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.
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 percapita rates of patents filed.
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 US
(3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right
behind the US.
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 UK.
Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate
neighbors combined.
On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech
start-ups.
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.
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.
Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.
In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of 22,000 Ethiopian Jews
at risk in Ethiopia to safety in Israel.
When Gold Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, she
became the world's second elected female leader in modern times.
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 has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship - and the
highest rate among women and among people over 55 - in the world.
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing
nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious
freedom, and economic opportunity.
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers was produced by Haim Saban, an Israeli
whose family fled persecution in Egypt.
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.
Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized,
no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has
the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world (apart from the
Silicon Valley).
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 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., 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.
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.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
The first PC anti-virus software was developed in Israel in 1979.
AND ONE LAST ONE........
All the above while engaged in regular wars with an implacable enemy
that seeks its destruction, and an economy continuously under strain by having
to spend more per capita on its own protection than any other country on
earth.
We thank Sari for finding this on the net on Israel 21c Newsletter
and sharing it with TTT.
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