Israel: Diverse, creative and free
Israel, the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s
population, can make claim to the following.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the
world. In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews
at risk in Ethiopia to safety in Israel.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.
When Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, she
became the world’s second elected female leader in modern times.
In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup
companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number
of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the
U.S. (3,500 companies, mostly in hi-tech).
When the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was bombed in 1998, Israeli
rescue teams were on the scene within a day- and saved three victims
from the rubble.
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds behind the U.S.
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship- and the highest
rate among women and among people over 55-in the world.
Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number
of NASDAQ listed companies.Relative to its population, Israel is the
largest immigrant- absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in
search of democracy, religious freedom and economic opportunity
Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East. The
per capita income in 2000 was over $17,500, exceeding that of the U.K.
Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt the Kimberly process, an
international standard that certifies diamonds as “conflict free.’”
With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s, Israel has the largest fleet of the
aircraft outside of the U.S. According to industry officials, Israel designed
the airline industry’s most impenetrable flight security. U.S. officials now
look to Israel for advice on how to handle airborne security threats.
Israel’s $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors
combined.
Israel’s Maccabi basketball team won the European championships in
2001.
On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of bio-tech start-ups.
Israeli tennis player Anna Smashanova is ranked the 15th female player
in the world.
Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of
thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out in to Asia.
Mighty Morphin ‘Power Rangers” was produced by Haim Saban, an
Israeli whose family fled from Egypt.
Twenty- four percent of Israel’s workforce holds university degrees-
ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and
Holland- and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.
In 1991, during the Gulf War, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra played a
concert wearing gas masks as Scud missiles fired by Saddam Hussein fell
on Tel Aviv.
Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.
Israel has the world’s second highest per capita of new books.
Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with
a net gain in its number of trees.
Israel has more museums per capita than any other country
Israel has two official languages: Hebrew and Arabic
Medicine
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.
Israeli Scientists developed the first fully computerized, no radiation, diagnostic
instrumentation for breast cancer.
An Israeli company developed a computerized System for ensuring proper administration of medications Thus removing human error from medical treatment.
Every Year in U.S. hospitals 7,000 patients die from treatment mistakes.
Technology With more than 3,000 hi-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the
highest concentration of hi tech companies in the world (apart from the
Silicon Valley.)
Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft
-Israel
In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and
agriculturists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to
minimize the amount of water used to grow crops. The Pentium
MMX Chip was designed in Israel at Intel. Voicemail technology was
developed in Israel. Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only
R & D facilities outside the U.S. in Israel.
Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per
capita. The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in
1996 by four young Israelis.
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., over 70
in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force
employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as
well.
A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the Clearlight device,
produces a high intensity, ultra violet free, narrow –band blue light that
cause acne bacteria to self destruct- all without damaging surrounding
skin or tissue.
The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its
largest development center in Israel. 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.
The first PC anti-virus software was developed in Israel in 1979.
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