- Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East.
- In regards to its population, Israel has the highest ratio of college degrees in the world.
- Same goes for the ratio of its museums, orchestras, and startup companies.
- Israel has the world’s second-highest per capita of new books.
- 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.
- In 2006, Israel chose its first woman President of the Supreme Court.
- Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on Earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, freedom, and economic opportunity.
- In 1969, Israel elected a woman as a prime minister, introducing the third woman elected to lead a country in the modern world.
- 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).
- Israel has the third-highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world.
- Israel has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over the age of 55 in the world.
- Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
- Apart from the US and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ-listed companies.
- Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
- Israel produces 93% of its own food requirements and recycles 75% of its wastewater.
- Most cut and polished diamonds in the world come from Israel.
- Israel has 137 official beaches and is home to the Dead Sea, which is the lowest place on Earth.
- Jerusalem is home to over 2,000 archeological sites.
- Eilat is one of the best diving sites in the world.
- The Hula Valley is one of the best bird watching sites in the world.
- Israel has the most Bauhaus buildings in the world.
- The first cell phone, most of the Windows NT operating system, and Pentium MMX Chip technology, were developed in Israel.
- AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ were developed in Israel.
- The first antivirus software for computers, the internet phone calling, the modern voicemail technology, and the USB flash drive, were all developed in Israel.
- Israel is one of only nine countries in the world that can launch its own satellites into space.
- Israel is ranked first place in the world in the survival of cancer patients.
- Israel has developed the first fully computerized no-radiation diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
- A computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications was developed in Israel.
- The first ingestible video camera in a pill, to detect cancer and digestive disorders, was developed in Israel.
- A new device that directly helps the heart pump blood - an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with heart failure, was developed in Israel.
- Stem-cell technology, the first jellyfish repellent, and bad breath treatment, were all developed in Israel.
- A biological control for mosquitoes and black flies that cause malaria and river blindness was developed in Israel.
- Israeli doctors led the development of a vaccine against cervical cancer.
- An Israeli system to help dyslexic readers is being used throughout the US and Europe.
- Israeli laser technology is powering the latest hair removal devices on the American market.
- Israeli 'super-sensor' has been installed in Sealy mattresses to control snoring problems.
- BabySense, an Israeli product aimed at preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is saving babies' lives around the world.
- Israeli researchers are playing an important role in identifying a defective gene that causes a rare and usually fatal disease in Arab infants.
- An Israeli-developed elderberry extract is one of America's best-selling flu prevention medicines.
- Israeli scientists are currently developing a nose drop that will provide a five-year flu vaccine.
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