HOLY LAND BOOK - Draft

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to inform Americans about 21st century Israel,
its people, its institutions and its contributions
to global society.
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
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.
The first PC anti-virus was developed in Israel
in 1979 by the same company that developed
the Melissa anti-virus program.
The world's most predominant company in
internet firewall safety systems is Check Point,
an Israeli company that controls 40% of the
world's market.
AOL's instant message program was designed
by an Israeli software company.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D
facilities outside the U.S. in 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.
The Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) was
established in 1953 and is today Israel’s largest
aerospace and defense company, with a wide
range of products from UAVs, satellites, aircraft,
missile systems and more. Its close relationship
with the IDF affords it battle tested experience for
R&D efforts.
The Tavor bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle was
developed by IWI in cooperation with IDF to be
reliable and accurate under extreme conditions.
Designs with ergonomics in mind, it is lighter and
shorter than the AK-47 and has built in laser sight.
Corner shot is an innovative grenade launcher
and handgun designed for urban combat that can
as its name implies shoot around corners.
Many countries produce and use Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAV)s and Israel is no exception.
In 2007, IAI debuted the Heron or Eitan, the largest
UAV on the market with a wingspan of a Boeing
737. Link to news video.
There are five major medical centers in Israel, in
addition to numerous local hospitals, laboratories
and clinics. The best known centers are Sourasky
Medical Centre/Tel Aviv, Hadassah/Jerusalem,
Rambam/Haifa and Shaare Zedek/Jerusalem.
These centers serve the entire population,
regardless of religion or ethnicity. Some say that
the Israeli ER is the great equalizer…
There are joint committees between the Israel
Ministry of Health (IMOH) and the Palestinian
Health Authority (PHA) with an aim of cooperation
on the various issues in the fields of health. These
include issues of public health, preventive
medicine, exchange of medical statistics; drug
and pharmaceutical as regards quality and safety
of drugs produced in Israel and in the Palestinian
authority, regulations for transportation of drugs
between Gaza, Judea-Samaria and Israel,
regulations regarding donations and import of
drugs; training programs for health and medical
personnel and referral of Palestinian patients to
Israeli hospitals for hospitalization and
ambulatory care. Such complementary medical
service in Israel is needed because of the lack of
certain facilities in areas of the Palestinian
autonomy. About 4,000 patients from Judea-
Samaria and Gaza are referred yearly for
hospitalization and about 8,600 patients from both
areas are referred yearly for ambulatory
procedures and therapeutic care.
Cooperation between Magen David Adam of Israel
and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Palestinian ambulance drivers get their training in
first aid and emergency medicine from Magen
David Adam instructors.