33. Astonishing

In any comparison of the lives and accomplishments of a civilization - Israel is beyond simply "awesome". It is "astonishing".

Factoid: Depite being a comparative small and young country Israel has 9 Nobel laureates. They are;
Ada E. Yonath, Chemistry, 2009

Robert Aumann, Economics, 2005

Aaron Ciechanover, Chemistry, 2004

Avram Hershko, Chemistry, 2004

Daniel Kahneman, Economics, 2002

Yitzhak Rabin, Peace, 1994

Shimon Peres, Peace, 1994

Menachem Begin, Peace, 1978

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Literature, 1966