yadin kaufmann and saed nashef founded sadara, the first venture capital fund for palestinian i.t. companies. kaufmann played a significant role in israel's rise as a top start-up nation. now he's supporting young palestinians. >> they certainly have the talent to participate in this knowledge-based economy, that has had a tremendous impact on israel -- on the economy, on foreign relations, on the society as well, and i think similar things can happen here. >> the fund has collected about $30 million from the european investment bank, major i.t. players like cisco systems, and israeli companies. the donors believe it will succeed and generate a good return, despite all the political tension. >> we are investing in software, which is unlike agro business or real estate or even telecom for that sense is more resilient actually to any political realities that might happen in the region. but at the end of the day, we do sometimes run into political sensitivities and we have to figure out how to manage that. >> the border between the west bank and israel -- a high wall and separation bar