Apart from the fact that Facebook appears in that list so often (presumably because of people typing Facebook in the wrong search bar or something), its quite interesting to see how visible American culture is in various countries.
Here's my translations from the Hebrew (of course Wikipedia also provides a translation). They seem very interested in their own famous people, USA and NYC, and the zipper. My guess is school kids have to research the previous leaders so go directly to Wikipedia.
Does anyone read Arabic or Persian and can provide a quick translation? 1 Israel
2. artzot habrit - the term for the United States
3. Yitzchuk Rabin - assassinated former prime minister of Israel
4. The Zipper -- I do not understand this at all...but yes, the #4 page most viewed in Israel on Wikipedia, seems to be the Zipper
5. David ben Gurion - first prime minister of Israel
6. Jerusalem
7. Facebook
8. Theodore Hertzl - founder of Zionism
9. New York
10. Benjamin Netanyahu - current prime minister of Israel
For what it's worth, I can provide a translation of the Arabic. 1. Egypt
2. Mohamad Ali Bashaa - An historic Egyptian leader
3. Omar bin Khataab - Historic Muslim caliph
4. Suleiman the Magnificent - Historic leader of the Ottman Empire
5. Mohammad Morsi
6. Muhammad (The Prophet)
7. The United States
8. YouTube
9. Algeria
10. Saudi Arabia
Thanks Goatfood. If these stats are believable, can you draw any inferences about which Arabic-speaking countries use Wikipedia the most. Do you think there are a large number of Arabic-speaking Europeans or North Americans using Wikipedia, so that the stats are not representative of countries at all?
As an Israeli I'm gonna go ahead and attribute the appearance of the articles about past figures to a general infatuation with the past of Israel, and the deification of certain figures (mostly Hertzel and Rabin), rather than scholarly efforts. The idea that past leaders represent some pure ideal is quite a common rhetoric here. The zipper thing is baffling, though.
The Swedes want to know more about the US apparently.