Sure they did.
Because they’re better and smarter than us.
Aren’t they?
I don’t know wat the snark is about, but in science they may a little better than us. We seemed to be okay with scientists being allowed to put their thumb on the scale. That problem is worldwide, but the U.S. seems to pretty bad at that.
Unfortunately in applied science the Israel technological institutes are head and shoulders above us
Oy vey!