Post by Cindy on Oct 26, 2016 11:05:57 GMT -5
I wish I could find the article I posted on our old site as it had so much more in it that was amazing. Since I can't find that one, I'll post some from several articles and you can discover more by going to the links and continuing to read there.
Characterized by groundbreaking entrepreneurship, Israel yields pioneering technologies,profitable business opportunities and high investment returns. This is why we have so many major multinationals like
Microsoft, Berkshire, Hathaway, Motorola, Intel, HP, Siemens, GE, IBM, Philips, Lucent, AOL, Cisco, Applied Materials, IBM, J&J and more chose to invest in Israel.
Voicemail, the Internet Fire Wall, instant messaging, VoIP telephony (internet phone calling), modern
cellular billing and video endoscopy capsules were all conceived and developed in Israel.
If Israel, with her dynamic workforce from over 100 nations, did not exist, the world would be less
advanced than it is today.
Here is a capsule of Israeli accomplishments you may not be fully aware of. Israel, the 100th smallest
country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s population, can lay claim to the following:
Israel is ranked:
1st for total expenditure on R&D *
1st for business expenditure on R&D *
1st for availability of qualified scientists and engineers *
2nd for venture capital availability *
2nd for information technology skills *
3rd for Quality of Scientific Research Organizations **
3rd for Registered Patents Per Capita **
3rd for flexibility and availability of the workforce *
4th for higher education achievements *
6th for overall innovation ***
IMD Global Competitiveness Yearbook 2007-2008**
WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2008
2009
The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the Israeli branch of Motorola,
which has its largest development center in Israel.
Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft in Israel.
The Intel Pentium chip technology was designed in Israel.
Both the Pentium 4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were entirely designed,
developed, and produced in Israel. In January 2005, an upgraded version of its Centrino chipset was, like its predecessor, conceived in Intel’s development center in Haifa. The product features
new graphics and audio capabilities, faster processing, and greater security features. Intel’s next
major endeavor, a chipset to support the more advanced WiMax standard for wireless Internet,
is also being spearheaded in Israel.
The Pentium microprocessor in your computer was most likely made in Israel.
Internet voicemail technology was developed in Israel.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the U.S. in Israel.
Four young Israelis developed the technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ in 1996.
Checkpoint,the world's leader in online security and inventor of Firewall,is an Israeli company.
Nobel prizes have been awarded to 167 Jews and persons of halfJewish ancestry, accounting
for 22% of all individual recipients worldwide between 1901 and 2004 and constituting 37% of
all U.S. recipients during the same period. In the scientific research fields of chemistry,
economics, medicine, and physics, the corresponding world and U.S. percentages are 26% and
39%, respectively. Jews currently make up approximately 0.25% of the world’s population and
2% of the U.S. population. Yet they have won prizes i
n these fields:
CHEMISTRY: (28 prize winners, 19% of world total, 28% of U.S. total)
ECONOMICS: (21 prize winners, 38% of world total, 53% of U.S. total)
LITERATURE: (12 prize winners, 12% of world total, 27% of U.S. total)
PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE: (52 prize winners, 29% of world total, 42% of U.S. total)
PEACE: (9 prize winners, 10% of world total, 11% of U.S. total)
PHYSICS: (45 prize winners, 26% of world total, 38% of U.S. total)
In 1955, Jewish doctor Jonas Salk gave the world the polio vaccine, which was composed of
“killed” polio virus that retained the ability to immunize without running the risk of infecting the
patient.
Jewish entertainers, musicians, artists, comedians, singers, and film producers have blessed the
world in a percentage far greater than their proportion in the world’s population.
Israel has the fourth largest air force in the world (after the U.S., Russia, and China). In addition
to a large variety of other aircraft, Israel’s air force has an arsenal of over 250 F-16s. This is the
largest fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the U.S.
Israel’s US $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
Israel has the world’s highest percentage of home computers per capita.
more:
www.lc.org/Uploads/files/amazing_facts.pdf
Israel is the 100th smallest country, and has about 1/1000th of the world's population. It is only 62 years old,
Only 62 years old, 7 million people strong (less than Virginia), and smaller in size than New Jersey, surrounded by enemies, under constant threat and possessing almost no natural resources, and yet…
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. It has absorbed 350% of its population in 60 years.1
Israel is the only country in history to have revived an unspoken language.
Since the founding of the state, Israel has won more Nobel Prices per capita than any other country other than Switzerland. It has more laureates in real numbers than China, Mexico and Spain.2
Israel has the 8th longest life expectancy (80.7 years), longer than the UK, US, and Germany3
Israeli films were nominated three years in a row for the Academy Award's Best Foreign Film4
Environment
Israel is the only country that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees, even more remarkable -- in an area that's mainly desert.5
more: www.aish.com/jw/id/90725314.html
Jews have won a disproportionate share of Nobel Prizes
Globally, Jews represent less than 0.20% of the world’s population, but they have won 170 Nobel Prizes in total and the following shares of individual Nobel prizes:
Economics: 41% (more than 205 times their share of the population)
Medicine: 28% (more than 140 times their share of the population)
Physics: 26% (more than 130 times their share of the population)
Chemistry: 19% (more than 95 times their share of the population)
Literature: 13% (more than 65 times their share of the population)
Peace: 9% (more than 45 times their share of the population)
www.aei.org/publication/interesting-fact-of-the-day-jews-have-won-a-disproportionate-share-of-nobel-prizes/
Interesting Facts About Israel
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 it's 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 - by a large margin.
Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the world - by a large margin.
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 it's 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.
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.
Other:
Of the 175 UN Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel. Of the 690 UN General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
more: www.biblicalzionist.com/facts.htm
5 Amazing Facts About Israel You May Not Know
Turn on the TV and you can hear call kinds of lies about the nation of Israel. I just read today that a majority of Democrats in the U.S. think Israel is a racist nation. You can only imagine what the rest of the world thinks.
Characterized by groundbreaking entrepreneurship, Israel yields pioneering technologies,profitable business opportunities and high investment returns. This is why we have so many major multinationals like
Microsoft, Berkshire, Hathaway, Motorola, Intel, HP, Siemens, GE, IBM, Philips, Lucent, AOL, Cisco, Applied Materials, IBM, J&J and more chose to invest in Israel.
Voicemail, the Internet Fire Wall, instant messaging, VoIP telephony (internet phone calling), modern
cellular billing and video endoscopy capsules were all conceived and developed in Israel.
If Israel, with her dynamic workforce from over 100 nations, did not exist, the world would be less
advanced than it is today.
Here is a capsule of Israeli accomplishments you may not be fully aware of. Israel, the 100th smallest
country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s population, can lay claim to the following:
Israel is ranked:
1st for total expenditure on R&D *
1st for business expenditure on R&D *
1st for availability of qualified scientists and engineers *
2nd for venture capital availability *
2nd for information technology skills *
3rd for Quality of Scientific Research Organizations **
3rd for Registered Patents Per Capita **
3rd for flexibility and availability of the workforce *
4th for higher education achievements *
6th for overall innovation ***
IMD Global Competitiveness Yearbook 2007-2008**
WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2008
2009
The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the Israeli branch of Motorola,
which has its largest development center in Israel.
Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft in Israel.
The Intel Pentium chip technology was designed in Israel.
Both the Pentium 4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were entirely designed,
developed, and produced in Israel. In January 2005, an upgraded version of its Centrino chipset was, like its predecessor, conceived in Intel’s development center in Haifa. The product features
new graphics and audio capabilities, faster processing, and greater security features. Intel’s next
major endeavor, a chipset to support the more advanced WiMax standard for wireless Internet,
is also being spearheaded in Israel.
The Pentium microprocessor in your computer was most likely made in Israel.
Internet voicemail technology was developed in Israel.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the U.S. in Israel.
Four young Israelis developed the technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ in 1996.
Checkpoint,the world's leader in online security and inventor of Firewall,is an Israeli company.
Nobel prizes have been awarded to 167 Jews and persons of halfJewish ancestry, accounting
for 22% of all individual recipients worldwide between 1901 and 2004 and constituting 37% of
all U.S. recipients during the same period. In the scientific research fields of chemistry,
economics, medicine, and physics, the corresponding world and U.S. percentages are 26% and
39%, respectively. Jews currently make up approximately 0.25% of the world’s population and
2% of the U.S. population. Yet they have won prizes i
n these fields:
CHEMISTRY: (28 prize winners, 19% of world total, 28% of U.S. total)
ECONOMICS: (21 prize winners, 38% of world total, 53% of U.S. total)
LITERATURE: (12 prize winners, 12% of world total, 27% of U.S. total)
PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE: (52 prize winners, 29% of world total, 42% of U.S. total)
PEACE: (9 prize winners, 10% of world total, 11% of U.S. total)
PHYSICS: (45 prize winners, 26% of world total, 38% of U.S. total)
In 1955, Jewish doctor Jonas Salk gave the world the polio vaccine, which was composed of
“killed” polio virus that retained the ability to immunize without running the risk of infecting the
patient.
Jewish entertainers, musicians, artists, comedians, singers, and film producers have blessed the
world in a percentage far greater than their proportion in the world’s population.
Israel has the fourth largest air force in the world (after the U.S., Russia, and China). In addition
to a large variety of other aircraft, Israel’s air force has an arsenal of over 250 F-16s. This is the
largest fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the U.S.
Israel’s US $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
Israel has the world’s highest percentage of home computers per capita.
more:
www.lc.org/Uploads/files/amazing_facts.pdf
Israel is the 100th smallest country, and has about 1/1000th of the world's population. It is only 62 years old,
Only 62 years old, 7 million people strong (less than Virginia), and smaller in size than New Jersey, surrounded by enemies, under constant threat and possessing almost no natural resources, and yet…
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. It has absorbed 350% of its population in 60 years.1
Israel is the only country in history to have revived an unspoken language.
Since the founding of the state, Israel has won more Nobel Prices per capita than any other country other than Switzerland. It has more laureates in real numbers than China, Mexico and Spain.2
Israel has the 8th longest life expectancy (80.7 years), longer than the UK, US, and Germany3
Israeli films were nominated three years in a row for the Academy Award's Best Foreign Film4
Environment
Israel is the only country that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees, even more remarkable -- in an area that's mainly desert.5
more: www.aish.com/jw/id/90725314.html
Jews have won a disproportionate share of Nobel Prizes
Globally, Jews represent less than 0.20% of the world’s population, but they have won 170 Nobel Prizes in total and the following shares of individual Nobel prizes:
Economics: 41% (more than 205 times their share of the population)
Medicine: 28% (more than 140 times their share of the population)
Physics: 26% (more than 130 times their share of the population)
Chemistry: 19% (more than 95 times their share of the population)
Literature: 13% (more than 65 times their share of the population)
Peace: 9% (more than 45 times their share of the population)
www.aei.org/publication/interesting-fact-of-the-day-jews-have-won-a-disproportionate-share-of-nobel-prizes/
Interesting Facts About Israel
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 it's 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 - by a large margin.
Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the world - by a large margin.
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 it's 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.
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.
Other:
Of the 175 UN Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel. Of the 690 UN General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
more: www.biblicalzionist.com/facts.htm
5 Amazing Facts About Israel You May Not Know
Turn on the TV and you can hear call kinds of lies about the nation of Israel. I just read today that a majority of Democrats in the U.S. think Israel is a racist nation. You can only imagine what the rest of the world thinks.
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