Some Stats on Israel

Geography
- At most, Israel is 65 mi wide
- LA to Las Vegas equals Tel Aviv to Iraq
- 10 hours of driving (800 miles, or about the time it takes to travel from home in Ohio to Hofstra in New York) would take one from Tel Aviv to the Iranian border
- The Mediterranian sits to the West, Lebannon sits to the north, Syria and Jordan to the East, and Egypt to the South. Israelis cannot travel to any of these countries, so they are confined within their own borders, about the area of New Jersey.
*Point: Israel is very small!
There is a benefit to this, however. Currently, Better Place is building its first electric car network in Israel. What is the typical problem with electric vehicles? Their charge runs out, and even if you equipted the world with recharge stations, you cannot refill in just ten minutes like at a gas station but must wait to recharge. In the system of Better Place, there is a battery rather than a fuel tank, recharged by mainly wind and solar, and you do not own your own battery but rather rent it in a sense, paying as you recharge like paying for gas. At each refill station, your battery is lifted out and a new, recharged battery replaces it before you are sent on your merry way. Before these cars are deployed, the entire country must be equipted with these battery refill stations, no easy feat. But in a country the size of Jersey where residents cannot practically travel beyond the country's borders, it is the perfect place to implement this program.

Immigrant countries of world:
1. US
2. Canada
3. Australia
4. Israel

Population
- 7.5 million Israelis

- 75% Jewish
- 20% Arab Muslim
- 5% Other (Christian, Druze, Bedoine)

- 50% of Jewish Israelis have Mid Eastern Heritage

Religious Demographics of Jewish Population

- 80% Traditional Non-practicing
This means they do not practice religion regularly on the spiritual side, but still know tradition, holidays, and Bible from studying in school.

- 10% Modern Orthodox
Keep daily laws, food laws, but overall are modern, productive members of society

- Very small percentage Traditional Orthodox
Men and Women still sit apart, slightly more traditional than Modern Orthodox

- Very small percentage Ultra Orthodox
Just as much a minority and outsider as the Muslim population. They live in self-isolating communities, have their own school system and only study religious studies. They do not participate in Israel's required military service and are not productive in regular society. There is a good deal of conflict in this country over Jewish Israelis over this group, as they do not "pay their dues" of mandatory military service, yet they often live off of the country's social benefits.