21 Must-Know Facts about Israel
There are many dozens of “Must know facts about Israel” out there, and most of them of course show you “facts” of how Israel “drinks blood” of 1 billion plus arabs.
I would move fact # 22 to first place.
22. Israel has been hated, rightfully or wrongfully for a long long time and it’s not about to change any time soon. Call it a family problem, if you will.
In any case this list has pretty interesting facts that would not hurt to know.
1. Israel is just 20,700 square kilometers. This is about two times the size of Hawaii or Massachusetts or the size of New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. It’s also comparable in size to Slovenia or Ecuador.
2. Though twice the land mass of Massachusetts, Israel has about the same number of people – 7,000,000ish
3. About two in three Israeli Jews were born in Israel. Three/fourths of the country are Jews. One in five immigrated there from Europe or the Americas. The rest came from other parts of Asia and Africa.
4. One in six Israelis are Muslim.
5. Israel has two official languages – Hebrew and Arabic. Most Israelis can communicate in English, too.
6. Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, is at the heart of three world-wide religions – Jews, Christians and Muslims. Three out of four Israelis are Jews, one in six are Muslim and less than 2% are Christian.
7. Israel has won just seven Olympic gold medals, but representatives from the country have won 100 Paraolympic gold medals.
8. Israel’s neighbors (boundaries) are: Egypt (266 km), Gaza Strip (51 km), Jordan (238 km), Lebanon (79 km), Syria (76 km), West Bank (307 km). There is 273km of coast line. (1.62km – 1 mile)
9. Israel naturally fears sandstorms during spring and summer, droughts and from time to time – earthquakes. They don’t seem to fear much else.
You can find the whole list by following this link.
Popularity: 1% [?]
