This is a wonderful article, John, and I'm sure it's 100% valid.
My son, Sam, has a good friend who lives in Israel, and who he
met at the Emil Fries Piano Hospital and Training Center when
they were students there.  Sam's friend told him about much of
the advanced technology Israel had developed by 1990.
The French people had better be careful about ridiculing God's
chosen people!  God said to Abraham, "Whoever blesses you
and your descendents, I will bless; but whoever curses them,
I will curse."  I don't know about anyone else, but I'd hate to fall
under the curse of Almighty God!
April's Dave in Ohio
 2 Timothy 4:2 - Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Schwery" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Fwd: $HITTY LITTLE COUNTRY, DID YOU SAY?


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>That is what the French Ambassador in England said about Israel.
>Sorry about the swear word, but I hope it doesn't keep you from
>reading this.  It's a QUOTE.  I almost deleted it because of the
>Fwd. subject. I only sent this to those of you who I know understand
>about the importance of Israel to the Lord. If all these amazing
>facts are true, or if even half of them are, then God has blessed
>them in ways we knew little about.
>
>
>$HITTY LITTLE COUNTRY ?
>The Middle East has been growing date palms for
>centuries. The average tree is about 18-20 feet tall
>and yields about 38 pounds of dates a year.
>Israeli date trees are now yielding 400 pounds/year
>and are short enough to be harvested from the ground
>or a short ladder.
>
>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 U. S.
>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.
>
>According to industry officials, Israel designed the
>airline industry's most impenetrable flight security.
>US officials now look (finally) 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 largest number of
>startup companies than any other country in the world,
>except the U.S. (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, U.S.
>
>Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital
>funds right behind the U.S.
>
>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 East.
>
>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 (Operation Solomon) 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. (Hundreds of thousands from the
>former Soviet Union)
>
>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 Given Imaging developed the first ingestible
>video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to
>view the small intestine from the inside, 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
>camera helps doctors diagnose 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 Clear
>Light device, produces a high-intensity,
>ultraviolet-light-free, narrow-band blue light that
>causes acne bacteria to self-destruct -- all without
>damaging surrounding 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.
>
>All the above while engaged in regular wars with an
>implacable enemy that seeks its destruction, and an
>economy continuously under strain by having to spend
>more per capita on its own protection than any other
>county on earth.
>
>. .. . . AND THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN ENGLAND SAYS:
>"ISRAEL IS NOTHING BUT A SHITTY LITTLE COUNTRY"
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John