Random Israel Facts

DID YOU KNOW...
...that Israel undertook a joint Israel-Palestinian-American project to map sites on the Gaza coast that would be sensitive to an oil spill? This operation was undertaken to determine the national priorities in the case of an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Israel. Israel also undertook a similar project with Jordan off the coast of the Gulf of Eilat.

WERE YOU AWARE...
...that in a 1998 survey of international businessman ranked Israel among the most honest states in the world? The poll, ranked out of 10, scored Israel a 7.1 for a 17th place finish out of 85 countries in the survery. Canada finished 5th in the survey and the United States finished with a score of 7.5. The least corrupt country was Denmark and most corrupt was Cameroon.

HAVE YOU HEARD...
...that the Israel Defense Force recently graduated a group of Israeli-Arabs from the town of Abu-Gosh and formed them into a search-and-rescue unit? A similar idea exists with the Bedouin tribes in the Negev where the soldiers learned first-aid, fire-fighting, and a rescue course. The Abu Gosh "Search-and-Rescue" Unit is operated by the IDF and the Israeli Ministries of Interior and Defense.