This document highlights Israel's achievements and contributions to humanity in 3 areas: 1) Israel has high levels of education and innovation, producing more startups, patents, and Nobel Prize winners per capita than any other country. 2) Through medical advancements and humanitarian aid, Israel saves more lives per capita than any other nation. 3) Despite its small size, Israel has a strong democracy and protects civil rights for all citizens, in contrast to other countries in the region.

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2. Israelis have the highest number of
university degrees per capita in the world.
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3. Since the founding of the state in 1948,
Israel has had more Nobel Prize winners
per capita than any other country.
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4. Israel attracts more venture capital
investments per capita than any other
country in the world.
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5. An Israeli company, Iscar Metalworking,
was the first company outside the USA
ever purchased by Berkshire Hathaway’s
billionaire founder Warren Buffett.
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Israel’s $100 billion economy is larger than
those of all of its immediate neighbors
combined.
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7. Israel produces more scientific papers per
capita than any other nation and has one of
the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
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8. Israel has the largest number of start-up
companies in the world in proportion to
its population.
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9. Israel is the first country to invest in a
nationwide network of electric cars
and battery-swapping stations,
leading the way to reducing global
dependency on fossil fuels.
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10. Through its medical devices, medicine,
and inventions, Israel saves more lives per
capita than any other country in the world.
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11. An Israeli scientist discovered a natural
bacterium that combats river blindness
caused by infectious mosquitoes and black
flies, helping to protect the people of 11
African nations.
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12. An Israeli company, Given Imaging,
pioneered capsule endoscopy, which is
now the gold standard for small bowel
visualization. The PillCam is an ingestible
video camera that allows pain-free,
noninvasive visualization of the small
intestine and esophagus to detect disease.
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13. Israeli scientists Dr. Avram Hershko (left)
and Dr. Aaron Ciechanover won a Nobel
Prize in Chemistry for their research on the
regulatory protein ubiquitin. Their work
will lead to finding new treatments and
cures for many types of diseases.
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14. Israeli scientists developed an AIDS
treatment that targets and destroys 40
percent of HIV-infected cells without
affecting healthy cells.
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15. An Israeli company, Nano Retina,
is developing an artificial retina to restore
sight to the visually impaired.
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16. An Israeli nonprofit organization called
Save a Child’s Heart performs free
open-heart surgeries for underprivileged
children from around the world, regardless
of race, religion, or ethnicity. Forty-nine
percent of the patients are from Palestinian
communities, Jordan, Iraq, and Morocco.
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17. Israel was among the first on the scene in
Haiti to provide disaster relief.
“The Israeli hospital...is the paramount
medical center operating in Haiti....
It receives the cases that other hospitals
find difficult to manage.” –Time
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18. An Israeli company developed ReWalk™,
the first commercially viable upright
walking assistance tool, enabling
paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs.
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19. An Israeli company developed
a computerized system for
administering medications in order
to prevent human error.
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20. Drip irrigation was developed in Israel
and has a utilization rate of 95 percent.
It is now being adopted in other countries
around the globe.
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21. Israel is the only country in the world that
recycles more than 75 percent of its
water. In addition, over 90 percent
of Israel’s water heaters are solar powered.
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22. Israel was the first country in the world
to adopt the Kimberley Process, an
international standard that certifies
diamonds as “conflict free.”
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23. El Al, the national airline of Israel, has
the world’s best security when it comes to
protecting passengers and flights. Within
hours after the World Trade Center was
attacked on September 11, 2001, airlines
from all over the world sought advice from
El Al on how to deal with security threats.
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24. Instant messaging, firewall security
software, Intel wireless computer chips, the
Windows NT operating system, voicemail
technology, VOIP technology, and the cell
phone were all developed in Israel.
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25. Rana Raslan, an Israeli Arab,
was named Miss Israel in 1999.
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26. When it comes to gay rights, Israel’s laws
are more progressive than most other
countries in the world, including the U.S.
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27. Israel is the only Middle Eastern country
where women, regardless of ethnicity or
religion, have the right to vote.
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28. In the entire Middle East, only Israel
received a number-one rating from
Freedom House, which evaluates
democracy and freedom around the world.
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29. There are 56 Islamic-majority countries in
the world, 122 Christian, 10 Buddhist,
and 5 Hindu.
Israel is the only Jewish-majority country
in the world and has been the Jewish
homeland for over 3,000 years.
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30. Israel is the only Middle Eastern country
where the Christian population has grown
in the last half-century.
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31. Jerusalem is the only city in the world
with sites holy to Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam.
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32. Imagine If...
Imagine Peace
Imagine if every nation in the world could
follow Israel’s example of humanitarianism
and democracy.
Imagine if Israel enjoyed peace with its neighbors
and could focus more of its attention on medical
and scientific advancements, innovation,
and technology.
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