Did you know? Albert Einstein was once offered the presidency of Israel, which he politely declined.
Mind-Blowing, isn’t it? Just like this there 20 facts in this post about Israel that will make your Jaw drop.
Facts about Israel
1. Along with Hebrew, Arabic is an official language in Israel.
2. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel, which he politely declined.
3. Underweight models are banned in Israel to fight against anorexia.
4. Israel is so small that you can run through it from west to east in 2 hours and from top to bottom in 9 days.
5. Despite the animosity between Muslims and Jews, an Israeli court charged and prosecuted a Jew in 1997 for depicting Islam’s prophet Muhammad(PBUH) as a pig.
Facts about Israel
6. The founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, was an atheist. He also served as the first Prime Minister of the country.
7. Many Israeli schools teach algebra without using the symbol “+” because it resembles a Christian cross. They use an inverted “T” instead.
8. All Pakistani passports have the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries except Israel” on them.
9. All Jewish people aged between 18 and 26 years old are entitled to a free 10-day trip to Israel.
10. Israel has the world’s highest number of museums per capita.
Facts about Israel
11. Israeli women were permitted to serve in combat roles, but the program was still canceled for two reasons: Islamist fighters refused to surrender to women, and men in the unit lost all combat discipline when a woman was injured.
12. Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician, revealed information about Israel’s nuclear capabilities to the British press in 1986. Vanunu was kidnapped in Rome by Mossad agents and secretly taken to Israel, where he was sentenced to 18 years in prison on treason and espionage charges after a secret trial.
13. A Kenyan lawyer once sued the state of Israel for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
14. Some nations have weird animal-related Israeli conspiracy theories. According to them, Israel uses Sharks, vultures, boars, rats, and dolphins against them.
15. Israel recycles 90% of the waste water it creates, making it the leading nation in the world for water recycling.
Facts about Israel
16. Since its creation in 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council, had resolved almost more resolutions condemning Israel than the rest of the world combined.
17. Israel is the only country in the world that has seen a net increase in tree cover over the last century.
18. In 1977, an Israeli cargo ship rescued 66 starving Vietnamese after their SOS signals had been ignored by 4 other Countries. Israel then granted them all citizenship.
19. Every year, 1,000 letters to God arrive in Jerusalem, Israel.
20. Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, captured 44 times, and recaptured 44 times.
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