The Land Modern Israeli

of Israel Society

The Jewish Israeli

Connection to
the Land Democracy

The Creation of The People of

Modern Israel Israel
PERSPECTIVE
 463 times the
USA size of Israel
 The Jewish
Connection to Israel
2000 BCE vs. the Others Today

Judaism
CE Christianity

Islam

USA established
BEAUTY
HUMOR
PRIDE
What is so unique about

Israel’s 1967
Six-Day War?
Israel defeats 3 Arab
armies in 6 days

• Jerusalem liberated
• Jews flock to Western Wall
• Sinai, Golan, Judea/Samaria
 With all this conflict, Israelis
must be miserable, right?
Percentage of adults reporting to be “very satisfied” with their lives:

31% of Europeans 58% of Americans

US & Europe stats:
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=585 82% of Israelis
Israel data from the Jerusalem Post, Nov. 6, 2006
Peace Treaty with Egypt,  Peace with Jordan, 1994
1976
Camp David Summit, 2000

Oslo Accords, 1993 Road Map for Peace, 2002

Withdrawal from Gaza, 2005
Highest number of companies
listed on Wall Street after USA
and Canada

Indian Ocean Tsunamis
Southeast Asia
The Israeli government sent $100,000 worth of supplies
to each country affected by the tsunamis. In addition, an
Israeli medical team was dispatched to Sri Lanka, and
150 IDF doctors and rescue and relief teams were
mobilized for the region with medicine, food, water,
blankets, tents, and power generators. Search and rescue
teams from the Home Front Command were offered, and
the Israeli Ministry of Health was dispatched to Thailand
for medical aid. Body identifiers from ZAKA and the Israeli
police were also sent.
Humanitarian Aid
Throughout the World
Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans, USA
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Magen David
Adom began the “United Brotherhood Operation,” which sent
a plane-load of supplies and financial assistance. IsraAid sent
a delegation of medical personnel, psychologists, and
experienced search-and-rescue divers. Universities in Israel
invited displaced American students to continue their studies
in Israel.
State Building: Tel Aviv (~1900)
Tel Aviv today
OURS
“In Israel
in order to be a realist
you must believe in miracles.”
David Ben Gurion,
1956
Israel