David, I agree.  I think one reason America has prospered is because 
we still bless Israel.

earlier, David Stahl, wrote:
>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: $HITTY LITTLE COUNTRY, DID YOU SAY?
>
>
>Text of forwarded message follows:
>
> >That is what the French Ambassador in England said about Israel.
> >Sorry about the swear word, but I hope it doesn't keep you from
> >reading this.  It's a QUOTE.  I almost deleted it because of the
> >Fwd. subject. I only sent this to those of you who I know understand
> >about the importance of Israel to the Lord. If all these amazing
> >facts are true, or if even half of them are, then God has blessed
> >them in ways we knew little about.
> >
> >
> >$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"
>End of forwarded message text:
>
>John

John