Hamas: The Future Is Ours

[JStone]

Eminent Historian Bernard Lewis

The adjective Palestinian is comparatively new. This, I need hardly remind you, is a region of ancient civilization and of deep-rooted and often complex identitites. But, Palestine was not one of them. People might identify themselves for various purposes, by religion, by descent, or by allegiance to a particular state or ruler, or, sometimes, locality. But, when they did it locally it was generally either the city and the immediate district or the larger province, so they would have been Jerusalemites or Jaffaites or Syrians, identifying with the larger province of Syria

The constitution or the formation of a political entity called Palestine which eventually gave rise to a nationality called Palestinian were lasting innovations of the British Mandate [1922-1948]

It is by now commonplace that the civilizations of the Middle East are oldest known to human history. They go back thousands of years, much older than the civilizations of India and China, not to speak of other upstart places. It is also interesting, though now often forgotten, that the ancient civilizations of the Middle East were almost totally obliterated and forgotten by their own people as well as by others. Their monuments were defaced or destroyed, their languages forgotten, their scripts forgotten, their history forgotten and even their identities forgotten.

All that was known about them came from one single source, and that is Israel, the only component of the ancient Middle East to have retained their identity, their memory, their language and their books. For a very long time, up to comparatively modern times, with rare exceptions all that was known about the ancient Middle East--the Babylonians, the Egyptians and the rest--was what the Jewish tradiiton has preserved.

American Library Association

"For more than four decades, Bernard Lewis has been one of the most respected scholars and prolific writers on the history and politics of the Middle East. In this compilation of more than 50 journal articles and essays, he displays the full range of his eloquence, knowledge, and insight regarding this pivotal and volatile region."
Oxford University Press: Faith and Power: Bernard Lewis

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xrnw-yIc9w]The True History of Palestine - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JStone]

Hamas no future in academia and science. We leave that to Israel.

The Weizmann Institute of Science is the best academic institution to work for outside the US, according to Scientist magazine’s annual survey of the “best places to work in academia”. It is up from second place in 2010 and 2009.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk80WA0_2BQ]Israel's Weizmann Institute Named Best Research Institute Outside the U.S. - YouTube[/ame]

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72H6kgkgzds]Truth about Gaza Massacre - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JStone]

Hamas future is not with Apple. We leave that to Israel.


Apple Israel First Development Center Outside US
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA4wnqRAuhI]Apple to set up Israel development center - YouTube[/ame]

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wpyhHFOTg&feature=related]Palestine: Yet People Celebrate (Christmas 2010) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JStone]

Hamas future not with Oracle,the largest enterprise software company in the world. We leave that to Israel.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOHwFMlPtw]The Israel Conference[/ame]

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1xN_ZSB898&feature=related]Israeli Propaganda: Make the Lie Big - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JStone]

Hamas no future with advanced technology. We leave that to Israel.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvjyF6bbwco]A tour of Intel IT's Data Center at Israel - YouTube[/ame]

 

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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- As Palestinian leaders prepare to seek membership of the United Nations, some 124 of the world body's 193 member states have announced their recognition of Palestine as an independent state.

A full list of the countries that have recognized Palestine can be viewed here. Their total population is over 5.2 billion people, equaling 75 percent of the world's people.

Maan News Agency: Three-quarters of world recognizes Palestine

 

[JStone]

Hamas the future is not Intel's only R&D facility outside the US. That is for Israel.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dbvSsUqKI]INTEL IN ISRAEL - YouTube[/ame]

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5vn1wsoAw&feature=related]OCHA/UNRWA Gaza Film January 2009 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JStone]

Hamas no future with Microsoft. That's for Israel.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQmsfw2v5I]Microsoft CEO Arrives In Israel To Inaugurate New Research A - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Actually Hamas is doing better than ever. They just finished a diplomatic tour. They have another in the planning stage. They have entertained many delegates in Gaza over the last few years.

The Palestinians are receiving more popular support than ever.

How is that isolating Gaza thing going for you?

 

[JStone]

Hamas no future with Microsoft. That's for Israel.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3FqQHk000Y]Steve Ballmer at Microsoft's new R&D center in Israel - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Off topic.

Israel is falling apart at the seems.

"Brand Israel" crapola will not help.

 

[JStone]

Hamas has no future with Microsoft. That is for Israel.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCCyRa0l6A]Microsoft Israel plans to take market by storm - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Off topic.

More "Brand Israel" crapola.

 

[JStone]

Hamas no future with Google. That is for Israel.

Wall Street Journal: Israeli Start-Ups Now Have Google To Incubate Ideas

Israeli Start-Ups Now Have Google To Incubate Ideas - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ

Google is setting up an “incubator” for technology start-ups in Israel, one of several ways the California-based Internet giant is trying to get an early look at innovations. A Google research director made the announcement Sunday at the company’s annual conference for developers in Israel, saying that the incubator will open in August of next year in the same building as Google’s office in Tel Aviv.

Initially, Google’s incubator will host roughly 20 “pre-seed” start ups, or about 80 people, for a period of a few months, after which new companies will come into the incubator to replace them, and the project will be open to many types of start-ups but has an emphasis on open-source technologies. Google, which isn’t expected to take equity in any of the participating start-ups, hasn’t yet announced how entrepreneurs can apply to the free program.

Google’s move is “very significant,” said Shuly Galili, executive director of the California-Israel Chamber of Commerce. “Google will have more accessibility to the talent and the know-how and what’s going on in that community,” she said, adding that she expects more U.S. tech companies to make similar moves in the future. Galili is involved in a new “accelerator” for Israeli startups called Upwest Labs that will be based in Silicon Valley, providing a chance for Israeli entrepreneurs to work on their projects and meet with investors and technology companies based in the U.S. Google is one of Upwest’s sponsors, she said.

Israel has long been known as a tech hub, sometimes called “start-up nation.” An Israeli company called PrimeSense is a key technology provider for Microsoft’s Kinect, a motion-activated video game system. Several years ago SanDisk bought Israel-based M-Systems, which made flash drives, for $1.5 billion. In the late 1990s, AOL bought an Israeli company that made ICQ, an instant-messaging service, for hundreds of millions of dollars.

“The Israeli developer community is hugely innovative and has the potential to create many more ground-breaking technological developments,” a Google spokeswoman said in a statement on Monday. “This project was initiated with a desire to encourage entrepreneurship and to provide support at exactly the stage when developers are often most in need of it. The technology incubator is part of Google’s efforts to strengthen its connections with the developer community,” the spokeswoman said.

Numerous technology giants including Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Intel, AT&T, and Hewlett-Packard also have offices or research centers in Israel.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1Q761ODbE]Google to set up startup incubator in Israel - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Isn't it amazing what you can do when you steal and mooch?

 

[JStone]

Hamas no future creativity. That is for Israel.


Tel Aviv: One of the World's Most Creative CitiesThe world's most creative cities - The Globe and Mail

Innovation can happen anywhere. It shouldn’t be solely entrusted to Cupertino or Mountain View nor should it be limited to self-styled visionaries in New Balance sneakers. But it does seem to happen in clusters. Why Silicon Valley? Why Waterloo? Because creativity is cultural. For the better part of a decade, the Martin Prosperity Institute at U of T’s Rotman School of Management has been studying the complex web of factors that encourage and sustain innovation in regions around the world. First published in 2004, the institute’s Global Creativity Index measures a nation’s innovation potential, focusing on what it calls the Three Ts: technology, talent and tolerance. We used this index, but also dove deeper, to choose cities that are best positioned to nurture their creative edge into the future. "The GCI is really trying to help regions understand where they are," explains Kevin Stolarick, research director of the Martin Prosperity Institute. "Even when times are good, you have to worry about what comes next." Here are five cities —and some of their start-ups—that we think have very bright futures.

The entire population of Israel may only number seven million—smaller than New York City—but this Middle Eastern state spends more of its GDP on research and development than any other nation. And it shows. In April, 2011, Israeli software start-ups PicApp and PicScout sold for a combined $30 million (all currency in U.S. dollars) to Indian and American buyers, respectively. A month later, cellular company Provigent was snapped up by U.S. chip maker Broadcom for $313 million, while Google paid $70 million for app developer Snaptu. In September, eBay bought e-commerce site The Gifts Project for a reported $20 million. All are start-ups. All have offices in or near Tel Aviv. In the first three quarters of 2011 alone, 422 Israeli start-ups raised $1.57 billion in venture capital, and an estimated 250 multinationals maintain R&D operations there. What makes Silicon Wadi—as the coastal region between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is known—so special? Some say that a service requirement in the country’s famously high-tech military has given many young Israelis a technological sophistication that bolsters creativity and inventiveness. What we do know is that while Tel Aviv is small, it’s one giant innovation engine.