Journalist Allister Heath said, “A nation this small should not be this strong. Israel has no oil. No special natural resources. A population barely the size of a mid-sized American city. They are surrounded by enemies. Hated in the United Nations. Targeted by terror. Condemned by celebrities. Boycotted, slandered, and attacked. And still, they thrive like there’s no tomorrow – in military, in medicine, in security, in technology, in agriculture, in intelligence, in morality, in sheer unbreakable will. They turn desert into farmland. They make water from air. They intercept rockets in mid-air. They rescue hostages under the nose of the world’s worst regimes. They survive wars that were supposed to wipe them out, and win.”

Indeed, when it comes to Israel, ironies, inconsistencies, and irrationalities abound.

Last year, Austria’s JJ Pietsch won EUROVISION, an international songwriting competition. Israel’s Yuval Raphael took second place. Saying that Raphael should not have been allowed to compete because she represented Israel, Pietsch complained that the Israeli singer came in second. Had he lost, he would’ve been considered a sore loser, but taking first place, he was a sore winner. You simply cannot make this stuff up.

Unfortunately, JJ Pietsch is not alone in his quest to boycott Israel. Holding every Israeli responsible for its government’s actions, many people around the world have boycotted Israeli-owned businesses, Israeli artists, musicians, and films. However, they would most likely find it........

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