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Some buses and stations around Israel bear the inscription “You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old” — a quote from Leviticus intended to encourage courtesy among...

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Haifa’s Carmelit transport system is one of the smallest subway systems in the world, with four carriages and a track of just 1.8 km. Power Rangers: an Israel production

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The World Centre of the Bahai faith is located in the Israeli cities of Acre and Haifa.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s office spent 10,000 shekels on ice cream last year, according to his 2012 budget report.

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There are more than 40 kosher McDonald’s in Israel. The only one outside the Jewish state is in Buenos Aires.

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In 1992, Israel experienced such severe snow that several centimetres fell in the Negev desert.

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Palwin wine, Israel’s oldest brand, was first produced by the Palestine Wine and Trading Company, established in 1898. One explanation for why the different variations are identified by numbers is...

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Tel Aviv is a Unesco heritage site in recognition of the 4,000 Bauhaus buildings that were built in the city in the 1930s and ’40s.

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In 1966, Shai Agnon became Israel’s first recipient of a Nobel Prize — for literature.

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Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv is the most expensive site on the official Israeli Monopoly board.

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