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State of Israel
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
Timeline: Great Nuclear War

OTL equivalent: State of Israel
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Location of State of Israel
Israel in blue
Anthem "The Hope"
Capital
(and largest city)
Jerusalem
Other cities Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ramallah, Nahariya and others
Language
  official
 
Hebrew
  others Arabic, English, European languages and others
Religion
  main
 
Judaism
  others Islam, Christianity, Catholicism and others
Ethnic Groups
  main
 
Jews
  others Arabs, Druze, Europeans and others
Demonym Israelians
Government Unitary parliamentary republic
  Legislature Knessent
President Reuven Rivlin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Area 12.240 km²
Population 10,696,987 
Independence 14 May 1948
Currency New Shekel
Organizations IL and others

Israel (/ˈɪzreɪəl/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל‎, Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل‎‎), officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, United Arab Republic to the northeast, Jordan on the east and Palestine to the south.

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