This is just a copy/pasteSHITTY LITTLE COUNTRY -- or so says the French Ambassador to Great Britain> The Middle East has been growing date palms for centuries. The average > tree is about 18-20 feet tall and yields about 38 pounds of dates a year. > * Israeli date trees are now yielding 400 pounds/year and are short > enough to be harvested from the ground or a short ladder. > * Israel the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the > world's population, can lay claim to the following: > * The cell phonewas 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-Israel. > * The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel. > * Both the Pentium-4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were > entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel. > * The Pentium microprocessor in your computer was most likely made in > Israel. > * Voice mail technology was developed in Israel. > * Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside > the US in Israel. > > * The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ was developed in 1996 > by four young Israelis. > * 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 aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16's. This is the > largest fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the U. S. > * Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate > neighbors combined. > * Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per > capita. > * According to industry officials, Israel designed the airline > industry's most impenetrable flight security. US officials now look > (finally) to Israel for advice on how to handle airborne security threats. > * Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population > in the world. > Israel produces more scientific papers per capita > than any other nation by a large margin - 109 per 10,000 people --as well > as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed. > In proportion to its population, Israel has the > largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, > Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country > in the world, except the U.S. (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech). > With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and > startups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the > world -- apart from the Silicon Valley, U. S. > Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture > capital funds right behind the U. S. > 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. > The per capita income in 2000 was over $17,500, > exceeding that of the UK.> On a per capita basis, Israel has the > largestnumber of biotech startups. > Twenty-four per cent of Israel's workforce holds > university degrees, ranking third in the industrialized world, after the > United States and Holland and 12 per cent hold advanced degrees. > Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle > East. > In 1984 and 1991, Israel airlifted a total of > 22,000 Ethiopian Jews (Operation Solomon) at Risk in Ethiopia, to safety > in Israel. > When Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel in > 1969, she became the world's second elected female leader in modern times. > When the U. S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was > bombed in 1998, Israeli rescue teams were on the scene within a day -- and > saved three victims from the rubble. > Israel has the third highest rate of > entrepreneurship -- and the highest rate among women and among people over > 55 - in the world. > Relative to its population, Israel is the largest > immigrant-absorbing nation on earth. Immigrants come in search of > democracy, religious freedom, and economic opportunity. (Hundreds of > thousands from the former Soviet Union) > Israel was the first nation in the world to adopt > the Kimberly process, an international standard that certifies diamonds as > "conflict free." > * 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, made more > remarkable because this was achieved in an area considered mainly desert. > * Israel has more museums per capita than any other country. > * Medicine... Israeli scientists developed the first fully > computerized, no-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 Given Imaging developed the first > ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the > small intestine from the inside, 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 heart failure. The new device is synchronized > with the camera helps doctors diagnose heart's mechanical operations > through a sophisticated system of sensors. > * 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. > A new acne treatment developed in Israel, the > Clear Light device, produces a high-intensity, ultraviolet-light-free, > narrow-band blue light that causes acne bacteria to self-destruct -- all > without damaging surrounding skin or tissue. > An Israeli company was the first to develop and > install a large-scale solar-powered and fully functional electricity > generating plant, in southern California's Mojave desert. > All the above while engaged in regular wars with > an implacable enemy that seeks its destruction, and an economy > continuously under strain by having to spend more per capita on its own > protection than any other county on earth.> . .. . . AND THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN ENGLAND SAYS > RERMEMBER --- " ISRAEL IS NOTHING BUT A SHITTY LITTLE COUNTRY "//en.yabiladi.com/topics/shitty-little-country-44-797560-797560.html#msg-797560 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:56:10 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15