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Industrial high-tech exports frozen
Navit Zommer
Published: 24.02.13, 15:03
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1. Hi-tech exports fall
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (02.24.13)
This article is a weak attempt to put spin on the fact that the success of the BDS movement is growing by leaps and bounds. And it's getting a boost from an institution no less venerable than Oxford University.
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Tom ,   Johannesburg   (02.25.13)
Volume of industrial high-tech exports is 21 billion dollars. For a country with 7 million inhabitancy its amazing. Truth is the world is in a recession - the US and Europe (Israelis largest partners) are hurting, thus the 1% drop. But Israeli is going big in China and India so expect some huge returns from there in the next few years! Don’t fool yourself graczek - BDS is a complete failure! Here in South Africa the BDS group complained about Israel products in Discem and Pick n' Pay & Woolworths - the next day thousands of South Africans stormed the stores to buy every Israeli product they could fined. Toys-R-Us & Reggies in South Africa was caught giving money to the JNF (just like my company gives every month) the BDS started protesting outside stores however, turnover increased 35% for the month as large amount of both Black & White Christian supporters of Israel flooded the stores. The world is not blind - and most are not racist. Racists who form part of the BDS do not want peace in the Middle East - they want to hurt Israel. BDS people never bought Israeli goods in the first place, so I don’t see what the big loss is. South Africa just hosted the African Cup of Nations using Israeli technology bought by the SABC. DSTV uses TI chips in their decoders that are developed in Israel - from billing systems to on-line security - South African firms spend millions on Israeli technology - truth is most BDS'rs know full well they themselves can not live without supporting Israel while using their cell phones or going to hospital world wide – and my those supporters go to hospital.
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