Israeli and US ties

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• Israel is second (behind the US) in the number of companies traded on Wall Street, having recently surpassed Canada (see) ;
• In 2004, the fluctuations in Israeli stock market and the Nasdaq had a correlation of 87% (see);
• Warren Buffett bought 80% of Iscar, an Israeli company that produces blades and other industrial equipment, a $4 billion dollar investment (see)
  
• The US has given $108 billion dollars in aid to Israel since 1949, an average of 2.6 bn/year since 2000 (see)