Boycott and divestment from Israel ( Part 2 )

This thread is a continuation of the previous debate, closed as overlength;
http://www.politicalforum.com/latest-world-news/92881-boycott-divestment-israel-70.html

This is today's leader comment in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. It indicates two things; that the world-wide rejection of Zionist politics, including internal Israeli rejection, is propelling Zionism towards bitter defeat and that the preferred method of countering boycott and divestment is oppressive internal law. This oppression, for the benefit of any Zionists or their supporters struggling to comprehend their unpopularity, is the reason for the opposition to Zionism, not an effective counter to it.

People can assist in bringing about peace and democracy in the Middle East in small, but effective, individual actions. Don't, for example, buy Israeli products wherever you live, particularly products from the illegally occupied territories. Check that your trading partners operate ethical policies and do not feed the Zionist occupation machinery. Speak openly of your opposition to your country's political support for fascism , if such is where you live, and demand change. If you are fearful of doing that then your own government and laws are in need of an overhaul. You can facilitate that by opposing Zionism first. It is at the root of a host of international ills.

Further activity;

European anti-arms trade network endorses international call for Israel arms embargo

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/enaat-endorse-military-embargo-7567

U.S. Coalition Contributes to Global Military Embargo on Israel

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/us-coalition-contributes-to-global-military-embargo-on-israel-7560

Israeli BDS supporters: We will not be silent

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/israeli-bds-supporters-we-will-not-be-silent-7596

 

i did not go thru the links but what a cool thread.

What products are from the west bank?

Services?

Company names, etc.....

Anyone know a good witch doctor?

 

Does this mean i have to throw away my Orphaned Land cds? Bummer!

 

The irony of BDS - a small number of fringe radicals with no purchasing power to speak of are boycotting the country whose products they are unable to identify (hint: high-tech) and/or afford (hint: cut diamonds, machinery, military equipment).

Their success so far has been nothing short of staggering:

Israel's import growth in 2010: 25.3%
Israel's export growth in 2010: 22.5%
GDP growth in 2010: 4.2%
Unemployment in 2010: 7.4%, June 2011: all-time low of 5.9%
http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/mp/en/1X00108S/1/Market-Profiles/Israel.htm

With Israel becoming a Gas/Oil exporter in the next few years I can only wish good luck to the boycott proponents, they are going to need a lot of it.

 

The Israeli view;

Concerned Israelis will be wishing that misinformed and arrogant foreign 'supporters' of Zionism would keep schtum.

 

high tech?

Such as?

a stupid rock.

what value is there to a rock except pride, bling and ignorant vanity.

when i was old enough to realize that rock is sold in such a way, that many women grow up expecting a fricken diamond, just to give her commitment in marriage. I have had a discontent with religion for the EXACT same type of reasons; people are sold the products value, when in fact there aint one

what machiinery?

and ff(*)(*)(*)(*) military equipment................. all of it should be boycottededededed

of course; they have brain washed the world to give them reparations for ww2 and the US government has approved funding to a country the size of a US county, with more money than some states have for an annual gdp

with vanity and weapons being your products.................. i could see how the business of bigots grows like a cancer

 

Your input is equivalent to your fiction of Moses the Egyptian Arab...



Israel, the 100th smallest country,
with less than 1/1000th of the world's
population, can lay claim to the following:

The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the
Israeli branch of Motorola, which has its largest development center in
Israel.

Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by
Microsoft-Israel.

The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel. Both
the Pentium-4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were entirely
designed, developed and produced in Israel. The Pentium microprocessor in your
computer was most likely made in Israel.

Voice mail technology was developed in Israel. Both Microsoft and Cisco
built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.

The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ was developed in
1996 by four young Israelis.

Israel has the fourth largest air force in the world (after the U.S.,
Russia and China). In addition to a large variety of other aircraft, Israel's
air force has an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16's. This is the largest
fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the US.

According to industry officials, Israel designed the airline industry's
most impenetrable flight security. U. S. officials now look to Israel for
advice on how to handle airborne security threats.

Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate
neighbors combined.

Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per
capita.

Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in
the world.

Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation
by a
large margin - 109 per 10,000 people -- as well as one of the highest
per capita rates of patents filed.

In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of
startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest
number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US
(3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).

With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and startups, Israel has the
highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world -- apart from the
Silicon Valley, US.

Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind
the US.

Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of
NASDAQ listed companies.

Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle The per
capita income in 2000 was over $17,500, exceeding that of the UK.

On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech
startups.

Twenty-four per cent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees --
ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and
Holland - and 12 per cent hold advanced degrees.

Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.

In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews at
risk in Ethiopia, to safety in Israel.

When Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, she
became the world's second elected female leader in modern times.

When the U. S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was bombed in 1998, Israeli
rescue teams were on the scene within a day -- and saved three victims from
the rubble.

Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship -- and the
highest rate among women and among people over 55 - in the world.

Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing
nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom,
and economic opportunity.

Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process,
an international standard that certifies diamonds as "conflict free."

Israel has the world's second highest per capita of new books.

Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century
with a net gain in its number of trees, made more remarkable because this was
achieved in an area considered mainly desert.

Israel has more museums per capita than any other country.

Medicine... Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized,
no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.

An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper
administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical
treatment.


Every year in U. S. hospitals 7,000 patients die from treatment
mistakes.

Israel's Givun imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so
small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the
inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.

Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the
heart pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those
with heart failure. The new device is synchronized with the heart's
mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.

Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in
the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., over
70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work
force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this category
as well.

A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device,
produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-light-free, narrow-band blue light that
causes acne bacteria to self-destruct -- all without damaging surroundings skin or
tissue.

An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large-scale
solar-powered and fully functional electricity generating plant, in southern
California's Mojave Desert.

 

i like posting this


Exodus 2:10 And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because -- from the water I have drawn him.'



because it provides evidence of a few things:

a..... how ignorant your posts are on judaism

b ....... a fact few know about moses (born, raised and in the pharoahs house)

c..... and thereby reasoned comprehension as to how moses could have learned that much material, if he possibly was involved in the authorship of the torah (ie.... judaism is a egyptian based theology)




Ooooops>........................


israel should be boycotted as to stop the funding, then perhaps BUT i doubt it would help, the oppression of others could be slowed

 

And in addition to HBendor's post, here is an incomplete list of Israel's medical achievements. Be my guests morons, boycott them:

Israel – a leader in quality of life
In a comparison conducted by the UN regarding quality of life in 182 countries, Israel ranked 27th, only slightly lower than the U.K.

Israel’s health care system is one of the most advanced in the world
A comparative study conducted by the World Health Organization ranks Israel above most OECD countries, in both achievements and efficiency.

A comprehensive system of medical services and preventive medicine

Equality in medicine in accordance with Israeli law

Israel is a leader in biotechnology development
Three Nobel prizes recently awarded to Israeli scientists were in the field of biotechnology.

Israeli medical developments are used in the best operating rooms across the world
In hospitals and clinics around the world you can see Israel’s impact on the medical field: electronic devices for computerized tests, pills with video cameras inside to view the intestines, flexible yet resistant artery support for treating heart disease (coronary stent), breast cancer exams that don’t require use of radiation, and a long list of cutting-edge drugs such as Copaxone used to treat Parkinson’s Disease. In addition, a collaboration between Israel’s high tech skills and medical needs has led to the development of software that monitors and manages diseases in hospitals to minimize human error.

Israel – a leader in cancer survival rate in the western world
According to world data, Israel is among the leading countries in cancer survival rates.

Israel developed a drug that delays Alzheimer’s and helps Parkinson’s patients
Today, Teva is one of the leading companies in the world in drug development and production.

Two out of three common Multiple Sclerosis drug treatments were developed in Israel

Israel developed a revolutionary pill for diagnosing diseases of the digestive system
In 2003, Given Imaging received the European Union Grand Prix award, for “Invention with the highest impact on human life”.

Israel developed the first biological computer

A pen for identifying unwanted substances in bodily fluids

Israel developed a revolutionary device for diagnosing sleep related breathing disorders

Israel has one of the highest fertility treatment and obstetrics success rates
Israel is a fertility world power, holding the in-vitro fertility treatment world record relative to its population, with 25 fertility treatment clinics throughout the country.

Israel and plastic surgery
Beauty and health treatments are an integral part of Israeli culture.

Alternative medicine flourishes in Israel
Alternative medicine has grown and developed in Israel in recent years. Throughout the country, HMOs, hospitals and private clinics host a variety of alternative medicine practitioners, using Chinese medicine and other methods from the Far East. Residents and visitors to Israel are free to pick treatments for both their bodies and/or souls.
http://masbirim.gov.il/eng/i_med.html

 

Your half written posts and complete butchery of the English language is helping the Zionists in Israel.

No one can debate you when they can't understand what you're trying to get across.

 

Supporters of the Palestinian causes of justice and freedom will be very interested to note the opposition's reliance upon the authority of IMF infomation with regard to Israel's state of health. It should be amusing to witness the writhing of hypocrites when faced with the authority of the IMF with regard to Palestine's state of health;

 

Moon you're really using the IMF as a credible source? They rape women, and poor African and south American countries...

 

The ' information ' offered in post #4 is from the IMF. Go argue with that.

 

You're only using the IMF when it supports your side. Weren't you happy when Egypt told the IMF to screw off?

I'll have to do a search.

 

Plagiarism. That's exactly the charge I've just laid in post # 11 Further, my charge is relevant- yours has no substance. I haven't actually proffered IMF information is support of anything.

 

LOL, here goes the "evils of occupation" myth. As it turns out these mean evil Zionists let the Arabs govern themselves and develop pretty strong economy and government institutions.

Of course the real issues of a Palestinian state have nothing to do with the economy but with security, terrorism, borders, holy sites, the right of return... That the West Bank economy is strong and getting stronger is well known to any unbiased observer.

 

Come Again?

 

So you support the IMF view of Palestine's preparedness for Statehood. Box ticked. Your personal views aren't relevant to the UN.

 

Moon you want me to post some threads you posted in about how the IMF is evil? You're just using them as a source when they're in agreement with you.

 

Bollox. I'm not using the IMF as an authority on anything. Anybody sharp will have noted that already, particularly as I emphasized it. It was used as an authority in post #4- but not by me. It was your pal Borat, I believe. My post which quotes the IMF was simply the serving of Borat's lunch.

 

You're not using the IMF as a source in this post?

 

It's an IMF source but I'm not quoting it as any support. You find the difference difficult ?

 

No I'm finding it difficult to understand here. The source is the Jordan times article you quoted. Then what are you quoting it for?

 

That's already explained. Missing it is no excuse.

 

Because just saying you posted it doesn't make it so...