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A young nation offering
extraordinary gifts to humanity
Produced by StandWithUs
Only Israel
Israelis have the highest number of university degrees per capita in the world.
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Since the founding of the state in 1948, Israel has had more Nobel Prize winners
per capita than any other country.
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Israel attracts more venture capital investments per capita than any other
country in the world.
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An Israeli company, Iscar Metalworking, was the first company outside the USA
ever purchased by Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire founder Warren Buffett.
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FINLAND
AUSTRIA
ITALY
SPAIN
SWEDENNORWAY
GERMANY
FRANCE
PORTUGAL
HUNGARYROMANIA
BULGARIA
TURKEY
DENMARK
POLAND BYELARUS
UKRAINECZECH SLOVAKIA
GREECE
CYPRUS
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BELGIUM
IRELAND
SERBIA
ALBANIA
MOLDOVA
LITHUANIALATVIA
ESTONIA
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MONTENEGROBOSNIA
CROATIASLOVENIASWITZ.
MACEDONIA
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ICELAND
U. S. A.
CANADA
MEXICOTHE BAHAMAS
CUBA
PANAMA
EL SALVADORGUATEMALA
BELIZEHONDURAS
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICA
JAMAICAHAITI
DOM. REP.
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
COLOMBIA
VENEZUELA
PERU
BRAZIL
FRENCH GUIANASURINAME
GUYANA
CHILE
ECUADOR
PARAGUAY
URUGUAY
FALKLAND ISLANDS
SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND
KENYA
ETHIOPIA
ERITREA
SUDAN
EGYPT
NIGER
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGERIA
SOMALIA
NAMIBIA
LIBYA
CHAD
SOUTH AFRICA
TANZANIA
ZAIRE
ANGOLA
ALGERIA
MADAGASCARMOZAMBIQUE
BOTSWANA
ZAMBIA
GABON
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
UGANDA
SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
MALAWI
BURUNDI
RWANDA
TOGOBENINGHANA
IVORYCOAST
GUINEABURKINA
GAMBIA
CAMEROON
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
ZIMBABWE
CONGO
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
WESTERNSAHARA
DJIBOUTI
SENEGAL
Canary Islands JORDAN
ISRAELLEBANON
ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN
GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
KUWAIT
QATAR
U. A. E.
YEMEN
SYRIAIRAQ
IRAN
OMAN
SAUDI ARABIA
RUSSIA
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
CHINA
KAZAKHSTAN
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
MYANMAR
THAILAND
KAMPUCHEA
NEPALBHUTAN
VIETNAM
SRI LANKA
LAOSBANGLADESH
PAPUANEW GUINEA
BRUNEI
SINGAPORE
PHILIPPINES
TAIWAN
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
JAPAN
MONGOLIA
SOUTH KOREA
NORTH KOREA
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
U. K.
NEW CALEDONIA
FIJI
Israel’s $100 billion economy is larger than those of all of its immediate neighbors
combined.
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Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation and has one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
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Israel has the largest number of start-up companies in the world in proportion to
its population.
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Israel is the first country to invest in a nationwide network of electric cars
and battery-swapping stations, leading the way to reducing global
dependency on fossil fuels.
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Through its medical devices, medicine, and inventions, Israel saves more lives per capita than any other country in the world.
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An Israeli scientist discovered a natural bacterium that combats river blindness
caused by infectious mosquitoes and black flies, helping to protect the people of 11
African nations.
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An Israeli company, Given Imaging, pioneered capsule endoscopy, which is now the gold standard for small bowel
visualization. The PillCam is an ingestible video camera that allows pain-free,
noninvasive visualization of the small intestine and esophagus to detect disease.
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Israeli scientists Dr. Avram Hershko (left) and Dr. Aaron Ciechanover won a Nobel
Prize in Chemistry for their research on the regulatory protein ubiquitin. Their work will lead to finding new treatments and
cures for many types of diseases.
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Israeli scientists developed an AIDS treatment that targets and destroys 40 percent of HIV-infected cells without
affecting healthy cells.
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An Israeli company, Nano Retina, is developing an artificial retina to restore
sight to the visually impaired.
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An Israeli nonprofit organization called Save a Child’s Heart performs free
open-heart surgeries for underprivileged children from around the world, regardless
of race, religion, or ethnicity. Forty-nine percent of the patients are from Palestinian communities, Jordan, Iraq, and Morocco.
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Israel was among the first on the scene in Haiti to provide disaster relief.
“The Israeli hospital...is the paramount medical center operating in Haiti....
It receives the cases that other hospitals find difficult to manage.” –Time
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An Israeli company developed ReWalk™, the first commercially viable upright
walking assistance tool, enabling paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs.
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An Israeli company developed a computerized system for
administering medications in order to prevent human error.
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Drip irrigation was developed in Israel and has a utilization rate of 95 percent.
It is now being adopted in other countries around the globe.
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Israel is the only country in the world that recycles more than 75 percent of its water. In addition, over 90 percent
of Israel’s water heaters are solar powered.
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Israel was the first country in the world to adopt the Kimberley Process, an international standard that certifies
diamonds as “conflict free.”
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El Al, the national airline of Israel, has the world’s best security when it comes to protecting passengers and flights. Within hours after the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2001, airlines
from all over the world sought advice from El Al on how to deal with security threats.
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Instant messaging, firewall security software, Intel wireless computer chips, the Windows NT operating system, voicemail technology, VOIP technology, and the cell
phone were all developed in Israel.
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Rana Raslan, an Israeli Arab, was named Miss Israel in 1999.
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When it comes to gay rights, Israel’s laws are more progressive than most other
countries in the world, including the U.S.
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Israel is the only Middle Eastern country where women, regardless of ethnicity or
religion, have the right to vote.
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In the entire Middle East, only Israel received a number-one rating from
Freedom House, which evaluates democracy and freedom around the world.
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There are 56 Islamic-majority countries in the world, 122 Christian, 10 Buddhist,
and 5 Hindu.
Israel is the only Jewish-majority country in the world and has been the Jewish
homeland for over 3,000 years.
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Israel is the only Middle Eastern country where the Christian population has grown
in the last half-century.
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Jerusalem is the only city in the world with sites holy to Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam.
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Imagine If...
Imagine Peace
Imagine if every nation in the world could follow Israel’s example of humanitarianism
and democracy.
Imagine if Israel enjoyed peace with its neighbors and could focus more of its attention on medical
and scientific advancements, innovation, and technology.
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