During the first days of creation, G-d turned to the angels and said: "I am now going to create a land called Israel. It will be a land of mountains full of snow, sparkling lakes, forests full of all kind of trees, high cliffs overlooking sandy beaches with an abundance of sea life."
G-d continued, "I shall make the soil fertile so that the inhabitants will prosper. I shall call these inhabitants Israelis, and they shall be known to the most people on earth."
"But L-rd," asked the angels, "don't You think You are being too generous to these Israelis?"
"Not really," God replied, "wait and see the neighbors I am going to give them."
