What are some interesting facts about Israel?

Answer 1

• Israel (or large parts of it) has been under the control of the:

Canaanite tribes, ancient Egyptians, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greek Seleucids, Hasmonean Jewish kingdom, Romans, Byzantine Christians, Muslims, Seljuk Turks, Egyptian Fatimids, Catholic Crusaders, Mamelukes, Ottoman Empire, Napoleon's French army, and the British. (See: History timeline)

• The highest point in Israel is on Mount Hermon, at 7300 ft above sea level.
  
• The lowest point in the world is the Dead Sea, at 1,368 ft below sea level.
  
• Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African Birds of Prey crossing as they fan out into Asia.
  
• The population is 8,300,000 (in 2015).
  
• Israel is the only country with a majority Jewish population.
  
• Though Israel has had secular governments, the Torah still has some influence.
• Israel has the highest standard of living in the Middle East.
  
• It has one of the highest life-expectancies in the world.
  
• Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
  
• Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin (109 per 10,000 people), as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
  
• The 2013 "Freedom in the World" annual survey, ranked Israel as the Middle East and North Africa's only free country.
  
• Only three of the 22 Arab-league countries have full diplomatic relations with Israel.
  
• According to an international survey in 2009, India is the most pro-Israel country in the world.
  
• Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system gained worldwide acclaim after intercepting hundreds of rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip in 2014.
  
• Israel is one of seven countries capable of launching satellites.
  
• Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in Southwest Asia in economic and industrial development. It has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world (after the United States), and the largest number of Nasdaq-listed companies outside of North America.
• The Israeli economy has been ranked as the world's most durable economy in the face of crises, and was also ranked first in the rate of research and development investments.
  
• Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
  
• Israel's $300 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
  
• Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom, and economic opportunity.
  
• In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews at risk in Ethiopia to safety in Israel.
  
• In the 1990s, close to one million Jews came from the former Soviet Union to live in Israel.
• Israel was ranked as the worldwide leader in its supply of skilled manpower.
  
• Israel's leading exports include electronics, software, computerized systems, communications technology, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, fruits, chemicals, military technology, and cut diamonds.
  
• Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as "conflict free."
  
• Israel has one of the lowest external debts in the developed world.
  
• Israel is one of the world's leaders in solar energy industry and in water technology. In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip-irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.
  
• Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
  
• Israel has led the world in stem-cell research papers per capita since 2000.
  
• Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
  
• Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world.
  
• About one million Israelis speak Russian, 700,000 speak French, and most can communicate reasonably well in English.
  
• Literacy in Israel is over 97%.
  
• An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment.
  
• Israel's Givun imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.
  
• Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart to pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure. The new device is synchronized with the heart's mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.
  
• Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
  
• Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., about 70 in Japan, and 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its workforce employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as well.
  
• The cellphone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
  
• Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
  
• The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
  
• Voice-mail technology was developed in Israel.
  
• Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
  
• The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
  
• A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct, all without damaging surrounding skin or tissue.
  
• An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large solar-powered, fully functional electricity-generating plant, in Southern California's Mojave desert.
  

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Answer 2

• Israel has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world.
• Israel was the first country to ban underweight models.
• Israeli banknotes have braille markings on them.
• Israel has the highest ratio of college degrees per capita.
• The same goes for the ratio of its museums.
• Voicemail technology was developed in Israel.
• The first antivirus software for computers was created in Israel in 1979.
• Israel has published more books translated from other languages than any other nation in the world.
• The city of Beersheba has the highest number of chess grandmasters per capita in the world.
• Haifa, Israel has one of the smallest subway systems in the world with a 1.8-km track.
• The Sea of Galilee - located 212 m below sea level - is the lowest freshwater lake in the world (and the largest in Israel).
• People can easily float in the Dead Sea due to its unusually high salt concentration. It's almost impossible to dive into it.
• Israel is the only country to revive an unspoken language and establish it as its national tongue.
• Jerusalem's Mount of Olives is the world's oldest continuously used cemetery.
• The world's largest pepper was grown in Israel's Moshav Ein Yahav, as recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2013.
• Heart tissue regeneration is possible in the U.S. thanks to Israeli stem-cell technology.
• A cooking oil developed in Israel is capable of breaking up cholesterol and other blood fats.
• An Israeli company has developed the world's first jellyfish repellant.
• Israel is one of only nine countries in the world that can launch its own satellites into space.
• Israel has the world's second highest number per capita of new books published per year.
• A group of Israeli artists have started bus stop libraries that are available free of charge to commuters traveling across Israel.

Answer 3

Choose any five of the following:

• The highest point in Israel is on Mount Hermon, at 7300 ft above sea level.
  
• The lowest point in the world is the Dead Sea, at 1,368 ft below sea level.
  
• Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out into Asia.
  
• The population is 8,300,000 (in 2015).
  
• Israel is the only country with a majority Jewish population.
  
• Israel has the highest standard of living in the Middle East.
  
• It has one of the highest life-expectancies in the world.
  
• Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
  
• Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin (109 per 10,000 people), as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
  
• The 2013 "Freedom in the World" annual survey, ranked Israel as the Middle East and North Africa's only free country.
  
• Only three Arab-league countries have full diplomatic relations with Israel.
  
• According to an international survey in 2009, India is the most pro-Israel country in the world.
  
• Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system gained worldwide acclaim after intercepting hundreds of rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip in 2014.
  
• Israel one of seven countries capable of launching satellites.
  
• Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in Southwest Asia in economic and industrial development. It has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world (after the United States), and the largest number of Nasdaq-listed companies outside North America.
• The Israeli economy was ranked as the world's most durable economy in the face of crises, and was also ranked first in the rate of research and development investments.
  
• Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
  
• Israel's $300 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
  
• Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom, and economic opportunity.
  
• In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews at risk in Ethiopia to safety in Israel.
• In the 1990s, close to one million Jews came from the former Soviet Union to live in Israel.
• Israel was ranked as the worldwide leader in its supply of skilled manpower.
  
• Israel's leading exports include electronics, software, computerized systems, communications technology, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, fruits, chemicals, military technology, and cut diamonds.
  
• Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as "conflict free."
  
• Israel has one of the lowest external debts in the developed world.
  
• Israel is one of the world's leaders in solar energy industry and in water technology. In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.
  
• Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
  
• Israel has led the world in stem-cell research papers per capita since 2000.
  
• Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for Breast cancer.
  
• Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world.
  
• About one million Israelis speak Russian, 700,000 speak French, and most can communicate reasonably well in English.
  
• Literacy in Israel is over 97%.
  
• An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment.
  
• Israel's Givun imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.
  
• Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart to pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure. The new device is synchronized with the heart's mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.
  
• Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
  
• Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., about 70 in Japan, and 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its workforce employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as well.
  
• The cellphone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
  
• Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
  
• The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
  
• Voice-mail technology was developed in Israel.
  
• Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
  
• The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
  
• A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct, all without damaging surrounding skin or tissue.
  
• An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large solar-powered, fully functional electricity-generating plant, in southern California's Mojave Desert.
  

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Answer 4

Here are a number of facts about Israel. The highest point in Israel is on Mount Hermon, at 7300 ft above sea level.
The lowest point in the world is the Dead Sea, at 1,368 ft below sea level.
Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out into Asia.
The population is 8,300,000 (in 2015).
Israel is the only country with a majority Jewish population.
Israel has the highest standard of living in the Middle East.
It has one of the highest life-expectancies in the world.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin (109 per 10,000 people), as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
The 2013 "Freedom in the World" annual survey, ranked Israel as the Middle East and North Africa's only free country.
Only three Arab-league countries have full diplomatic relations with Israel.
According to an international survey in 2009, India is the most pro-Israel country in the world.
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system gained worldwide acclaim after intercepting hundreds of rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip in 2014.
Israel one of seven countries capable of launching satellites.
Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in Southwest Asia in economic and industrial development. It has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world (after the United States), and the largest number of Nasdaq-listed companies outside North America. The Israeli economy was ranked as the world's most durable economy in the face of crises, and was also ranked first in the rate of research and development investments.
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
Israel's $300 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom, and economic opportunity.
In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews at risk in Ethiopia to safety in Israel.
In the 1990s, close to one million Jews came from the former Soviet Union to live in Israel.

Israel was ranked as the worldwide leader in its supply of skilled manpower.
Israel's leading exports include electronics, software, computerized systems, communications technology, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, fruits, chemicals, military technology, and cut diamonds.
Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as "conflict free."
Israel has one of the lowest external debts in the developed world.
Israel is one of the world's leaders in solar energy industry and in water technology. In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.
Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
Israel has led the world in stem-cell research papers per capita since 2000.
Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world.
About one million Israelis speak Russian, 700,000 speak French, and most can communicate reasonably well in English.
Literacy in Israel is over 97%.
An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment.
Israel's Givun imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.
Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart to pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure. The new device is synchronized with the heart's mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.
Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., about 70 in Japan, and 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its workforce employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as well.
The cellphone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
Voice-mail technology was developed in Israel.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct, all without damaging surrounding skin or tissue.
An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large solar-powered, fully functional electricity-generating plant, in southern California's Mojave desert.See also these related links:

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What are Israel's industries?

Answer 5

• The highest point in Israel is on Mount Hermon, at 7300 feet above sea level.
  
• The lowest is the Dead Sea, which is 1,368 feet below sea level.
  
• Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds crossing as they fan out into Asia.
  
• The population is 8,800,000 (in 2018).
  
• Israel is the only country with a majority Jewish population.
  
• Israel has the highest standard of living in the Middle East.
  
• Israel has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, well above that of the U.S.
  

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• Israel is among the world's top ten nations for quality of health care.

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• Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
  
• Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation, by a large margin (109 per 10,000 people), as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
  
• The 2013 "Freedom in the World" annual survey, ranked Israel as the Middle East and North Africa's only free country.
  
• Only three Arab-league countries have full diplomatic relations with Israel.
  
• According to an international survey in 2009, India is the most pro-Israel country in the world.
  
• Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense gained acclaim after intercepting hundreds of rockets fired at Israeli civilians by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip.
  
• Israel is one of the seven countries capable of launching satellites.
  
• Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in Southwest Asia in economic and industrial development. It has the second-largest number of start-up companies in the world (after the United States), and the largest number of Nasdaq-listed companies outside North America.
  
• The Israeli economy was ranked as the world's most durable economy in the face of crises, and was also ranked first in the rate of research and development investments.
  
• Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
  
• Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
  
• Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom, Judaism, and opportunity.
  
• In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews at risk in Ethiopia to safety in Israel.
  
• Israel was ranked as the worldwide leader in its supply of skilled manpower.
  
• Israel's leading exports include electronics, software, computerized systems, communications technology, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, fruits, chemicals, military technology, and cut diamonds.
  
• Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as "conflict free."
  
• Israel has one of the lowest external debts in the developed world.
  
• Israel is one of the world's leaders in solar energy industry and in water technology. In response to water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.
  
• Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
  
• Israel has led the world in stem-cell research papers per capita since 2000.
  
• Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world.
  
• About one million Israelis speak Russian, 700,000 speak French, and most can communicate reasonably well in English.
  
• Literacy in Israel is about 98%.
  
• An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment.
  
• Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
• Israel's Givun imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. The camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and other disorders in the small intestine.
  
• Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure.
  
• Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
  
• Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., about 70 in Japan, and 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as well.
  
• The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
  
• Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
• Voice-mail technology was developed in Israel.
  
• Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only research facilities outside the US, in Israel.
  
• The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
  
• A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the ClearLight device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-light-free, narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct; all without damaging surroundings skin or tissue.
  
• An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large-scale solar-powered and fully functional electricity-generating plant, in southern California's Mojave desert.
  
• Cows in Israel produce the highest amounts of milk per animal in the world.
  
• Israel is one of the world's leading citrus-fruit producers and exporters.
  

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Answer 6

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