Israel
is an amazing country – as well as the home of God’s chosen people.
Check
out these facts:
Geography:
Israel is
only 1/6 of 1% of the landmass of the Middle East.
Israel is roughly half the size of Lake Michigan.
The Sea of Galilee, at 695 ft. below sea level, is the lowest freshwater
lake in the world.
The Dead Sea is the lowest surface point on earth, at about 1,373
feet below sea level.
Israel is the only nation in the world that
entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees.
Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited
town in the world.
The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem is the oldest, continually
used cemetery in the world.
Demographics:
Israel's population is half the size of Metro New York City.
Israel has only 2% of the population of the Middle East.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the
world.
Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation in the world.
Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the world.
Israel has the highest number of engineers per capita in the world.
Israel has the highest number of PhD's per
capita in the world.
Israel has the highest number of
physicians per capita in the world.
Israel has the largest percentage of its workforce employed in technical professions in the world.
Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation in the world, per capita.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian population has grown over the
last 50 years.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians, Muslims and Jews are all free
to vote.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East
where women enjoy full political rights.
Economics:
Israel has the largest number of startup companies per capita in the
world.
Israel is the world's largest wholesale diamond center,
finally
surpassing Antwerp in the 1970's.
Most of the cut & polished diamonds in the
world come from Israel.
Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ
listed companies outside of the US and Canada.
Israel was the first country to have a free trade agreement with the United States.
Apart from the Silicon
Valley, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the
world.
The cell phone was developed
in Israel at Motorola's largest development center.
The Voice Mail technology was developed
in Israel in the early 80's,
IBM chose an Israeli-designed computer chip as the
brains for its first personal computers.
The first anti-virus software for computers was
developed in Israel in 1979.
Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems
were developed in Israel by Microsoft.
Both the Pentium-4 and Centrino processors were
entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed
in Israel at Intel.
Israel has the highest number of home
computers per capita in the world.
The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger and
ICQ was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
Israel was the first Middle Eastern country to
launch a satellite, the Ofek 1, on September 19, 1988.
Culture:
Hebrew is the only case of a dead national
language being revived in all of world history.
Hebrew had not been spoken as a native tongue by
anyone for centuries.
Today it is the native tongue of millions of
people.
Israel has more museums per capita than any
other nation in the world.
Israel has more orchestras per capita than
any other nation in the world.
Israel publishes more books per capita than
any other nation in the world.
Israel publishes more books translated from
other languages than any other nation in the world.
Israel reads more books per capita than any
other nation in the world.
The most independent and free Arabic press in the
Middle East is in Israel.
Military/Security:
Israel has the largest fleet of F-16 aircraft
outside of the US.
Israel has the world's most impenetrable
airline security.
Israel spends more money per capita on its
own protection than any country in the world.
Other:
Israel's dairy cows are the most productive dairy
cows in the world.
They average 25,432 pounds of
milk per cow per year, compared to just 18,747 pounds from American cows; 17,085 from Canadian cows; 13,778
from European Union cows; 10,207 from Australian cows; and 6,600 from Chinese cows.
Israel has more in-vitro fertilization per
capita than anywhere in the world, and it's free.
Israelis, per capita, are the world's biggest
consumers of fruits and vegetables.
Of the 175 UN Security Council resolutions passed before
1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
Of the 690 UN General Assembly resolutions voted
on after 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
Questions:
With Israel being among our strongest,
if not the only allies in the middle east, why does our Commander in Chief do
everything in his power to undermine and destroy Israel?
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