Also,Israel will not halt construction in disputed East Jerusalem, which it sees as part of the indivisible capital of the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its eternal capital, but the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

There would be no freeze in East Jerusalem, which Israel claims as part of its undivided capital and which the Palestinians seek as the capital of their future state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Obama also has said he believes that Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel, remarks that have caused concern among some Palestinian leaders.

CNN: Obama could inherit Gaza crisis

The totality of these changes has the potential to compel much-needed upheaval in Israel's capital markets, regulatory structures, and perhaps even the nation's very view of itself.

FORBES

When Bill Gates was looking for a location for Microsoft's second software development center outside the U.S. (the first was in Israel), he chose Hyderabad, capital of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

FORBES: Microsoft's passage to India