A very great news, Israel is one great country and with how they look on cryptocurrencies can also give that positive signal that everyone should start looking on how they look at it.
Isreali is a growing economy today. They are trying to see how much the cryptocurrency could help them grow or down. I will be more than happy if they will be convinced that blockchain can help their economy grow. 2 years is enough for them to know that the blockchain can help them to grow as a country economically and from their daily basis. Isreal wants to find a new technology/innovative thing to spark and claim that is why blockchain is one of the things they are keeping their eyes with.
AFAIK Israel's economy has always been good and this is why there's a lot of countries that are jealous on how rich and good they are. They have the greatest brains that they can showcase and they are also into technology.
But why say that crypto's could make them down? I don't think that's very normal to say that crypto's would help the economy of a country to go down. We are all in crypto but you have said that it's going to have that negative impact on their side.