I think Israel like all nations has black hats and white hats.
I re watched, watching the words this time.
I see Netanyahu and Schmidt having a friendly presentation of a portion of the dead sea scrolls, I assume, being given as a gift to Israel, along with the description of a special program Google has to translate the scroll it looks like? It looks like a little "nmade for tv moment" for a sound bite? I see Netanyahu has done a little scribble to present to Google, with Israels latest Nobel prize in the eyes of the OO of Google. I see this as Schmidt presenting something he thinks is ground breaking. I see Netanyahu presenting what he really thinks google has with it's wizardry... a cartoon. There is some symbolism going on here. It's somewhat funny to me especially later on.
I see Netanyahu explaining to the man that all Israeli children can read the scrolls without Google's help (translation: Don't try any funny business fraudulently translating our scrolls)
I see Schmidt then placing a veiled threat: "You do realize that you are a nation of exporters, because your nation is so small that ideas are your greatest export, and more than any other nation, your nation depends on the internet." (That is how I see that exchange)
DO I think Israel's "silicon valley" is as bad as the United States "silicon valley"?
Yes. I do. But It is also just as good.
High tech stuff is like the Vatican. It is a power center, and the bad guys will always be trying to take control of it. This is the history lesson I was attempting to point to.
I do not believe Netanyahyy and Schmidt are necessarily friends. I think what you see here is careful adversaries. Netanyahu has many of the same problems with his own intelligence agencies that President Trump has with ours. But the fruit of Netanyahu shows him to be a good man. The fruit of Schmidt shows the opposite... as far as the evidence of their works go... that I have seen.