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It's not a police drama,
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information about the Jewish state.
Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor
1. Israel's Mediterranean coast-
! line is about 170 miles (270 kilo-
: meters) long.
2. There are no islands off Israel's
coasts within the state's territorial
waters.
3. Israel's beaches are covered
almost entirely by quartz sand from
the Nile delta brought over thou-
: sands of years by sea currents to
the Israeli shore.
4. The rainy season in Israel
begins in November, increases in
intensity until January, then
decreases to May. Often, the
season ends around Purim in
March.
5. In the summer, Israel is one of
the sunniest places in the world,
with horizontal surfaces receiving
more than 130 kilo-lux-hours, almost
the absolute maximum the sun can
provide.
6. The heaviest snowfall recorded
in Jerusalem in this century was 38
inches in February 1920.
7. The highest temperature ever
recorded in Israel was 131
degrees Farenheit at Tirat Tzvi in
1 June.] 942.
8. About 2,300 species of plants
are native to Israel.
9. The tallest type of native forest
tree in Israel is the Aleppo pine.
10. Archaeological excavations
at Jericho reveal what may be the
world's oldest city, dating back to
8000 BCE.
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13. Israel has seven universities
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pope and Germany's kaiser.
17. David Ben-Gurion, Israel's
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15. Israel's first army, the
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