Posted on 09/19/2003 5:26:40 AM PDT by veronica
Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this category as well.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world.
Israel has the highest per capita ratio of scientific publications in the world by a large margin, as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for VC funds right behind the US.
Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies
Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East. The per capita income in 2000 is over $17,500, exceeding that of the UK.
With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world (apart from the Silicon Valley).
With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s, Israel has the largest fleet of the aircraft outside of the US.
Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola-Israel. Motorola built its largest development center worldwide in Israel.
Windows NT software was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
AOL's instant message program was designed by an Israeli software company.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech start-ups
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.
Twenty-four percent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees -- ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland -- and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.
Money men that fund start-up companies.
There you go again. Stop hinting around about it. Put it in plain English so we all understand what you are implying here.
For one thing, your figures are from 1997.
Figures, Facts, and Impact Summary Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)
Secondly, the "impact" section is editorializing, and has nothing to do with the facts.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Well, you have me there.. I wonder if anything in this area of our US spending has declinded since 97. My guess is, and this is just a guess, that our funding has actually increased in AID to the Israeli government.. just a guess mind you..
Largest number of nuclear weapons per capita.
I'm with you carlo3b.
It is pure insanity for the U.S. taxpayer to provide $85 billion dollars a year to a country that (as veronica so completely demonstrated) is the most dynamic economic power house in the world.
But wait just a minute. Look at these two facts.
veronica: "Israel's $100 billion economy ...."
carlo3b: "Grand Total (US Financial Aid to Israel) $84,854,827,200..."
So. Does this mean that if the US stopped funding Israel, that Israel impressive economy would drop down to $15 billion??? ($100 billion - $85 billion)
Maybe Israel isn't really that efficient. Maybe the US is just that gullible.
The $85 billion refers to all US aid including loans from 1949 to 1997, the $100 billion is the size of Israel's economy in one year.
What discipline is your Ph.D. in?
In fact, Israel
is something like a thousand
square miles smaller than
New Hampshire. Here are
some interesting totals
of land areas:
Israel: 8,019 sq mi
Massachusetts 10,554.57 sq mi
New Hampshire 9,349.94 sq mi
Vermont 9,614.26 sq mi
Jordan 35,637 sq mi
Syria 71,498 sq mi
Egypt 386,660 sq mi
Have you noticed that
when the TV scum show "maps"
of the Middle East,
they always manage
to cut and crop and edit
so that Israel
is portrayed -- appears! --
as if it's the biggest state
in the whole region!
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