Without wanting to jump into the middle of a thinly-veiled political argument, I believe the correct line of thinking on this subject is "the technology you use wouldn't exist if it hadn't been invented, and half of it was invented in Israel."

There would have been cars regardless of Detroit's existence.

> half the technology you and I use everyday would not EXIST if there was no Israel.

Could you back this up?

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That's a radical exaggeration to put it mildly.

First of all the notion that just because one person didn't develop something, therefore it would not exist (ie someone else would not have done it), is a false premise.

Second, you're flat out wrong. I challenge you to actually publish a list covering that supposed half of technology. If it spans 3% of the global tech super structure, I'd be shocked.

Things Israel did not invent: transistor, microprocessor, software, the router, the hard drive, personal computer, mobile phone, radio, television, laptop, microwave, toaster, washing machine, fridge, fast food tech (hello JR Simplot), RAM, GPUs, satellite communications, airlines, jets, automobiles, human flight, rubber tires, wireless communications, radar, digital sound processing, asprin, the vaccine, the mouse, the keyboard, computer monitors, modern mail delivery, email, telegraph system, automobile engine, steam engine, nuclear power, wind power, hydro power, solar power, oil refining processes, oil drilling, natural gas drilling, pipeline tech, assembly line, the aircraft carrier, stealth anti-radar tech, space travel, modern rocket technology, most of the modern medical technology, smart phones, the digital music player, VHS or CD or DVD technology, and wow the list just keeps going.

It should be noted that Jewish people have contributed a lot (whether in the US or Russia or Germany etc), but that is not the same as Israel having done so.