1.     An Israeli company has developed a device that helps nurses locate those hard-to-find veins.

 

2.     An Israeli-made device helps restore the use of paralyzed hands. This device electrically stimulates the hand muscles, providing hope to millions of stroke sufferers and victims of spinal injuries.

 

3.     An Israeli company has unveiled a blood test that via the telephone diagnoses heart attacks.

 

4.     The Israeli-developed Ex-Press shunt is providing relief for glaucoma sufferers.

 

5.     An Israeli research team has found that the combination of electrical stimulation and chemotherapy makes cancerous metastases disappear.

 

6.     Israel has designed and manufactured the first flight system to protect passenger and freighter aircraft against missile attack.

 

7.     Jewish and Arab students at Hebrew University participate in the 'Billy Crystal Workshops - Peace Through the Performing Arts' project.

 

8.     Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin - 109 per 10,000 people - as well as one of the highest per-capita rates of patents filed.

 

9.     In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel is second only to the U.S. in the total number of startup companies (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).

 

10.     Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the US.

 

11.     Israel has the third largest number of companies trading on Wall Street after the U.S. and Canada.

 

12.     More than 85% of solid waste in Israel is treated in an environmentally sound manner.

 

13.     On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech start-ups.

 

14.     Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out into Asia.

 

15.     24% of Israel's workforce holds university degrees - ranking third in the industrialized world, after the U.S. and Holland - and 12% hold advanced degrees.

 

16.     BabySense, an Israeli product aimed at preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), is saving babies' lives around the world.

 

17.     Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.

 

18.     Israel has the highest number of solar-power water heaters per capita.

 

19.     Israeli actress Hanna Laslo took home the "Best Actress" award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Amos Gitai's "Free Zone."