Facts about Israel

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Facts about Israel
Population 6.5M
Jews 78
Life expectancy 80.9/76.7
Median age 30
Pop. Growth 1.2
Ethnic diversity
Area 20,770 sq km
Arable land 15
Climate moderate in north, dry in south
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Beaches
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Forests in Israel
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Among the nations

• Strong ties with the US
• Associate member of the EU
• Peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan
• Good relations with other Arab countries,
• e.g. North African Countries, Qatar

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Science in Israel

• Small emphasis on science and technology
• Seven Universities
• Government funded
• All fields of science
• Specifically
• - Agriculture and water science
• Biology and medicine
• Math and computer science
• Four Nobel prize winners
• Strong ties with industry
• Ties with the world BSF,GIF
• EU grants.
• Agriculture and water Africa, S. America

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Regional collaboration
2/3 related to regional problems, in e.g.
medicine, agriculture, water
Environmental research center planned for
Jordan-Israel border
Sesame - Jordan
Israel-Palestinian difficult at this time
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Border from satelite
Note the color change at the border
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Odd facts
Microsoft-Israel developed most of Windows-NT
technology.
Motorola developed the first cell phone in Israel.
Intels Centrino chip was developed in Israel.
Israel has the worlds highest percentage of home
computers per capita.
Lowest point in the world Dead sea - -410m
Growth in tree population
Israeli researchers developed a special
metal detector that eliminates the need to remove
shoes for airport security checks.
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Women in science