Israel is one of the world's most beautiful countries; it has every possible landscape that you can imagine, from the snowy slopes of Mount Hermon, to the green mountains of the Golan, the beautiful Mediterranean beaches, and the breathtaking Negev desert- Israel has it all.

Israel is the only county in the world which has Holy Sites for all three major religions. It is where Joshua brought down Jericho's walls, it is where King Solomon built the First Temple, and it is where Jesus walked on water, cured the sick, got crucified and came back to life.  It is where the prophet Mohammad ascended to heaven; it is The Holy Land- the Promised Land that was given to the Jewish people by God. It is the Cradle of Civilization, wars have been fought over it, history has been written through the events that occurred in the Land of Israel.

Here are some facts that you may not know about Israel:

·         Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East.

·         Israel has three official languages- Hebrew, English and Arabic.

·         Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest 3 times.

·         Israel has the largest concentration of High-Tec companies per capita in the world.

·         Israel has the 2^nd place in the world for new books being published per capita.

·         Israel has the 2^nd place for the number of companies that are traded in the NASDAQ (after the U.S).

·         Israel has the highest number of scientific articles published per capita in the world.

·         The Intel Pentium processor was developed in Israel.  

·         Israel is about the same size as New-Jersey.

·         Israel has more museums per capita than any other country in the world.

·          Israelis have the #1 place in the world for the number of patents invented per capita.

·          Motorola's largest research center is in Haifa, it is also where the first cellular phone was developed.

·         Israel has more engineers and scientists per capita than any other country.

·         Microsoft's Windows XP was developed by Microsoft- Israel development center.

·         The first Anti-Virus software was developed in 1979 in Israel.

·         The Israeli pharmaceutical company TEVA is among the 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.  

·         Israel sent many humanitarian missions to help solve crisis around the world, among them are- The train crash in Turkey, The 2004 Indian ocean earthquake and Tsunami, The earthquake in Haiti, the earthquake in Peru, and many more…

·         The Dead Sea is located at the lowest spot on earth, and the Sea's healing properties are world renown.