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November 17, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/11/16/jews-israel-many-democracy/

Extraordinarily Ordinary Israel

(Harvard Crimson) Peter N. Hadar - Israel functions much like any western European country. Like England, it flies its religious emblem on its flag; like Italy, its capital contains a global center of worship; and like France, its citizens are very likely to protest in the streets and express dissent. Israel, a country the size of New Jersey with a smaller population than Chicago's metropolitan area, has become an economic powerhouse. It ranks third worldwide (behind America and Canada) in the number of companies traded on Wall Street; second in the amount of venture capital funding received and amount of books published per capita; and first in the number of patents per capita, scientific journals per capita, and scientists per capita.

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