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Israel - A Light Unto the Nations

1999
This Web site, Israel, a Light Unto the Nations: Celebrating 50 Years of Technology, has been designed, created, and engineered to be an interactive, informative and thought-provoking experience for the reader. At first glance, one might consider this Web site to be focused only on the tiny nation of Israel, but clearly, the objectives and intentions were to help the reader identify that Israeli technological innovation has a world-wide impact. The Web site highlights some of the many technologies in agriculture, military, and medicine where Israeli scientists have responded to the needs of other developing nations by sharing their new discoveries and methodologies. Readers of the site will gain a sense of the cooperative and energetic efforts involved in establishing and supporting Israeli educational and scientific institutions, which have been at the forefront of world technology. The educational value of this Web site is enhanced by its many interactive capabilities, a range of student projects such as puzzles and games to complex debate issues, and a wide variety of questions that require research and critical thinking. The site is constructed so that it is easy to follow the progress and the history of Israel, through its incredibly productive five decades.