Israel

Israel ['i:zrɛl] (Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל, Yisra'el; Arabic: إسرائيل, Isrā'īl) is a kintra in the sooth-eastren Middle East that mairches Lebanon, Sirie, Jordan an Egyp. The caipital an muckle maist ceety is Jerusalem. Its watter mairch is the Mediterranean Sea tae the wast, the Reid Sea tae the sooth. It haes a population o ower 9,000,000 fowk.

State o Israel מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Ebreu) دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Arabic)
Banner Emblem
Anthem: "Hatikvah" (Hebrew for "The Haip")
Caipital and largest city	Jerusalem (leemitit recogneetion) 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E / 31.783; 35.217
Offeecial leids	Hebrew
Ethnic groups (2016)	74.8% Jewish 20.8% Arab 4.4% ither
Releegion	74.8% Jewish 17.6% Muslim 2% Christian 1.6% Druze 4% ither
Demonym(s)	Israeli
Govrenment	Unitar pairlamentar republic
• Preses	Isaac Herzogg (יצחק הרצוג)
• Prime Meenister	Benjamin Netanyahu (בנימין נתניהו)
• Knesset Speaker	Mickey Levy (מיכאל לוי)
• Chief Justice	Esther Hayut (אֶסְתֵּר חַיּוּת)
Legislatur	Knesset
Unthirldom
• Declared	14 May 1948
• Admission to UNO	11 May 1949
Aurie
• Total	20,770–22,072 km2 (8,019–8,522 sq mi)[a] (149t)
• Water	440 km2 (170 sq mi)
• Water (%)	2.1
Population
• 2024 estimate	9,848,080 (98th)
• 2008 census	7,412,200
• Density	395/km2 (1,023.0/sq mi) (34t)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$316.120 billion (54t)
• Per capita	$36,379 (34t)
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$339.990 billion (34t)
• Per capita	$39,126 (24t)
Gini (2013)	42.8 medium · 48t
HDI (2015)	0.899 verra heich · 19th
Currency	New shekel (₪‎) (ILS)
Time zone	UTC+2 (IST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (IDT)
Date format	אא-בב-גגגג (AM)‎ dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+972
ISO 3166 code	IL
Internet TLD	.il
Wabsteid www.israel.org
^ 20,770 is Israel athin the Green Line. 22,072 includes the annexed Golan Hichts an East Jerusalem.

Israel is a pairlamentary democracy. It is a daveloped kintra an haes the 52nt biggest economy in the warld.^{[citation needit]}

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  The Wastren Waw an the Dome o the Rock, Jerusalem
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  The Knesset (Israel's pairliament), Jerusalem
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  Tel Aviv
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  Judaean Desert
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  Hula Valley
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  Loch Ram an Moont Hermon
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  Moont Hermon
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  Ramat Gan
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  Eilat
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  Haifa
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  Weizmann Institute o Science, Tel Aviv
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  Cymbalista Synagogue, Tel Aviv