IF YOU'RE GOING TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL - DO IT PROPERLY! - Reply to UK boycott of Israel

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FOLLOWING A DECISION BY THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE UK
( A TRADE UNION) TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL, MANY BRITISH JOURNALISTS ACCROSS
THE BOARD RIDICULED THE DECISION, SOME EVEN CANCELLED MEMBERSHIP, BUT BY FAR
THE MOST INTERESTING ARTICLE TO COME OUT OF ALL THIS IS THE ONE BELOW.
This was in The Daily Sport - British version of New York Post -The View
from Here - read below......

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL - DO IT PROPERLY!
OK. So I understand that you are ticked off at Israel, and in love
with the Palestinians. That's fine with me, as long as you have truly
weighed all the facts.
So, you want to boycott Israel?????
I'll be sorry to miss you, but if you are doing it - do it properly.
Let me help you.
Check all your medications. Make sure that you do not have tablets,
drops lotions, etc., made by Abic or Teva. It may mean that you will
suffer from colds and flu this winter but, hey, that's a small price for you to
pay in  your campaign against Israel, isn't it?
While we are on the subject of your Israeli boycott, and the medical
contributions to the world made by Israeli doctors and scientists, how
about  telling your pals to boycott the following.....
An Israeli company has developed a simple blood test that distinguishes
between mild and more severe cases of Multiple Sclerosis. So, if you
know anyone suffering from MS, tell them to ignore the Israeli patent
that may, more accurately, diagnose their symptoms.
An Israeli-made device helps restore the use of paralyzed hands.
This device electrically stimulates the hand muscles, providing hope to
millions of stroke sufferers and victims of spinal injuries. If you wish to
remove this hope of a better quality of life to these people, go ahead and
boycott Israel.
Young children with breathing problems will soon be sleeping more
soundly thanks to a new Israeli device called the Child Hood. This
innovation replaces the inhalation mask with an improved drug delivery system
that provides relief for child and parent. Please tell anxious mothers that
they shouldn't use this device because of your passionate cause.
These are just a few examples of how people have benefited medically from
the Israeli know-how you wish to block. Boycotts often affect research.
A new research center in Israel hopes to throw light on brain disorders
such as depression and Alzheimer's disease.
The Joseph Sangol Neuroscience Center in the Sheba Medical Centerat
Tel HaShomer Hospital, aims to bring thousands of scientists and doctors to
focus on brain research.
A researcher at Israel's Ben Gurion University has succeeded in creating
human monoclonal antibodies which can neutralize the highly contagious
smallpox virus without inducing the dangerous side effects of the existing
vaccine.
Two Israelis received the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Doctors Ciechanover

 and Hershko's research and discovery of one of the human cells
most important cyclical processes will lead the way to DNA repair, control
of newly produced proteins, and immune defense systems.
The Movement Disorder Surgery program at Israel's Hadassah Medical Center
has successfully eliminated the physical manifestations of Parkinson's
disease in a select group of patients with a deep brain stimulation technique.
For women who undergo hysterectomies each year for the treatment of uterine
fibroids, the development in Israel of the Ex Ablate 2000 System is a
welcome breakthrough, offering a noninvasive alternative to surgery.
Israel is developing a nose drop that will provide a five year flu vaccine.
These are just a few of the projects that you can help stop with your
Israeli boycott. But let's not get too obsessed with my ducal research,
there are other ways you can make a personal sacrifice with your anti-Israel
boycott.
Most of Windows operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel.
So, set a personal example. Throw away your computer!
Computers should have a sign attached saying Israel Inside. The Pentium
NMX Chip technology was designed at Intel in Israel. Both the Pentium 4
microprocessor and the Centrum processor were entirely designed, developed,
and produced in Israel.
Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ was developed in
1996 in Israel by four young Israeli whiz kids.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R. & D. facilities outside
the US in Israel.
So, due to your complete boycott of anything Israeli, you can now have
poor health and no computer.
But your bad news does not end there. Get rid of your cellular phone.
Cell phone technology was also developed in Israel by MOTOROLA which
has its biggest development center in Israel. Most of the latest technology
in your mobile phone was developed by Israeli scientists.
Feeling unsettled? You should be. Part of your personal security rests
with Israeli inventiveness, borne out of our urgent necessity to protect
and defend our lives from the terrorists you support.
A phone can remotely activate a bomb, or be used for tactical communications
by terrorists, bank robbers, or hostage-takers. It is vital that official
security and law enforcement authorities have access to cellular jamming and
detection solutions.
Enter Israel's Net line Communications Technologies with their security
expertise to help the fight against terror.
So all the noise about the USA listening to our private telephone calls ,
should know it is Israel who is doing the listening for us.
A joint, nonprofit, venture between Israel and Maryland will result in
a 5 day Business Development and Planning Conference next March.
Elected Israeli companies will partner with Maryland firms to provide innovation to
the US need for homeland security.
I also want you to know that Israel has the highest ratio of university
degrees to the population in the world.
Israel produces more scientific papers per capita - 109 per 10,000 than
any other nation.
Israel has the highest number of startup companies per rata. In absolute
terms, the highest number, except the US. Israel has a ratio of patents filed.
Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies outside of Silicon
Valley. Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, behind the USA.
Israel has more museums per capita.
Israel has the second highest publication of new books per capita.
Relative to population, Israel is the largest immigrant absorbing nation on earth.
These immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom or
expression, economic opportunity, and quality of life.
Believe it or not, Israel is the only country in the world which had a net
gain in the number of trees last year.
Even Warren Buffet of Berkshire-Hathaway fame has just invested millions
with Israeli Companies.
So, you can vilify and demonize the State of Israel. You can continue
your silly boycott, if you wish. But I wish you would consider the consequences,
and the truth.
Think of the massive contribution that Israel is giving to the world,
including the Palestinians - and to you - in science, medicine, communications, security.
Pro rata for population, Israel is making a greater contribution than any
other nation on earth.