Thank you, Dr. Richard Booker for your wonderful support of Israel. And thank you, Stan Goodenough, for remaining true to the Word of God and standing with Israel. With a few notable exceptions like Richard and Stan, all the world hates Israel. As a shining example, the French Ambassador in England says "Israel is nothing but a #*&*# little country." (Nice potty mouth, Frenchy.) Despite having 1/1000th of the world's population, Israel has had great accomplishments we all enjoy:

• In spite of their few numbers, Jews have received 126 Nobel Prizes, including 43 for medicine. This represents over 20% of all awards worldwide during the 20th century. (As a young boy growing up in the 40’s and 50’s, I am especially grateful to the Jewish doctor Jonas Salk who gave me and the world a polio vaccine that immunized us from this terrible disease.)
• In chemistry, Jews have been honored with 28 Nobel Prizes, which is 19% of the world total and 28% of the U. S. total.
• In economics, Jews have received 21 Nobel Prizes, which is 38% of the world total and 53% of the US total.
• In literature, Jews have received 12 Nobel Prizes, which is 12% of the world total and 27% of the U.S. total.
• In physiology and medicine, Jews have received 52 Nobel Prizes, which is 29% of the world total and 42% of the U.S. total.
• In contributions to world peace, Jews have received 9 Nobel Prizes, which is 10% of the world total and 11% of the U.S. total.
• In physics, Jews have received 45 Nobel Prizes, which is 26% of the world total and 30% of the U.S. total.
• Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce with 145 per 10,000, as compared to 85 per 10,000 in the United States, 70 per 10,000 in Japan and less that 60 per 10,000 in Germany.
• Israel leads the world with over 25% of its workforce employed in technical professions.
• In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world and the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world outside of Silicon Valley. (On a recent vacation, my wife and I joined a small group that hooked themselves to a cable and “zipped” high above the trees across the jungle. One of my “zipping partners” worked for a venture capital firm in Boston that specializes in investments in Israel. Now imagine zipping high in the air across the jungle (don’t look down) while discussing your latest trips to Israel).
• The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola-Israel.
• Intel researchers in Israel recently announced a new computer chip technology that will speed up the flow of data to the speed of light which will revolutionize computing and telecommunications.
• Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel.
• The Pentium MMX Chip, the Pentium-4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were designed, developed and produced by Intel in Israel.
• The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
• Israel’s Weizmann Institute recently announced the world’s smallest computer to diagnose cancer. It is made up entirely of biological molecules and is about a trillionth the size of a drop of water.
• Israel’s $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
• Israel has the highest living standards in the Middle East with per capita far exceeding her Arab neighbors.
• Twenty-four percent of Israel’s workforce holds university degrees, ranking third after the U.S. and Holland.
• Israel has the world’s second highest per capita of new books and more museums per capita than any other country.
• Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computer 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 —109 per 10,000 people.
• Israel has one of the highest per capita of patents filed.
• Israel has the world’s second highest per capita of new books.
• Israel had developed many products in the medical field such as instrumentation to detect breast cancer, proper administration of medicine, the first ingestible video camera, a new device that helps the heart pump blood, etc., etc., etc.
• Israel’s development of drip irrigation and biotechnology has aided agricultural development in arid regions of the world.
• Israel has found ways to make the desert bloom. She raises fish in the desert, ships flowers to the Netherlands and exports food to her neighbors.