"who've been there say that everyone in Israel is way into techno, but I've met more who are into and/or play rock than techno, at least on the net."
Yeah, i've found that too. Everyone from /in isreal i've talked are either into Radiohead (especailly at the time when Kid A had just been anounced :)) or The Chilli Peppers or Oasis... then again i tend to talk to poeple who are into the more rock/ (intelligent) alternative ("intelligent" alternative is bands like One Day, Sigor Ros etc as opposed Static X type alternative).