Shahar Maor, an information-technology analyst at Israeli market research firm STKI, estimated that compared with large companies associated with defense or critical infrastructure, lower tier Israeli companies hire one-fifth asmany information-security employees relative to computer users.
Sharon is running for a third term as prime minister, and many Israelis feel he is the only Israeli leader capable of carrying forward with peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
The United States, most Arab leaders and many international observers favor establishing a Palestinian state separate from Israel as the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Faitelson's study, like the studies published since 2004 by the American-Israeli Demographic Research Group show that from a demographic perspective, Israel is in the same situation asmany Western states today.