Perhaps there will be a workshop on keeping up morale in the face of failure.
After twelve years, the BDS campaign seems to have made no appreciable difference in Israel's economic growth. Israel’s explosive tech industry remains unaffected, with Google recently purchasing Israeli company Waze for $1 billion. Intel is currently in negotiation to invest $10 billion dollars in the Israel based factories.
Its not just tech.
The last five years have seen a 50% rise in Israeli food exports to the United States. Exports of Israeli foods and beverages to the United States reached a record $224 million in 2012.
From YNET
The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (IEICI) recently revealed that in 2012 alone, the US received a record $224 million worth of Israeli food and beverage exports, which represents a 3% increase since 2011 and a 50% increase since 2008, when Israeli food and beverage exports were valued at $144 million...
Several Israeli researchers predict that the amount of Israeli food and beverage exports in the US will double within the next five years....
In the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the hubs of the "delegitimization" of Israel, Israeli products are readily available, carried by big box chains such as Costco, as well as smaller specialty stores such as Trader Joes. Independent Grocers and gourmet shops are carrying more and more Israeli foods. And in spite of the call of "Palestinian civil society", and to the chagrin of anti-Israel activists, Israeli products can still be found in many of the small Arab and Middle eastern markets around town.
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| Ora's Organics Israeli Tea at Safeway |
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| Delicious Israeli Olive oil found at the Berkeley Bowl |
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| Israeli Sliced cheese at Costco |
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| Israeli Wines found in a Bay Area Lucky store: The "Buy Israeli goods" symbol is a nice touch |
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And tonight, at the start of ramadan, many Dutch Arabs eat an Israeli date to honor their prophet..if they only knew..
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