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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.