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Military Superpower?
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Economic Superpower?
Israel, the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/100th of the worldâs population, can make claim to the following:
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world.
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the US. Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies.
Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East.
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.
With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s, Israel has the largest fleet of aircraft outside of the United States.
When Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969, she became the world's second elected female leader in modern time
Relative to its population, Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation on
earth. Immigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedom, and economic opportunity.
According to industry officials, Israel designed the airline industry's most impenetrable flight security. U.S. officials now look to Israel for advice on how to handle airborne security threats.
Israel's Maccabi basketball team won the European championships in 2001.
âMighty Morphin' Power Rangersâ 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.
Israeli Achievements in the Field of Medicine
Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, non-radiation,
diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
An Israeli company developed a computerized system for ensuring proper administration of medications, thus removing human error from medical treatment. Every year in U.S. hospitals 7, 000 patients die from treatment mistakes.
Israel's Givun imaging developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.
Researchers in Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure. The new device is synchronized with the heart's mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.
Israeli Achievements in the Field of Technology
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.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel. Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
The technology for AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
