Fun Facts
This famous app was created in Israel
Waze
What was Herzl's job?
Journalist
What year was Israel declared a state
1948
What are the two official languages of Israel?
Hebrew and Arabic
This Israeli city has the highest number of dogs per capita in the world, with one dog for every 17 residents.
Tel Aviv
What is the name of the book that Herzl wrote?
The Jewish State
What year was the UN vote to declare Israel a state?
1947
Israel is the only country that has more ____ today than it did 50 years ago.
Trees
Each year, the Israel Postal service has around ______ letters arriving to Jerusalem from around the world addressed to God. They are opened and placed into the cracks of the Western Wall.
1000
Herzl is known to be the father of
Modern Zionism
Who was elected as the first prime minister of Israel?
David Ben-Gurion
Israel is the same size as what state?
New Jersey
Israel recycles _____% of the waste water it creates.
90%
What is Zionism?
The belief that the Jewish people have a right to their ancestral homeland.
Who was ruling the land of Israel at the time of the UN vote?
The United Kingdom
Israel has the highest number of _______ per capita in the world.
The oldest tree in Israel is a jujube tree in Ein Hatzeva on the road to Eilat… It is thought to be:
1500-2000 years old
Herzl helped to establish this congress in Basel, Switzerland
The First Zionist Congress
How did the UK vote during the UN vote for the declaration of the state of Israel? (Yes, No, Abstain)
Abstain
What is the name of Israel's governing body?
Knesset