykLY)
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> Oracle is there as well.
> [Oracle opens Israel cloud centre to withstand rocket attacks](https://archive.ph/ihTVP)
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