HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISRAEL....!!!!!!!!!
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Israel is the major strategic asset of the United States in an area of
the world that is the cradle of Islamo-fascism, which is dominated by
tyrants and permeated by religious obscurantism and shows almost total
disregard for human rights. During the decades-long Cold War, Israel
was America’s indispensable rampart against the inroads of the Soviet
Union. It is now the bulwark against the aggressive intentions of
Iran. During Desert Storm, Israel provided invaluable intelligence, an
umbrella of air cover for military cargo, and had personnel planted in
the Iraqi deserts to pick up downed American pilots.
Gen. George Keagan, former head of U.S. Air Force Intelligence, stated
publicly that “Israel is worth five CIAs,” with regard to intelligence
passed to our country. He also stated that the yearly $1.8 billion
that Israel received in military assistance was worth $50 to $60
billion in intelligence, R&D savings, and Soviet weapons systems
captured and transferred to the Pentagon. In contrast to our
commitments in Korea, Japan, Germany, and other parts, not a single
American serviceperson needs to be stationed in Israel. Considering
that the cost of one serviceperson per year — including backup and
infrastructure — is estimated to be about $200,000, and assuming a
minimum contingent of 25,000 troops, the cost savings to the United
States on that score alone is on the order of $5 billion a year.
Israel effectively secures NATO’s southeastern flank. Its superb
harbor, its outstanding military installations, the air and sea lift
capabilities, and the trained manpower to maintain sophisticated
equipment are readily at hand in Israel. It is the only country that
makes itself available to the United States in any contingency. Yes,
Israel is not a burden, but a tremendous asset to the United States.
Israel is indeed America’s unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle
East and the indispensable defender of America’s interests in that
area of the world. The people of the United States, individually and
through their Congressional representatives, overwhelmingly support
Israel in its seemingly unending fight against Arab aggression and
Moslem terror. But that support is not based on the great strategic
value that Israel represents to the United States. It is and always
has been based on shared values of liberty, democracy, and human
rights. America and Israel are aligned by their shared love of peace
and democracy. Israel and the United States stand together in their
fight against Islamo-fascist terrorism. These shared values, these
common ideals, will bind Israel and the United States forever.
Despite its only being 60 years old, despite a population of just over
6 million, despite having to be at war footing for almost its entire
life, despite having absorbed more immigrants in relation to its
population that any country in history, its accomplishments in almost
any area of human activity are unsurpassed.
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.
According to industry officials, Israel designed the airline
industry's most impenetrable flight security. US officials now look to
Israel for advice on how to handle airborne security threats.
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
second largest number of startup companies after the US (3,500
companies mostly in hi-tech)
With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and startups, Israel has the
highest concentration hi-tech companies in the world — apart from the
Silicon Valley, US
After the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of
NASDAQ listed companies.
On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech
startups.
Twenty-four percent of Israel's workforce hold university degrees —
ranking it third in the industrialized world, after the United States
and Holland — and 12% 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 US 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.
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing
nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious
freedom, and economic opportunity.
In the field of 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 US 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.
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 US, over
70 in Japan, and fewer than 60 in Germany.
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).
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