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Americans In Support of Israel

Israeli Contributions:

  • Israel is home to less than 1/1000 of the world’s population and is the 100th smallest country.
  • Even without the historical benefit of income from oil that countries in the region enjoy, Israel has still achieved major status on several business and economic fronts.
  • Israel has also greatly contributed to technology around the world.
  • People that boycott companies of Israel or support the destruction of Israel should stop and consider what their lives would be like without the contributions that the people of Israel have made to the world.
  • All of the contributions listed above were achieved while in a war with an enemy seeking their destruction, and an economy that had to continuously spend more per capita income on its defense than any other country in the world.
  • Israel’s economy is larger than all of its surrounding countries combined.
  • Israel’s ratio of university degrees to the population in the world is the highest.
  • The number of scientist and technicians in Israel’s workforce is higher than anywhere in the world, with 145 per 10,000 compared to, 85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. Israel also has over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions.
  • Israel is the only country with a liberal democracy in the Middle East.
  • Cell phones were developed by Motorola in Israel, which is where its largest development center is.
  • Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
  • The new Samsung S4 will include eye-tracking technology from Israel’s Umoove.
  • An optoelectronic microphone, developed by Israel’s VocalZoom, is able to extract a person’s voice from almost all surrounding noises – even other people’s voices. The senses vibrations on the face of the person speaking.
  • Israel has designed the airline industry’s most impenetrable flight security. U.S. official are now looking to Israel for advice on handling airborne security threats.
  • The Keeper developed by GridON, blocks current surges and limits the current until the fault is clear. This won the Innovation Award from General Electric’s Ecomagination Challenge.
  • MobileEye helps drivers navigate safely by combining a tiny digital camera with sophisticated algorithms. When a driver is changing lanes inadvertently, the steering system-linked device sounds an alert. It also warns of an impending forward collision and detects pedestrians.
  • Cubital craft 3D models of engineering parts directly from designs on a computer screen with its solid rapid prototyping machines. The models are used in automotive, aerospace, consumer products, and medical industries.
  • Steel security doors, introduced by Rav Bariach, have become Israel’s standard.
  • 3G Solar developed an alternative to silicon that generates much more electricity than the leading silicon-based PV solar modules at a lower cost per kilowatt hour.
  • NDS VideoGaurd protects branded service from piracy and ensures that consumers will have the choice and flexibility they demand in broadcast and on-demand content.
  • PrimeSense allows digital devices to “see” in 3D and transfer control from a remote to hands and body. It’s the leading producer of low-cost, high-performance 3D machine vision technologies for the consumer market.
  • The Indigo digital printing, by Hewlett Packard (HP), presses for general commercial printing, direct mail, photos and photobooks, publications, labels, business cards, flexible packaging and folding cartons print without films and plates, which allows for personalized short runs and changing text and images without stopping the press.
  • Like-A-Fish air supply systems, free leisure and professional scuba divers, as well as submariners and underwater habitats, from air tanks, by extracting air from water.
  • AFC (Active Flow Control) is an intelligent gas-air mixing system that replaces all existing mixing technologies that was developed at Tel Aviv University.
  • The Space Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) unit of Elbit Systems makes a “space camera,” a compact, lightweight electro-optic observation system for government, commercial and scientific applications.
  • Decell Technologies provides real-time road traffic information based on monitoring the location and movement of phones and GPS devices. Decell’s premium product, Swift-i Traffic, is incorporated in fleet management services, mapping operations, navigation systems, and media channels in several countries.
  • The superconducting fault current limiter (FCL) was developed by RICOR Cryogenics and Vacuum Systems with the Institute of Superconductivity at Bar-llan University.
  • SolarEdge maximizes energy production while constantly monitoring to detect faults and prevent theft, with a module that optimizes every link in the solar PV chain.
  • Samsung’s new center in Ramat Gan, will be a part of Global Samsung, and will focus on Israeli startup companies, Israeli research academia, and venture capital funds investing in start-ups.
  • Israel’s Valens makes the chips of HD base technology that projects High Definition multimedia over a single cable, and has now enabled the popular display port.
  • Moovit, an application for public transport information was developed in Israel. It is the first application to use real-time user-generated information to improve public transport, trip planning, and navigation.
  • NICE, an Israeli company has been ranked as the global market leader in Speech Analytics by DMG Consulting, for the fourth year in a row.
  • The Singapore-based MediaCorp has hired Israel’s Tvinci to build Toggle, a new video streaming service. Toggle will provide Video on Demand, and a dozen channels of live TV all available for streaming on customers’ connected devices instead of their TVs.
  • Apple just opened its third Israeli development center in Ra’anana Industrial Zone.
  • Waze, Israeli mobile navigation and traffic community application, won the “Best Overall Mobile App” prize at the 18th annual Global Mobile awards.
  • UIU, Jerusalem based company, has developed a system to encourage people without smartphones to join the technological revolution.
  • With the new Firefox operating system you can search for anything and it will fire up the software from Israeli start-up Everything.me. It will load applications to show you everything you might want.
  • Now you can pump your photos up to the Cloud with Israel’s Pumpic. The users of Pumpic can send up to 10,000 images instantaneously.
  • Cellebrite and CommuniTake, two Israeli companies, are working together to create a service that can fix smartphones while still in the hands of the costumers.
  • Microsoft- Israel has developed most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems.
  • Intel in Israel designed the Pentium MMX Chip.
  • Design, development, and production of the Pentum-4 and the Centrino microprocessor were in Israel.
  • Microsoft and Cisco’s only R&D facilities outside the U.S. are in Israel.
  • AOL Instant Messenger ICQ was developed by four young Israelites.
  • The first USB flash drives available in North America were developed and manufactured by the Israeli company, M-Systems.
  • Wizcom Technologies Ltd. Developed Quicktionary Electronic Dictionary, a tiny scanner that is able to scan words and translate them into other languages or keep them in memory.
  • Israeli company Lumino and Silicon Valley startup company Canesta simultaneously developed a virtual keyboard that is projected onto a table top or wall and allows to type handheld computers and cell phones.
  • Lumus-Optical produced lightweight and fashionable video eyeglasses that project the viewer’s choice of movie, TV show, or video game on a large transparent screen floating in front of their face.
  • Turbulence is the world’s first hyper-narrative, interactive movie, with technology that allows the viewer to choose what happens in the film by pressing buttons on the PC, Mac, or iPad at various moments in the action.
  • BriefCam video-synopsis technology drastically reduces the time and manpower involved in event tracking, forensics and evidence discovery by letting viewers rapidly view and index original full-length video footage by concurrently showing multiple objects and activities that happened at different times.
  • Eqsquest, Israeli start-up, has developed the first semantic search engine, Symbolab. It is designed for mathematical and scientific equations, allowing users to search for equations using numbers, symbols, and text.
  • Differential cryptanalysis was invented by Adi Shamir.
  • Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch created a universal lossless data compression algorithm.
  • Amnon Ovadia developed a single-click computer translation, dictionary and information source utility program called Babylon.
  • The Israeli Company, Mirabilis, created ICQ, an Instant Messaging software.
  • A no-radiation, fully computerized diagnostic tool for breast cancer was developed by Israeli scientists.
  • As an alternative to traditional colonoscopies, which can include sedation, pain meds, and recovery time, Given Imaging, an Israeli company developed a camera pill.
  • BabySense, a crib death prevention device designed by HiSense, alerts parents through an auditory and visual alarm if breathing stops for more than 20 seconds or if the baby is breathing less than 10 breaths a minute.
  • As a measure against the 7000 mistreatment deaths every year in the US, a computerized administration system built by Israelis for medicine dispersement removes human error from the equation.
  • The hair removal product EpiLady has sold 30 million units.
  • Drip-Irrigation Systems were refined with a uncloggable plastic emitter by the Blass family and is used world-wide now.
  • The Blass family has also engineered a slow drip irrigation form of farming which allows for precision and efficiency.
  • Cherry Tomatoes are a creation of Israelites.
  • The Company Veterix has created a pill that will monitor the health of livestock.
  • Israelis have found a way to make Date Palms to produce over ten times their original yield.
  • Rosetta Green develops micro-RNAs for agriculture and biofuel industries.
  • An Israeli microalgae company was sold to the UK’s Gravepoint Capital for $50 million. A powerful antioxidant, called AstaPure, from the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis is used as a nutritional supplement and in cosmetics.
  • Improved genetic strains of wheat, vegetables, cotton, and other plants, biofuels and algae with medical properties were developed by Rosetta Green.
  • Europe imports 60 million flowers from Israel on Valentine’s Day.
  • 22Seeds developed a wireless irrigation system controlled by an iPhone.
  • Israel21c has cut the use of chemical pesticides in Negev by 80%.
  • Rafi Koren developed a product to protect plants from the spread of the fungal disease, Mal Secco.
  • A system to protect the soil and groundwater from contamination was developed by Israel’s Weizmann Institute.
  • Catalyst Ag Tech introduced a system that breaks down pesticides by using eco-friendly catalyst.
  • Dimona Silica Industries developed RuBind, an asphalt compound made up of recycled tires for the road.
  • Israelites have developed rooftop hot-water systems.
  • Stuart Licht developed a super iron battery that is more environmentally friendly.
  • The Energy Tower- a low cost alternative to electricity generation and water desalination developed from Israel’s Technion.
  • Israel’s Engineuity developed an alternative fuel source by producing hydrogen in vehicles.
  • Zvi Tavor developed an improvement of solar water heaters.
  • Israel’s Ormat Technologies was the first to develop and install large solar powered electricity generating planting plant in the Mojave Desert of California.
  • The Wind Tulip, by Leviathan Energy, is a silent and vibration-free wind turbine that is also cost-effective.
  • Solaris Synergy developed a way to float solar panels on water instead of take up valuable land.
  • Israel signed an agreement for 30% exploration rights for the gas and oil off the south shore of Cypress.
  • Smart Energy Solutions, from Israel’s eVolution Networks, is used to reduce energy consumptions and CO2 emissions of cellular base stations in the Central America.
  • Israel’s TIGI won the first ever MCC Venture Award for their honeycomb solar thermal generator.
  • $5.5 million was raised by Pentalum Technologies to expand production of SpiDAR, a device used to sense wind.
  • Yair Dar and Shimon Yahav developed the Epilator, a device used to remove hair.
  • The only country in the world to enter the 21st century with a gain in its trees is Israel.
  • IDE Americas Inc. (subsidiary of Israel’s IDE Technologies Ltd.) is designing a seawater desalination plant for the San Diego, California region.
  • Pythagoras Solar designed the world’s first solar window.
  • Better Place electric car network is implementing model for a worldwide electric car grid.
  • A method for recycling plastic to make handbags and reusable totes based on a specialized formulation of natural ingredients was created by Elya Recycling.
  • An internal pipe generator that provides electricity to places without it for water monitoring and control systems was developed by HydroSpin.
  • Fuel consumption and harmful emissions by common engines is significantly reduced by TourEngine.
  • Monitoring software is provided to worldwide water utilities by Takadu.
  • Enzyme-based catalysts that are used in biodiesel are made by Transbiodiesel.
  • To prevent a global shortage of potable water, a better filteration membrane was developed by Mem-Tech.
  • Alantium developed a system that purifies water with UV lights.
  • $3 million was raised by Israel’s Blue I Technologies to expand into South America.
  • Israel Aumann won the Nobel Prize for his work in economics.
  • Boeing is working to protect planes.
  • Uzi Gal invented the Submachine gun.
  • A sea-skimming anti-ship missile was developed by Gabriel.
  • A family of operational anti-ballistic missiles called Arrow is funded by Israel and the U.S.
  • IAI Lavi is a modern fighter aircraft.
  • Rafael Advanced Defense Systems developed an unmanned surface vehicle called Protector USV.
  • Rafael Advanced Defense Systems also built Python, a family of air-to-air missiles.
  • Israel Aircraft Industries developed unmanned aerial vehicles.
  • Israel and the U.S. fund the Nautilus laser system.
  • The Iron Dome, by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, intercepts short-range rockets and artillery shells.
  • A surface-to-air missile used as a point defense missile on warships, to defend against aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs is Barak 1.
  • The system that counters surface-to-air heat-seeking missiles is MUSIC, by Elbit Systems.
  • Amit Weissman developed MagnoShocker, a combination of a metal detector and a taser.
  • Israel Aerospace Industries developed Reconnaissance satellite TecSAR.
  • Israel Military Industries developed the Tavor TAR-21 Assault rifle.
  • One of the smallest satellites in the world, Technion Satellite, developed by Giora Shaviv.
  • Israel Aerospace Industries is producing the wings for the F-35 fighter jet.
  • Israel’s Camro developed a wall radar that allows people to see through walls.
  • Israel conducted Operation Solomon and Moses, and airlifted 22,000 Ethiopian Jews to safety in 1984 and 1991.
  • Israeli rescue teams were on the scene when the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was bombed within a day and saved three people from the rubble.
  • One of the first nations to adopt the Kimberly Process was Israel.
  • People in search of democracy, religious freedom, and economic opportunity often go to Israel, making it the largest immigrant-absorbing country in the world.
  • The country with the most museums is Israel.
  • While there are eight separate nations that represent the Arabs, there is one Jewish nation.
  • 2000 years before the rise of Islam, Israel became a nation (1312 B.C.) In 1967, Arab refugees identified themselves as Palestinian people, 20 years after the modern State of Israel was established.
  • Jews have had a continuous presence in their land for the past 3,300 years and have had dominion for 1,000, since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.
  • Dominion of the Arab since the conquest lasted no more than 22 years.
  • Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity, but it has been the Jewish capital for over 3,300 years.
  • When Jordanians captured Jerusalem they never made it their capital and none of the Arab leaders visited.
  • In the Tanach (Jewish Holy Scriptures), Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times but it is not mentioned at all in the Koran.
  • The city of Jerusalem was founded by King David and not once visited by Mohammed.
  • Jewish people pray facing Jerusalem while Muslims pray facing away.
  • Arab leaders promised to purge the land of the Jews to their refugees in 1948, 68% of the Arab refugees left and didn’t see 1 Israeli soldier. The refugees that stayed received the same citizenship, peace, and civility as everyone else.
  • Out of 100,000,000 refugees since WWII, the Arab refugees are the only group in the world that hasn’t been absorbed or integrated into their own people’s land.
  • Dr. Ehrlich discovered the cure for Syphilis.
  • A Jew discovered the Wasseman test for Syphilis.
  • Neissner discovered the test for Gonorrhea.
  • Ludwig Traube discovered digitalis for heart disease.
  • Widal and Weil discovered Novocaine.
  • Minkowsky’s research resulted in Insulin for Diabetes.
  • A Jew invented Chloral Hydrate to control convulsions.
  • Bella Schick invented The Schick reaction for Diphtheria.
  • Jonas Salk invented the Polio vaccine.
  • Zalman Waxman invented Streptomycin to treat Turberculosis.
  • “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anit-Semitism.”
    -Dr. Martin Luther King
  • “Peace will come when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us.”
    -Golda Meir
  • “There can be no Palestinian state without their recognizing Israel as Jewish State.”
    -Benjamin Netanyahu
  • “In the past the most dangerous anti-Semites were those that wanted to make the world free of Jews. Today, the most dangerous anti-Semites might be those who want to make the world free of a Jewish state.”
    -Per Olmark former Prime Minister of Sweden
  • “And I will bless those that bless you and whoever curses you I will curse.”
    Genesis 12:1-3
  • Mobile phones, camera chips for phones, SMS messaging, and the first anti-virus software are all inventions Israel has given to the world. Israel has the highest percent of home computers, the third most educated workforce with 12% having advanced degrees, more engineers and scientist per capita, and has more companies quoted to the NASDAQ stock exchange than any other country besides the U.S.
  • Some Israelites are working on a space mission while others are at the forefront of medical research into heart transplants, strokes, and Hepatitis C.
  • Five Nobel Prizes in Science have been awarded to Israeli scientist, a number only bettered by 4 other countries. Israel also has more economists than any other country.
  • 16,470 Israeli Scientific and Technical Journal Articles were published.
  • Israelis registered 1,917 patents in the U.S. last year. That’s just behind Italy (58 million people) and the Netherlands (15 million) but way ahead of Saudi Arabia (58), Turkey (45), Egypt (20), Kuwait (14), UAE (9), Iran (8), Lebanon (5), Jordan (1), and Syria (0). 2,500 patents are granted in Israel itself, which puts it in the top 20 of all countries. Number 1 in the world for medical device patents, Israel is also number 4 for biotechnology patents.
  • Over time Israel will grow increasingly more powerful over its enemies because of its strong economy, military prowess, cultural creativity, booming energy sector, high technology capabilities, and robust population growth.
  • No victor has shown the willingness to make “painful concessions” as Israel has to reach a deal in the history of warfare and negotiations. Before and during his prime ministry, Ehud Olmert said, “We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies,” and “Peace is achieved through concessions?” Israelis always show a willingness to compromise. After capturing the Sinai Peninsula, the Israelis have returned it three times to Egypt. With the exception of Jerusalem, all the territories Israeli troops captured in 1967 have been open for discussion.
  • Circumstances change, old angers dissipate, new enemies appear, and willpower grinds down, so no state of hostilities goes on forever.