STATE of ISRAEL

A Country Profile
The Official Name of the Country

Medinat Yisra’el
The Capital
 JERUSALEM
Israel proclaimed Jerusalem
as its capital in 1950.
The Flag
Hebrew & Arabic
Official Languages
People of Israel
Ethnic Groups:
80% Jewish
20% Non Arab Christians
Type Government
Parliamentary Democracy

Independence: 14 May 1948

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD
Israel’s Computer Technology
Cubital’s Solid Rapid Prototyping
machines, World’s smallest DNA
computing machine system

Water Conservation,
Desalination
Runoff Agroforestry Systems,
Israel’s Desalination Engineering

Cleaning the Earth, Water and

Air
Ecoppia’s robots clean dust from
energy, Arrow Bio
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD
Watering the Earth
Drip irrigation using a plastic
emitter was invented in Israel.

Powering the Earth

Eternegy gets 40% more power from
the sun with lightweight solar
energy trackers based on kite
surfing.

Medical Apps & Robotics

App for children who lack verbal
skills, SmartHand - a robotic
prosthetic hand
 Status of the
Country
Israel is ranked 3rd among
14 countries in the Middle
East and North Africa
Region. Strong trade and
investment ties outside of
the Middle East insulate
Israel’s technologically
advanced free-market economy
from political instability.
(2018 Index of Economic
Freedom)
How Israel Became
Successful
Partnering up internationally
Israel’s experience and roots in creating international
partnerships -- cooperation that share and learn from
the best Israel and the world can provide to help
collaborate and accelerate progress internationally.

Business cooperation
Did you know that in Massachusetts alone, Israeli
companies doing business there have generated over $6.2
billion in 2013 and employ 6700 people in the state?
Thats's according to a new study by the New England -
Israel Business Council.
Energy Joint Ventures
All that has changed over the past few years. In 2010,
Israel struck gas -- lots of it -- and its find of
natural reserves is reshaping economic and political
policy in the region.

Educational Co-Learning
The high-end of Israel's academic world has shined
brightly over the past few decades, winning numerous
Nobels and contributing to the advancement of science
globally.
New Israeli Sheqel
(ILS)
Currency & Dominant Currency
Presentation by:
William Y. Yap