{"id":2987,"date":"2011-05-27T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raymondcook.net\/blog\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2011-06-02T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T07:00:40","slug":"scottish-council-puts-the-dumb-into-dumbarton-boycotting-israel-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-bds-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raymondcook.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/05\/27\/scottish-council-puts-the-dumb-into-dumbarton-boycotting-israel-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-bds-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Council puts the Dumb into Dumbarton &#8211; boycotting Israel and the hypocrisy of the BDS campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweet_button166\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.raymondcook.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/05\/27\/scottish-council-puts-the-dumb-into-dumbarton-boycotting-israel-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-bds-campaign\/\" data-text=\"Scottish Council puts the Dumb into Dumbarton - boycotting Israel and the hypocrisy of the BDS campaign - Ray Cook - As I See It\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-lang=\"en\" data-via=\"tweetbutton\"  data-related=\"coderplus:Wordpress Tips and more.\"><\/a><\/div><p><em>This is a cross-post by Michael Ordman of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Good News From Israel<\/a> and shows the hypocrisy and ignorance of those who would, in their blindness and ideological zeal, boycott divest and sanction Israel. Note that this is not simply boycotting goods manufactured in the &#8216;occupied territories&#8217; but ALL goods.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following the decision of the West Dunbartonshire Council to boycott all goods produced in Israel, council workers now need to perform the following actions:-<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Computers &amp; Technology<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove all Intel Pentium      and Celeron computer processor chips from council personal computers      (desktops, laptops and notebooks)\u00a0as these were either developed or      manufactured in Israel.\u00a0 Note that the revolutionary new Ivy Bridge      processor will be manufactured in Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Any computers that still      work need to have their anti-virus software and personal firewalls removed      as this technology originated in Israel.\u00a0 Any computers running the      Windows XT operating system\u00a0must be turned off immediately as this      was developed in Israel.\u00a0 All current Microsoft operating systems are      not to be used as Microsoft\u00a0is heavily reliant on\u00a0its Israel      R&amp;D centre.<\/li>\n<li>The departmental      firewall will also need to be switched off.\u00a0 Employees should no      longer\u00a0open external emails as\u00a0most of these will be infected      with viruses<\/li>\n<li>No outgoing      emails\u00a0can be sent. The algorithm (code) that\u2019s used today for      sending e-mails, was made by an Israeli\u00a0who worked at the Ben-Gurion      University in Be\u2019er-Sheva in 1980<\/li>\n<li>Before accepting any      printed material, check that the supplier has not used\u00a0the Israeli      device that might have saved up to 50% of the ink used.<\/li>\n<li>At home, do not use      Facebook as many in-built and add-on applications are Israeli-developed.<\/li>\n<li>Do not watch videos on      the Internet as the platform used to upload them may be from AOL and hence      from an Israeli company.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use Video On      Demand (VOD) to watch movies as you may inadvertently see an advert      displayed using Israeli software<\/li>\n<li>Do not purchase any      games devices as these are likely to use Israeli technology.<\/li>\n<li>Do not read books using      an e-book as this may contain Israeli technology.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use data storage      as it may have been developed at Israel&#8217;s storage technology R&amp;D      centre<\/li>\n<li>Do not buy an electric      car as it is likely to be powered with an Israeli battery or use Israeli      developed charging mats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Phones &amp; Voicemail<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discard all mobile      phones, as this technology was developed in Israel, where the first mobile      phones were manufactured.\u00a0 Mobile chip technology from a single      Israeli company has now been installed in over 100 million devices.<\/li>\n<li>Only department heads      may retain mobile phones for emergency situations.\u00a0 However the use      of SMS (Texting) is expressly forbidden as this facility was developed in      Israel.<\/li>\n<li>No 4G devices can be      used as the chipset is Israeli.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off\u00a0your      voice-mail service and delete any recorded messages.\u00a0 Israeli      companies invented the voice-mail system.<\/li>\n<li>If your call is not      answered by someone you know, hang up.\u00a0 Israeli call-centres and      call-centre technology is in widespread operation in the UK.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use the Internet      to search for answers to your\u00a0questions as this may involve use of an      Israeli-developed search engine.\u00a0 Better to remain unenlightened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Food and Drink<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Council restaurants and      canteens must dispose of cherry tomatoes, which were developed in      Israel.\u00a0 Employees must ensure that no cherry tomatoes are included      in sandwiches brought into office premises.<\/li>\n<li>The ban also applies to      honey and any products derived from honey.\u00a0 Israel has developed      solutions to the world-wide problem of bee-colony collapse, so that any      products derived from bees\u00a0might only be available now due to an      Israeli invention.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid drinking any of      the world-recognised award-winning Israeli wines<\/li>\n<li>No delicious home-made      drinks from Israeli-manufactured household drinks machines<\/li>\n<li>Avoid any fruit from      South Africa or Peru as produce from these countries\u00a0is      being\u00a0marketed with Israeli brand names<\/li>\n<li>No agricultural products      from the following areas must be consumed as they use water irrigation and      agricultural technology provided directly from Israel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Most       of Africa<\/li>\n<li>China<\/li>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia       (a Muslim country)<\/li>\n<li>Nepal<\/li>\n<li>Many       others &#8211; please check.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Much fruit and vegetables (including organic) imported into the UK has been enhanced using Israeli technology.\u00a0 This saves millions of people from starving around the world but is not a good reason for you to eat it.\u00a0 For safety, only eat fruit and vegetables that you have grown yourself using seeds that have been in your family for generations.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dealing With People<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When interviewing prospective employees or holding meetings with members of the public or other organisations you must check that they have no association with the following countries and areas that have accepted aid from Israel.\u00a0 The council must avoid acknowledging Israel&#8217;s contribution to world relief. Also, any associated products from these areas may also have been contaminated by Israeli technology.\u00a0 These locations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Congo (oil tanker      fire disaster July 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Angola (mines cleared by      Israeli technology &#8211; July 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi      (bioremediation technique used to clean up after oil spills developed in      Israel)<\/li>\n<li>China (a major purchaser      of Israeli technology, and recipient of medical aid and training)<\/li>\n<li>South Africa (Israelis      trained their doctors to perform circumcisions to prevent the spread of      AIDS &#8211; July 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Cameroon      (opthalmologists from Haifa restored vision to patients and trained local      medical teams in these procedures &#8211; Aug 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Haiti (Israel set-up the      largest field hospital to treat victims of the earthquake and      hurricane\u00a0and provided vital assistance for over a year)<\/li>\n<li>Romania (Israeli doctors      treated babies following fire at a neonatal unit &#8211; Sep 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Ghana (receiving      technological aid\u00a0from Israel since 2006;\u00a0 Israel is now      providing neonatal units to\u00a0save many of the 4,800 babies\u00a0that      die each year)<\/li>\n<li>Philippines (signed      major trade agreement with Israel in Nov 2010)<\/li>\n<li>The Maldives (although      non-Islamic worship is banned here, Israeli eye-doctors performed free      operations for citizens in Dec 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Kenya (Israel&#8217;s Agency      for International Development built a state-of-the-art Emergency Room in a      hospital serving 6 million Kenyans in Jan 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Uganda (Israeli      solar-powered refrigerators were provided to store vaccines used to      eliminate an outbreak of Polio from the country in Jan 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Vietnam, whose milk      industry is being totally transformed using high-yield Israeli cows (Feb      2011)<\/li>\n<li>Chile, whose rescued      miners were treated to a tour of Israel as part of their &#8220;Pilgrimage      of Thanks&#8221; (Feb 2011)<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand (Israel sent      several rescue teams, temporary shelters and water purification      systems\u00a0following the Christchurch earthquake in Feb 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Japan (As well as rescue      teams, Israel\u00a0supplied geiger counters and Israeli thermal imaging      cameras are monitoring the reactor cores &#8211; Mar 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Sri Lanka (Israel      conducted a massive airlift with food, 50 medical staff and rescue teams      only 48 hours after the Tsunami in Dec 2004)<\/li>\n<li>India (Israel sent an      fully-equipped field hospital following Gujarat earthquake in Feb 2001)<\/li>\n<li>El Salvador (Israel relief      aid following earthquake in 2001)<\/li>\n<li>Georgia (Israel      contributed food and seeds for farmers following severe drought in 2001)<\/li>\n<li>Turkey (Israel relief      aid following earthquake in 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Mozambique ((Israel      relief aid following\u00a0floods in 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Colombia (Israel sent      medical aid and food following earthquake in 1999)<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela (President      Chavez has forgotten Israel&#8217;s aid following floods of 1999)<\/li>\n<li>Central America (Israel      sent emergency medical aid teams and equipment to help victims of      Hurricane Mitch in 1998)<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan (2005)      and\u00a0Peru (2007)\u00a0both accepted aid from Israeli NGOs following      earthquake disasters.<\/li>\n<li>Peru&#8217;s hydo-electric      power plants are also being built and run by an Israeli company.<\/li>\n<li>Rawanda, Mexico, Chad,      Sudan (Darfur) and Malawi all have received medical assistance from      Israel&#8217;s NGO IsraAID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Health<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Destroy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> personal medication.\u00a0\u00a0Many medicines will have been manufactured      by Israel&#8217;s Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest generic drugs company in the      world.<\/li>\n<li>AIDS and HIV suffers      note that AZT and\u00a0Hypericin-based drugs have all have      been\u00a0developed or improved\u00a0following research at Israel&#8217;s      Weizmann\u00a0Institute or\u00a0Hebrew University; also a treatment that      destroy HIV-infected cells without damaging healthy ones<\/li>\n<li>Diabeties sufferers &#8211;      Israeli scientists have developed new devices for measuring and injecting      Insulin<\/li>\n<li>Multiple Sclerosis\u00a0      -Copaxone\u00a0&#8211; one of the most efficient medicines and the only non      interferon agent,\u00a0was developed by\u00a0Teva<\/li>\n<li>Myeloma &#8211; the drug      Velcade was developed over a period of 30 years by scientists at Haifa<\/li>\n<li>Emphasema &#8211; avoid the      Israeli\u00a0protein replacement therapy<\/li>\n<li>Check all vaccines as      many of these have been developed in Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that all X-rays <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do<\/span> carry a radiation risk, as the only radiation-free system is Israeli<\/li>\n<li>Do not use Epilady (or      epilator) \u2013 this hair removal device was invented by two Israelis<\/li>\n<li>Ensure any colonoscopy      or gastro investigation does not use internal Israeli cameras such as the      Pillcam.<\/li>\n<li>Do not protect babies      and infants from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome with the Babysense system      from Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Do not undergo surgery      to install an artificial heart, as the first\u00a0artificial heart      transplant took place in Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Sufferers of Parkinsons      must avoid the brain pacemaker &#8211; pioneered in Israel to stop tremors.\u00a0      Also Levodopa to reduce motor disturbances. Or magnetic cortex stimulation<\/li>\n<li>Do not take any form of      medication to combat cancer.\u00a0 Israeli scientists have been developing      treatments in this area for decades.\u00a0 Full list available on request.<\/li>\n<li>Kidney transplants must      only use kidneys from donors of the same blood group.\u00a0 Israel&#8217;s      revolutionary new methods allow donors from\u00a0other blood groups.<\/li>\n<li>Treatments derived from      Stem Cell research must be avoided as most of this is Israeli-developed<\/li>\n<li>If you or your family      are struck with a bacteria infection, do not take alternatives to older,      ineffective bacteria-resistant antibiotics as an Israeli discovery will      have been responsible for the modern, effective drugs.<\/li>\n<li>Epileptics must avoid      any treatment that may have benefited from the Israeli\u00a0discovery      of\u00a0the underlying mutant gene.<\/li>\n<li>Employees of Arab origin      must not make use of the only database for matching potential Arab donors      of bone-marrow &#8211; in Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Check that any pain      relief medication is not based on soya as an Israeli doctor discovered the      beneficial effect of the soya bean.<\/li>\n<li>Before any surgery or      medical tests, check that hospital catheters have not been protected from      infection using the new plastic from Israel that disables micro-organisms<\/li>\n<li>Sufferers of sleep apnea      must avoid tests using the breakthrough Israeli device for diagnosis.<\/li>\n<li>Employees with a family      history of heart disease and arteriosclerosis must not use the Israeli      device for early detection of these.<\/li>\n<li>Sufferers or relatives      of sufferers of the eye disease Age-related Macular Degeneration must not      use Israeli implants to arrest the disease.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid throat surgery as      this may utilise Israeli surgical lasers.<\/li>\n<li>In the event of a spinal      injury or disease, do not accept spinal implants &#8211; likely to be an Israeli      product or development.<\/li>\n<li>Heart rhythm problems      must not be solved with the Israeli-developed heart pulse generator.<\/li>\n<li>Any\u00a0incident      of\u00a0stroke or\u00a0head trauma or onset of\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s,      Parkinson\u2019s, MS, epilepsy, glaucoma or brain tumour must avoid using any      of the Weizmann Institute&#8217;s patented methods of treatment.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use the      revolutionary new Israeli bandage that saved Arizona senator Gabriella      Giffords after she was shot in the head.<\/li>\n<li>Do not allow dyslexics      to benefit from the Israeli Internet-based reading system.<\/li>\n<li>Sufferers from liver      disease must avoid using the Israeli-developed antibody immunotherapy      treatment.<\/li>\n<li>All heart stents are      off-limits as most of these originate from Israeli medical companies<\/li>\n<li>If you break a bone      badly, reject any treatment that involves introducing collagen, as this      may have been manufactured from Israeli plants.<\/li>\n<li>Reject all dental      treatment as your teeth may need to be scanned with an Israeli-developed      dental scanner<\/li>\n<li>Treat skin allergies      only with steroid creams as the new safer non-steroid alternative is      Israeli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>6. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other impacts of the boycott<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reject all products from      the USA.\u00a0 Analysis conducted in a typical US state shows that Israeli      innovations were responsible for $2.4 billion in direct revenue to its      economy in 2009 and\u00a0generated nearly 6,000 jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Do not tutor your      children in advanced Mathematics techniques which may have originated in      Israel.\u00a0 Also, if these techniques are used in your children&#8217;s      schools, withdraw your children immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Keen ornithologists      should consider giving up their hobby as many rare species stop off or      reside in Israel during their twice-yearly migration.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid going to any      football matches featuring teams with Israeli players.<\/li>\n<li>Destroy all      your\u00a0recordings of Madonna, Bob Dylan, Simon &amp; Garfunkel, Deep      Purple, Bon Jovie, Justin Bieber, George Benson, Moby\u00a0and many, many      more artists who have ridiculed the stupid and illogical boycott\u00a0and      have proudly performed (or will shortly perform)\u00a0concerts in Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Destroy any recordings      of U2, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen,\u00a0Beck, Rihanna Coldplay      and any artist whose music has been recorded using the sound technology of      the Grammy Award winning Israeli\u00a0company Wave Audio.\u00a0 You also      must get rid of any personal copies of Shrek, American Beauty and Star      Wars.\u00a0 Do not trust anything recorded by Sony, JVC, Toshiba or Dell.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t go to see      &#8220;The Black Swan&#8221; with Natalie Portman, or watch any old films      with Elizabeth Taylor &#8211; both lovers of the Jewish State.<\/li>\n<li>Do not stay in hotels or      visit shopping centres owned by Israeli companies (sorry, you will need to      check which ones\u00a0yourself).<\/li>\n<li>Do not have anything to      do with the banks who are using Israeli software to prevent fraud.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use any Credit or      Debit card as the Security monitoring system used by the Credit companies      is likely to be Israeli.<\/li>\n<li>Do not buy an engagement      ring containing a diamond as it is possible that this may have been cut in      Israel.<\/li>\n<li>Do not travel by air as      your plane might be towed\u00a0by the Israeli-built      &#8220;Taxibot&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Do not\u00a0use public      transport\u00a0inside Amsterdam, Moscow or Northern China\u00a0in case      you\u00a0benefit from Israeli transportation devices.<\/li>\n<li>If you suffer a power or      network failure, be grateful that at least you haven&#8217;t installed the      Israeli system that prevents power outages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, you need to leave all your taps running when you leave home and must never flush your toilet, because Israel\u00a0provides water-saving technology to over half of the planet. It also is providing sewage treatment technology across the world, including to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, let&#8217;s hope that the idiotic decision by West Dumbartonshire Council to boycott of Israeli products is flushed down the toilet of history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweet_button166\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.raymondcook.net\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/05\/27\/scottish-council-puts-the-dumb-into-dumbarton-boycotting-israel-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-bds-campaign\/\" data-text=\"Scottish Council puts the Dumb into Dumbarton - boycotting Israel and the hypocrisy of the BDS campaign - Ray Cook - As I See It\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-lang=\"en\" data-via=\"tweetbutton\"  data-related=\"coderplus:Wordpress Tips and more.\"><\/a><\/div><p>This is a cross-post by Michael Ordman of \u00a0Good News From Israel and shows the hypocrisy and ignorance of those who would, in their blindness and ideological zeal, boycott divest and sanction Israel. Note that this is not simply boycotting goods manufactured in the &#8216;occupied territories&#8217; but ALL goods. 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