A presentation about Israel. Presented by Naor Mann at the King David Hotel for the YPO/WPO Touch Israel 2014 event - 12.6.2014

1. srael
This is

3. about the size of
New Jersey
Israel is a small country

4. North to South
424 km (263 miles)
About 5 hours drive

5. About 1.5 hours drive
East to West
114 km (71 miles)

6. Israel’s
Population
8.1M Jewish
75.2%
Arab
20.6%
Christian
3.2%

7. The capital is
Jerusalem
(You are here)
Population
804,000

8. Tel Aviv
Population
1,300,000

9. Snow

10. Desert

11. Dead Sea
The lowest point on earth
417m below sea level

12. Average Summer Temperaturemer
21-30 c
(70-86 F)

13. Average Winter Temperature
9-18 c
(50-65 F)

14. The Israeli currency is the
New Israeli Shekel (NIS)
₪symbol -
$1 = 3.5 NIS
€1= 4.7 NIS
(this rate has been stable for many years)

15. Average Temperature in Winter
9-18 c
(50-65 F)
Mandatory Army Draft
3 Years
at the age of 18

16. 2 years for
women

17. reserves-duty for men
20 days
every year until the
age of 42
(some women do too)

18. The Ultra-Orthodox
DO NOT
join the army
(they are exempt by law)
A source of
much
controversy

19. 66% of Israelis are not religious
Only
9% are
orthodox

21. Our alphabet consists of
22 Letters

22. Left to Right from write
We

23. ?
Are you getting all of this?

24. ?
OK
Let’s learn some Hebrew

25. ?
Shalom
Hi

26. ?
Toda
Thank you

27. ?
Ken
yes

28. ?
Lo
No

29. ?
Achla!
Great

30. ?
Sababa!
Great!

31. ?
Achi!
Bro!

32. ?
Ma Kore?
What’s up?

33. ?
OK
Let’s try to build a sentence

34. ?
Ma kore achi?
What’s up bro?

35. ?
Sababa!!!
Great!

36. ?
OK
More facts?

37. President
Shimon
Peres

38. Prime Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu

39. What is the difference between the
President and the Prime Minister?

40. We are similar to the British system

41. Netanyahu
is like
David Cameron

42. Shimon Peres
is like
the Queen of England

43. Israel is the only
democracy
in the Middle East

44. It has two official languages:
Hebrew and Arabic

45. Israel's
$100 billion
economy is larger than all of its
immediate neighbors combined

46. In regards to its population,
Israel has the highest ratio of
college degrees

47. Israeliacademics produce more
scientific papers
per capita than anywhere else
in the world

48. Israel has the largest number of
startup companies
per capita in the world

49. and the largest number of
NASDAQ
listed companies after the US

50. The
Pentium MMX Chip
Was developed in Israel

51. So was the first
Anti Virus Software

52. The
cell phone technology

53. The
Voice mail technology

54. The
Disk on Key

55. The
Firewall

56. The
Dripping Irrigation

57. The
Water Desalination

58. And all of this
has been done in only
66 years
of existence

59. “In Israel,
in order to be a realist
you must believe in
Miracles”
David Ben Gurion
(Israel’s first Prime Minister)

60. Welcome

61. Get ready to