U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, calling it the largest-ever international investment in the country.

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    2 years ago

    Stupid question: why is there such a drive to build critical industrial capacity close to potential warzones (to encourage peace efforts that prevent supply disruption, I guess)? e.g. Taiwan, Israel. Is there any basis for a pattern, or am I just seeing what I want to see?