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In honor of the 70-year-old anniversary of Israel - 70 reasons to love Israel!

From technological breakthroughs to the wonders of antiquity, the beauty of nature and social achievements, in Israel there are so many things for which it is necessary to thank God.

1. It is really the land flowing by milk and honey! Israeli cows are the most productive in the world. The middle Israeli cow gives about 25,500 pounds (approximately 11.5t) of milk annually, and Israel shares its know-how to increase the milk's mouth with other countries, for example, with Vietnam.

2. Thanks to the Israelis, the desert literally blossomed. The Israelis grows a huge amount of fruits, vegetables and flowers in Negev and Arava deserts. Israel exports agricultural products worth more than 1.3 billion dollars annually, and hitting the pepper records is grown in the desert of Arava!

11. Israel is one of the two countries that entered the new century with a positive increase in the number of trees.

12. In Israel, there is the only theater troupe in the world, fully consisting of deaf and blind actors, and on our banknotes there is a braille font for the blind.

13. You can see in Jerusalem the original wall of the nehemine times and stroll through the aquatic tunnels, which he built in the city of David.

14. You can see the remains of the second temple itself, in which Yeshua walked.

15. You can ride a boat on the sea Galilean and see the ancient boats that thousands of years.

16. You can swim with dolphins in Eilat and go skiing on a snowy mountain Hermon.

45. Israel is located on the advanced in the development of solar cell technology, and in 90% of Israeli houses water heats up with solar energy.

46. \u200b\u200bIn the city of Haifa, there is a second in the world the shortest underground funicular, raising passengers to Mount Carmel in just 6 stops!

47. Public transport is cheap, efficient, and there is free Wi-Fi in it.

48. A group of Israeli artists laid the beginning "libraries at stops," offering free books at stops for reading and exchange.

50. Many of the streets are named after biblical heroes, such as King David, Solomon, Samson.

51. There is a national biblical quiz, once it won the son of Benjamina Netanyahu.

52. The Prime Minister regularly visits the Bible Studies Courses, and often quotes the Bible in his speeches.

54. Israel received a disproportionately large number of Nobel Prizes in relation to its small area and population population, and more than all other countries of the Middle East combined.

55. Many applications for smartphones, such as WhatsApp, Viber and Waze were invented in Israel.

56. The Israeli company EWA has developed a technology for producing drinking water from air. The condenser absorbs moisture out of the air, holds it in gel granules with silicone base, and then condenses into the water. Moreover, 85% of the energy used returns back to the system.

57. In Israel, one of the biggest fractions of entrepreneurs in the world, because of which he got the nickname "Nation of startups." He has the highest share of entrepreneurs among women and people over 55 years old.

58. In the city of Beer-Sheva, the largest number of chess grasisters per capita in the world.

59. Eilat and south of the country are a paradise for bird lovers - in Israel, one of the largest levels of bird movement in the world per square kilometer with more than 500 million birds migrating through the airspace of the country.

60. Contemplation of stars in the Israeli desert is an incredible sight.

61. Israel produces many wines awarded awards.

62. Israeli children once in 10 less often suffer from allergies to peanuts because of an early acquaintance with the favorite national peanut appetizers "Bamba."

63. There are 273 kibbutz in Israel, where everyone work together, live together and share the fruits of their collective labor. These kibbutz played a particularly important role in the rise in the country in the early stages of its development.

64. In Israel, the greatest number of museums per capita in the world.

65. In Israel, the highest percentage of home computers per capita.

67. Israel was the first country adopted the Kimberly process, the international standard, according to which diamonds are certified as those that were not mined in the conflict zone.

68. It is said that Alexander Macedonian entered Israel in 333 BC. Through the grottoes Rosh ha-Nikra. And Napoleon, and King Richard Lion's Heart also visited this country, hoping to conquer her.

69. Israel wonderfully won all the battles organized against him hostile neighbors trying to destroy it from the moment of education. And although the Israeli army and strong, Israel helped to avoid complete destruction of many supernatural wonders.

70. The number of Messianic believers who know as their Messiah will triple every ten years, and today is more than 30 thousand people.

The creation of an independent Jewish state was announced on May 14, 1948. Since then, confrontation with Palestine and other Arab countries is part of the daily life of the Israelis.

2. Israel is the only Jewish state in the world, but this is a multinational country, and the Jews make up only three-quarters of the entire population.

3. In total, representatives of approximately seventy peoples live in Israel.

4. Despite the complex political situation, Israel was able to become one of the most economically developed countries of South-West Asia.

5. Israel's country is so small that it can be driving it from east to west in 2 hours, and from the south to the north in 9 o'clock.

Jerusalem

6. The official capital of Israel is not Tel Aviv, as many are sure, but Jerusalem. Although the first certain is the cultural, economic and tourist center of the country.

7. In Israel there is no formal accepted version of the Constitution of Israel. The role of the Constitution of the state, Israel performs the so-called, a set of "basic laws".

8. 24% of the workforce of Israel have a higher education (third place after the United States and Holland) and 12% - a degree.

9. In Israel, three seas: Mediterranean - along the western coast of the country, Red - in the south in Eilat and the Dead - a famous health resort.

10. In Israel, the world's highest percentage of people with higher education.

First Astronaut Israel Ilan Ramon

11. Israel has its own cosmic program. This country has repeatedly launched its own satellites into orbit.

12. In Israel 2 official languages \u200b\u200b- Hebrew and Arabic. Modern Hebrew is reborn from the language, which was considered the books of several centuries.

13. Many Israelis know English well.

14. In Israel, there is enough Russian-speaking population. This is due to the fact that after the collapse of the USSR, a large number of Soviet Jews immigrated to Israel.

15. Israel is included in the top 10 countries for life expectancy. In Israel, she is one of the highest - 82 years.

City of Haifa

16. Haifa - one of the most important cities in Israel on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The city is located on Mount Carmel and is famous for its seaport.

17. The world's smallest 2 kilometer long in the world is also in Haifa. His name is "Carmelit". These are 6 stations and train from 4 wagons that pass through the mountain tunnel along the cable car. Thus, from the lower city you can get up literally in 10 minutes.

Bahá'í Garden in Haifa

18. A lot of Christians live in Haifa, before Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, on the main square of the city and the Christmas tree and Menoru (the symbol of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah), decorate the street with garlands and decorations.

19. One of the oldest Israeli universities, Technion, is in Haifa. It occupies the highest ratings among technical universities in the world.

20. Israel is the only country in the world where women are called for military service.

Resort Eilat

21. Eilat is a famous Israeli resort in the south of the country located on the Red Sea on the border with Egypt.

22. We can do diving and watch the underwater world of multi-colored fish and corals.

23. Also from Eilat go excursions to the city of Peter (Jordan), which is one of the new wonders of the world.

24. Despite the fact that the polysthenes remains the desert, in Israel a huge number of parks, trees, colors. Everyone is planted by the hands of a person, and the water supply system was carried out to each bush.

25. Also in the center there is a gorgeous park of rare plants and orchids Utopia.

National Library of Israel

26. In Israel, more books are published, translated from other languages \u200b\u200bthan in any other country of the world.

27. In Israel, there is no familiar to most people, the change of seasons. Here warm all year round, which is certainly pleasing to all.

28. The best time for a beach holiday - May-June and September-October. In July and August, it is very hot here.

29.Zima for several days there are severe rains, and in the north sometimes even falls out. Then the Israelites crowd go to look at this miracle and play with children in snowballs.

30. The famous Valley Armageddon is located in Israel.

Dead Sea

31. The Dead Sea is the lowest point of the world. Due to the high concentration of salt on it, it is easy to stay afloat, but it will not be able to swim in a standard way. In addition, it is not worth being in it for more than 10 minutes.

32. On his shore there is a whole tourist town with hotels and spa.

33. Israel ranks first in the world in the number of museums per capita.

34. Every year thousands of letters addressed to God come to Jerusalem.

35. Israel was the first country that banned participation in the showing of models with insufficient weight.

Kinerelet - Galilee Sea in Israel

36. Kineriet (or the Galilee Sea) is the largest lake in the country, the lowest on the planet, the place of natural "babble", as well as the only recently source of fresh water in Israel.

37. Every year thousands of letters addressed to God come to Jerusalem.

38. Every year more than a million notes are left in the cry wall. The wall is cleared of notes in front of Pesach and Rosh Ha Shan (Jewish New Year).

39. The most common street name in Israel is Hazait (Khazayat), which means olive street.

40. Taxes in Israel are extremely high, yielding only taxes in Sweden and Switzerland.

41. Small tomatoes "Cherry" were launched in Israel, in the 70s. These tomatoes were displayed as a stable to the lack of moisture of the variety.

42. More than 40 kosher McDonald's works in Israel. The only kosher McDonald's outside the Jewish state is located in Buenos Aires.

43. A considerable share of the Israeli land is the desert, but the Israelis are actively planting forests. According to the growth rate of green plantings, Israel occupies one of the first in the world.

44. In Israel, the third largest level of entrepreneurship in the world, and the highest among women and people over 55 years old.

45. Anyone with Jewish roots from 18 to 26 years has the right to a free 10-day trip to Israel for exploring the country, culture, traditions.

Holiday - Rosh A-Shana

46. \u200b\u200bIn Israel, the standard New Year is noted. There is a holiday here - Rosh A-Shan, who begins in different dates every year according to the Jewish calendar. This is usually September-October.

47. In Israel there is no central heating, and on the floor in the apartments is a tile. Almost all houses on the territory of Israel for water heating use solar energy, as in Cyprus.

48. The working week in Israel begins with Sunday. Many also work half a day on Friday.

49. Shops, shopping centers and other institutions are closed after lunch on Friday and before the end of the Sabbath (Saturday evening). Changes to walk and transport.

50. Now in the country the desalination system has already been developed, but the locals still economically relate to its use.

Tel Aviv

photo from the Internet

On the eve of the celebration of the 67th day of the birth of the Jewish state, we collected 10 little-known facts from his difficult story.

1. On Avia Al Al Alias \u200b\u200bwere flights to Tehran


The relationship between Iran and Israel as a whole was enough to warm up to the Islamic Revolution, as a result of which in 1979 the Shah Mohammed Reza Pekhlevie was overthrown. In 1950, Iran became the second after Turkey the Muslim country, who recognized Israel. Iran supplied oil to Israel during OPEC oil embargo, and Israel sold his weapon. At that time, active trading was held between the countries, civil aircraft flew from the capital to the capital. A week after the removal of Shah from power, Iran broke off all connections with Israel, and at the site of the Israeli embassy in Tehran, the office of the organization of the liberation of Palestine was opened. Today, even after 35 years of hostility, Iranians experience less negative towards Jews than other Muslim peoples in the Middle East. In 2014, an international survey on anti-Semitism conducted by anti-Diffamation Liga showed that anti-Jewish views share 56% of Iranians - for comparison, 80% of Moroccans and 93% of Palestinians on the West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza Strip are adhered to. About the relationship between Israel and Iran tells the documentary film 2014 "to the revolution".

2. The descendants of the Nazis moved to Israel


At least 400 descendants of the Nazis moved to the Jewish faith and moved to Israel - the creators of the documentary film released in 2013 are sure. A lot of former Nazis also became Jews or married the Israelis, but they do not live in Israel. For example, the grandchildren of Henry Himmler's niece, which married the Israeli Jew and now lives on another continent. In the first years of Israel's existence, there were stormy discussions - to take Germany reparations for the Holocaust or not (as a result, they were accepted). And Germany herself, as well as everything with it, has remained extremely acute contradictory theme for a long time - from 1956 to 1967, films made in Germany were prohibited in Israel.

3. Ben Gurion invented A la Couscus


Tiny flour balls of Israeli kuskus - Poultry - appeared in the 50s. Then the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion addressed the manufacturer of food OSEM with a request to develop a local product from wheat as an alternative to rice, which in the country does not grow on the purchase of which the country has simply not had money in a tough economy. Pattle, which was called "Rice Ben-Gurion," immediately won the love of the population.

4. There was no television in Israel until the end of the 60s


This photo of 1958, on which the family sits in front of the TV, could not do in Israel, because until 1966 there was no television there

The first Israeli television appeared in 1966 - primarily as an additional educational instrument for schools. Regular public broadcasting began on Israel's independence day in 1968. The next two decades of Israel had only one channel, and the broadcast was limited to several hours per day. The second channel appeared in 1986, and cable television came to the country in 1990. Today, Israeli TV is a real source of inspiration for Hollywood. TV series "Motherland" (Showtime), "Patients" (HBO), "Your Family or My" (TBS), "Devotion" (NBC), "Tyrant" and "Boom" (Showtime) - all this is the Rimea of \u200b\u200bIsraeli projects.

5. The mother-in-law Elizabeth II was buried in Jerusalem


Mother Prince Philippe, Princess Alisa Battenberg, was born in 1885. The girl was born with a diagnosis of "deafness", nevertheless, she learned English and German in the deaf and dumb language and even married to the Greek and Danish Prince Andrei. During the Nazi occupation of Greece Alice hid with a Jewish woman with children, for which the poison of Va-Shem admitted it to one of the "righteous people", and the British government is "Hero Holocaust." In 1967, she moved to London and settled in the Buckingham Palace with his son and his wife, Queen Elizabeth II. Two years later, the princess died, and her body was placed in the tomb in Windsor Castle. In 1988, her remains transported to the monastery at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on the Eleon (Omal) Mount - before his death, she expressed the desire to be buried exactly there. On this grief there is one of the oldest current cemeteries.

6. Alaska Airlines transported thousands of Jewish Yemen to Israel


After the victory of Israel in the war for independence in 1948, anti-Semitic riots broke out in Yemen, and local Jews decided to massively move to historical lands. James Vuent, President Alaska Airlines, imbued with their difficult situation and gave an order to organize flights for repatriates. From June 1949 to September 1950, within the framework of the secret operation "Carpet aircraft" Alaska Airlines, two-dimensional C-46 and four-dimensional DC-4 were made about 430 flights, transporting about 50 thousand Jews from Yemen to Israel. The pilots had to overcome many difficulties: the lack of fuel, sandy storms, enemy shelling, one of the aircraft even barely landed due to engine loss. Despite all the difficulties of flights, all passengers were safely transported to Israel.

7. Gold Meir was the third woman in the world as Prime Minister


Meir (nee Meerson) became Israel Prime Minister in 1969. Prior to this, two women were already in world history in such a high post - Sirimavo Bandarana in Sri Lanka (1960-65) and India of Gandhi (1966-77) in India. Meir was born in Kiev, grew up in Milwaukee and after marriage moved to the submanent Palestine. He and her husband settled in Kibbutz, and Golda almost immediately began to lead active activities in the Federation of Workers. Despite the enormous popularity of Meir among the American Jews, in Israel, her policy is still quite criticized - first of all because of the obvious mistakes that they allowed during the War of the Judgment Day in 1973, when Meir decided not to make a proactive attack on Arab Forces on the Israeli border with Syria.

And although the State Investigation Commission of Agranta has established that direct responsibility for what happened Meir does not bear, very soon she left his post. In 1974, Izhak Rabin came to her place, which he held it until 1977. He was again appointed by the Prime Minister in 1992.

8. According to the Israeli law of 1980, solar water heaters must be installed on all new homes


The law was adopted as a measure to combat the energy crisis of the late 70s - thanks to him, Israel became the world's first country in terms of the use of solar power per capita. According to official estimates, today 85% of houses use solar energy to heal water - it is 3% of electricity consumption throughout the country. But at the same time, Israel lags behind other countries in the application of solar energy for other purposes, and more and more often, developers and home owners use loopholes in the law to circumvent the need to set exactly such a system of boilers.

9. Jerusalem Mountain Skopus in fact is not part of the West Bank of the Jordan River


Despite the fact that Mount Skopus is located in East Jerusalem, where the campus of the Jewish University and the Medical Center "Hadassa", she was Israeli from the very foundation of the state. After the end of the war of independence in 1949, the hill was controlled by Israeli troops, although it was located on the territory of the Jordanian East Jerusalem. Every two weeks under the protection of UN, Israel sent military forces and supplies into this enclave. The convoy often fell under the shelling of the Arab Forces, and in 1958 it was attacked, as a result of which 4 Israeli soldiers were killed and one military UN. Mount Skopus became part of the Jewish territory of Jerusalem as a result of the six-day war in 1967.

10. Alberta Enenstein offered to become President of Israel


Enstein received this proposal from David Ben-Gurion in November 1952, a few days after the death of the first President of Israel, Hamim Weitman. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Abba Ebman wrote a brilliant scientist that the proposal of the Prime Minister is "the gesture of the greatest respect, which only the Jewish people may have to have any of their sons." Entheyen replied that he was deeply touched by the state of Israel, but with regret and regret it should reject it. " Enstein did not accept the post, but did not stop worried about the country. "My connection with the Jewish people became my most striking human connection since I began to fully conscious of our dangerous position among the peoples of the world," he admitted. It is noteworthy that Ben-Gurion officially refuted messages in the press that it was he who suggested Enstein such a post. After three years, the scientist died.

* The cell phone was developed by the Israelis in the Israeli branch of Motorola - the largest research center of Israel.

* A large component of Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed in the Israeli branch of Microsoft.

* Computer technology Pentium MMX was developed in the Israeli branch of the company Intel.

* Pentium-4 and Centrino microprocessors were fully designed, designed and manufactured in Israel. Most likely that your computer's Pentium processor is made in Israel.

* ICQ instant messaging technology was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.

* Israel ranks fourth (after the United States, Russia and China) for the power of the air force. With a large variety of the aircraft fleet, Israel has more than 250 F-16 aircraft, this is the largest F-16 flotilla outside the United States.

* Israel ranks first in the world in terms of the number of computers per capita.

* 24% of Israeli workers and employees have university degrees, in 12% there are scientific degrees, as a result of which Israel ranks third in the world (after the United States and Canada) in the level of education of the population.

* In Israel, the most scientific work per capita - 109 pages for every 10,000 people, in addition, Israel occupies one of the leading places in the world in terms of the number of patents per capita.

* In Israel, if we consider in proportion to the total population, the largest number of novice companies in the world. It is Israel, after the United States, occupies a leading position in the world by the number of opening companies (3500 companies, most of which are developing, improving and implementing high-tech).

* With more than 3,000 novice companies in the field of high technologies, Israel has the highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world, with the exception of only the US Silicon Valley.

* Israel ranks second in the world in investment in the enterprise, immediately after the United States.

* After the United States and Canada, Israel has the longest list of companies in NASDAQ.

* Palm trees grow in the Middle East of centuries. On average, the palm tree reaches 5-6 meters in height and gives about 14 kg per year. dates. Israeli trees give a harvest of about 150 kg. per year and they are low enough to collect harvest from the ground with a short staircase.

* Israel has independent production of turbogenerators for power plants and modern tanks and air defense missiles.

* In Israel, the highest average standard of living in the Middle East. Annual income per person in 2000 amounted to $ 17,500 - higher than in the UK.

* Israel has the highest percentage per capita in the number of biotechnological companies opened.

* Israel is the only country in the Middle East with a liberal-democratic device of power, while it is more liberal - democratic than any other country in the world.

* When in 1969, Golda Meir was elected by Israel Prime Minister, she became the second woman in world history, which was elected to the position of the country's leader.

* When the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was destroyed as a result of a terrorist attack, it was the Israeli rescue team who arrived at the scene during the day and saved the lives of three people, freeing them from under the ruins.

* Israel ranks third in the world in terms of entrepreneurship development and the first to participate in women and people over 55 years old.

* In Israel, the largest percentage of emigrants in the ratio to the total population. Emigrants come in search of democracy, religious freedoms and economic opportunities.

* Israel was the first country that signed the Kimberley Protocol - the International Standard Certification Diamonds regarding the fact that the revenue from them will not be used to support illegal military formations.

* Israel ranks second in the world in terms of the number of new legged books issued.

* Israel is the only country in the world that entered the XXI century with steadily expanding territories of green plantings. This fact is especially wonderful in that this is happening in such a climatic zone, which is considered the desert.

* In Israel, the largest number of museums per capita, more than any other country.

* Medicine: Israeli scientists have developed the first fully computerized, redefusion method for diagnosing breast cancer.

* The Israeli company has developed a fully computerized system for an error-free distribution of drugs, thereby abolonging the human factor when issuing medicines. For example: annually in American hospitals from improper issuance of drugs dies 7,000 patients.

* Israeli company Given Imaging has developed the first video camera, which can be swallowed, so small that it can be placed in a tablet. It is used to view the intestines from the inside, the camera helps the doctors in the formulations of diagnoses of food tract diseases.

* Israeli scientists have developed a new device tracking cardiac abbreviations by means of a complex sensor system and helping the heart to pump blood. This discovery may save many lives of people with heart disease.

* Israel leads in terms of the number of scientists and technologists employed in the workplaces - 145 specialists for every 10,000 people. For comparison: USA - 85, Japan - 70 and less than 60 in Germany. With 25% of them, the specialty Israel also ranks first in this category.

* Israeli company first developed and built a fully functioning large power plant on solar energy in southern California in the Mohav desert.

* All of the above was achieved during a constantly current war with an intestible enemy, which tries to destroy this country, in the country where he is spent on defense needs than in any other country of the world.

* Israeli Tank "Mercave" (chariot) was the world's first tank in which the air conditioner was installed for the crew.

* Israeli aircraft industry has developed a special air conditioner to which airplanes standing in the hangars are connected to not overheat.

* In Israel, a study of computers was introduced for the first time in schools.

* In Israel, the drip irrigation system is invented today for the whole world.

... Ancient land, where the concentration of mysterious and amazing simply rolls. And among this mysterious, dying and stunning, we chose 10 of the most interesting facts. Enjoy!
1 subway twig

The world's smallest metro line is located in Haifa. Its length is only 1.8 km on which accounted for as much as 4 stops. Milot!

2 walk through the whole country

In Israel, it is easy, because it can cross it in a walk in 2 hours if you go across (from the east to the west). But from the north to the south you would have to go about 9 days.

3

The coastline of Israel is one of the smallest in the world (of course, among the powers that they have it at all) are only 273 kilometers. And, nevertheless, the country accounts for as many as 4 seas - red, dead, Mediterranean and Galilean.

4 Strange Democracy

Israeli state system was created on the principle of democracy. However, this is one of the three countries of the world, which does not have the Constitution.

The Israelis first in the world invented "repellent" from jellyfish.

6

During the excavations in Israel, a vessel was found with two-step seeds. They were landed in the ground, and a palm tree grew, which extinct almost 1,800 years ago.

7 Honorary post

President of Israel once was offered not to someone, but Albert Einstein. However, the scientist politely refused.

8 treat or not treated?

Jerusalem syndrome, in which people, believe that the divine gift has descended on them, it happens in Jerusalem. Deadly affected by alaughty pilgrims are disguised into the guides, which are often mastered from the sheet, read the sermons and arrange in this form of the procession to the holy places of the city. It is treated stationary.

9 This is our everything!

In Israel, you can buy ice cream with a taste of hummus.

10 You will not believe it, but ...

All Jews aged 18 to 26 years have the right to a free 10-day trip to Israel.