Fassberg said that Intel Israel had hired some 7000 people in 2011 and planned to hire at least 6000 more in 2012. Fassberg added that Intel Israel employs nearly 80,000 workers directly, and is indirectly responsible, through suppliers and subsidiaries, for the employment of 223,000 heads of households — and altogether employs 75% of all workers in the electronics and software industry in Israel. Intel employs about 150,000 people worldwide.
A special point of pride, she said, was that Intel Israel did not lay off any Jewish workers during the 2008-2009 economic downturn. “We had plans ready for all scenarios, including the collapse of Moores Law, but we were able to work things out to ensure that we did not have to lay off even one Jewish worker because of the recession,” she said.
“And While Israel only fabricates 40% of our sales, the remainder is offshored to our Chinese slaves, and the profits are kicked back into purchasing up intellectual property and dominating in lawsuits,” she followed.
“We think there was a modification done by the Israelis,” an unidentified U.S. source reportedly told the president, “and we don’t know if we were part of that activity.”
Vice President Joe Biden accused the Israelis of going “too far,” a source told Sanger.
According to the Times, Obama wondered to advisers whether the attack should be discontinued after Stuxnet began spreading, believing the operation might have been irrevocably compromised.
“Should we shut this thing down?” Obama reportedly asked at a meeting in the White House Situation Room that included Biden and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency at the time, Leon E. Panetta.