Writer: Nicky Blackburn

Editor and Israel Director, Nicky Blackburn has worked extensively as a journalist and editor both in Britain and Israel for a range of national and international publications including The Cambridge Evening News, London News, Travel Weekly, Israel High Tech Investor, and The Times of London. She was the Associate Editor at LINK Israel’s Business and Technology Magazine, and the High-Tech Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post. She has an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Bar Ilan University.

A young boy stands near a railing, facing away, from the camera to watch an air force show in the sky, with Israeli flags waving beside him under a partly cloudy blue sky.

73 fun facts about Israel

To celebrate Israel’s 77th birthday, we bring you 73 weird, wacky and remarkable things about this tiny country in the Middle East you may not know.