Israel

Extracted Attributes

• Area

  8,470 square miles

• Type

  Country

• Founder

  David Ben-Gurion

• Currency

  Shekel

• Location

  West Asia, Southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Northern shore of the Red Sea

• Population

  9,840,000 (as of 2021-2023)

• Legislature

  Knesset

• R&D Spending

  Spends proportionally more on research and development than any other country

• Official Name

  State of Israel

• Economic Center

  Tel Aviv

• Economic Status

  Developed country, Technologically advanced economy

• Establishment Date

  1948-05-14

• Form of Government

  Parliamentary Democracy, Jewish and democratic state

• Largest Urban Area

  Tel Aviv

• Official Languages

  Hebrew, Arabic

• Proclaimed Capital

  Jerusalem

• Nuclear Weapons Status

  Widely believed to possess nuclear weapons

• International Recognition of Golan Heights Annexation

  Largely unrecognised internationally

• International Recognition of East Jerusalem Sovereignty

  Unrecognized internationally

Timeline

• Britain establishes Mandatory Palestine. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1920-XX-XX

• United Nations proposes a partition plan for Palestine, recommending independent Arab and Jewish states. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1947-XX-XX

• Civil war escalates within Mandatory Palestine between Jewish and Palestinian Arab forces. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1947-XX-XX

• Israel declares independence following the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine. (Source: Summary, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1948-05-14

• Neighboring Arab states invade, beginning the First Arab-Israeli War. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1948-05-15

• Armistice Agreements are signed, leaving Israel in control of more territory than the UN partition plan. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1949-XX-XX

• Six-Day War, after which Israel occupies the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, and Syrian Golan Heights. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1967-XX-XX

• Yom Kippur War occurs. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1973-XX-XX

• Israel signs a peace treaty with Egypt. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1979-XX-XX

• Israel returns the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1982-XX-XX

• Israel signs the Oslo Accords, establishing mutual recognition and limited Palestinian self-governance. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1993-XX-XX

• Israel normalizes relations with several more Arab countries via the Abraham Accords. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Related Documents)

  2020-XX-XX

• Israel is involved in a recent conflict with Iran, with de-escalation efforts influenced by US policy and the Abraham Accords. (Source: Summary, Related Documents)

  XXXX-XX-XX

Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights in the north-east. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is its largest urban area and economic centre. Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity it was home to the Canaanite civilisation, followed by the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situated at a continental crossroad, the region experienced demographic changes under the rule of empires from the Romans to the Ottomans. European antisemitism in the late 19th century galvanised Zionism, which sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine and gained British support with the Balfour Declaration. After World War I, Britain occupied the region and established Mandatory Palestine in 1920. Increased Jewish immigration in the lead-up to the Holocaust and British foreign policy in the Middle East led to intercommunal conflict between Jews and Arabs, which escalated into a civil war in 1947 after the United Nations (UN) proposed partitioning the land between them. After the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, Israel declared independence on 14 May 1948. Neighbouring Arab states invaded the area the next day, beginning the First Arab–Israeli War. An armistice in 1949 left Israel in control of more territory than the UN partition plan had called for; and no new independent Arab state was created as the rest of the former Mandate territory was held by Egypt and Jordan, respectively the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The majority of Palestinian Arabs were either expelled or fled in what is known as the Nakba, with those remaining becoming the new state's main minority. Over the following decades, Israel's population increased greatly as the country received an influx of Jews who emigrated, fled or were expelled from the Arab world. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and Syrian Golan Heights. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel signed peace treaties with Egypt—returning the Sinai in 1982—and Jordan. In 1993, Israel signed the Oslo Accords, which established mutual recognition and limited Palestinian self-governance in parts of the West Bank and Gaza. In the 2020s it normalised relations with several more Arab countries via the Abraham Accords. However, efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict after the interim Oslo Accords have not succeeded, and the country has engaged in several wars and clashes with Palestinian militant groups. Israel established and continues to expand settlements across the illegally occupied territories, contrary to international law, and has effectively annexed East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in moves largely unrecognised internationally. Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism—along with accusations that it has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Palestinian people—from human-rights organisations and UN officials. The country's Basic Laws establish a parliament elected by proportional representation, the Knesset, which determines the makeup of the government headed by the prime minister and elects the figurehead president. Israel has one of the largest economies in the Middle East, one of the highest standards of living in Asia, the world's 26th-largest economy by nominal GDP and 16th by nominal GDP per capita. One of the most technologically advanced and developed countries in the world, it spends proportionally more on research and development than any other country in the world and is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Its culture comprises Jewish and Jewish diaspora elements alongside Arab influences.

Web Search Results

• Israel - Wikipedia

  Israel,[\[a\]]( officially the State of Israel,[\[b\]]( is a country in West Asia. Situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East, it shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the southwest. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its [...] Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Canaan region and the Holy Land. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilisation followed by the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situated at a continental crossroad, the region experienced demographic changes "Demographic history of Palestine (region)") under the rule of empires from the Romans to the Ottomans.[\[22\]]( European antisemitism in the late 19th century galvanised Zionism, which sought a Jewish [...] Appearance move to sidebar hide Coordinates: 31°N 35°E / 31°N 35°E / 31; 35 Image 4: Extended-protected article From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Country in West Asia For other uses, see Israel (disambiguation) "Israel (disambiguation)"). Not to be confused with Land of Israel. | State of Israel מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Hebrew) _Medīnat Yisrā'el_ دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل (Arabic) _Dawlat Isrā'īl_ | | --- | |

• Israel | National Geographic Kids

  Israel is the only fully democratic country in the Middle East. Elections are held for seats in the Knesset, or parliament, every four years. If a party wins two percent of the votes, the party gets one or more seats in parliament. No one party has control, so all groups must work together. The leader of the largest party becomes prime minister. The prime minister appoints a cabinet of ministers that runs the country. The 120 members of the Knesset elect a president, who is the head of state. [...] Swimmers float effortlessly in the very salty waters of the Dead Sea. Photograph by Nico Tondini, Photo Library Israel ====== Israel is a small country in the Middle East about the size of the state of New Jersey. FAST FACTS ---------- OFFICIAL NAME: State of Israel FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary Democracy CAPITAL: Jerusalem POPULATION: 9,043,387 (updated 2023) AREA: 8,470 square miles OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Hebrew, Arabic MONEY: Shekel MAJOR RIVER: Jordan [...] ### GEOGRAPHY Image 8 Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Israel has a diverse climate with snowy mountains in the north and hot deserts in the south. The countries of Syria and Jordan border Israel to the east. Lebanon borders on the north, and Egypt to the west and south. Three Occupied Territories that are controlled by Israel—the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem—are within the country’s borders.

• History of Israel - Wikipedia

  The history of Israel covers an area of the Southern Levant also known as Canaan, Palestine "Palestine (region)") or the Holy Land, which is the geographical location of the modern states of Israel and Palestine. From a prehistory as part of the critical Levantine corridor, which witnessed waves of early humans out of Africa, to the emergence of Natufian culture c. 10th millennium BCE, the region entered the Bronze Age c. 2,000 BCE with the development of Canaanite civilization, before being [...] The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel (as _\_ysrỉꜣr\__) occurs in the Egyptian Merneptah Stele, erected for Pharaoh Merneptah (son of Ramesses II) c. 1209 BCE, which states "Israel is laid waste and his seed is not."( Image 13 The Merneptah Stele. According to mainstream archeology, it represents the first instance of the name "Israel" in the historical record. [...] home to one of the largest Iron Age structures in the Levant.( The Kingdom of Israel's capital moved between Shechem, Penuel and Tirzah "Tirzah (ancient city)") before Omri settled it in Samaria, and the royal succession was often settled by a military coup d'état. The Kingdom of Judah was smaller but more stable; the Davidic dynasty ruled the kingdom for the four centuries of its existence, with the capital always in Jerusalem, controlling the Judaean Mountains, most of the Shephelah and the

• [PDF] A BRIEF HISTORY OF ISRAEL - Echoes & Reflections

  FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 1948 Israel’s establishment as an independent sovereign state was officially declared in Tel Aviv on Friday May 14, 1948, by Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion, the day the British Mandate over Palestine was officially terminated, in accordance with UN Resolution 181. [...] ISRAEL TODAY Since 1948, Israel’s population has grown tenfold. Israel was founded with a population of 806,000. Today there are 8.5 million Israelis; about 75% of them Jews. Like other democratic, multi-ethnic countries, Israel struggles with various social and religious issues and economic problems. It is a country of immigrants that often came to the country dispossessed. On the political front, most Arab and Muslim states continue to deny the Jewish State’s right to exist. Unfortunately, [...] 3 CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM 1From Jewish Virtual Library, “Vital Statistics: Last Population Statistics for Israel” (American-Israeli Cooperative Interprise, 2016), LOCATION Israel is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa, and Asia meet. The country borders on Lebanon and Syria in the north, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the south.

• Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza International Travel Information

  The Government of Israel administers immigration and security controls at its international land crossings with Jordan (into both the West Bank and Israel), Egypt (at the Taba crossing near Eilat), and at Israel’s airports and seaports. A separate network of security checkpoints and crossings operated by Israeli authorities regulates the movement of people and goods between Israel and the West Bank, and between Israel and Gaza. [...] The security situation in Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is unpredictable, and U.S. citizens are reminded to remain vigilant and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness as security incidents, including mortar and rocket fire and armed UAV intrusions and missiles, can take place without warning. U.S. government employees in Israel under Chief of Mission security responsibility are currently restricted from personal travel to the following locations: [...] Visa or Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL) is required. Please see below for detailed information about entry, exit and visa requirements. VACCINATIONS: None. CURRENCY RESTRICTIONS FOR ENTRY: You must declare if you are carrying 50,000 shekels or more (or the equivalent) when entering or exiting Israel by air and 12,000 shekels (or the equivalent) if entering or exiting by land. CURRENCY RESTRICTIONS FOR EXIT:

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• Country

  Israel

• Founder

  David Ben-Gurion

• Instance Of

  Q6256

• Population

  9,840,000

• Coordinates

  Lat: 31.0, Lon: 35.0

• Inception Date

  5/14/1948

Israel (/ˈɪzri.əl, -reɪ-/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Yīsrāʾēl; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل, ʾIsrāʾīl), officially the State of Israel (מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل, Dawlat ʾIsrāʾīl), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest; it is also bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites during the Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah emerged, and later fell, respectively, to the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 720 BCE) and Neo-Babylonian Empire (586 BCE). During that period, much of the Hebrew Bible was written. The region was then ruled by the Achaemenid, Macedonian, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid empires. A successful Maccabean revolt led to the rise of an independent Hasmonean kingdom, but it was gradually incorporated into the Roman Republic. A series of large-scale Jewish revolts against Roman rule were unsuccessful, leading to wide-scale destruction, a high toll of life, and mass displacement. In the Middle Ages, the region was part of the Byzantine Empire, Rashidun Caliphate, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, and Fatimid Caliphate. With the First Crusade, Crusader states were established. The Ayyubids pushed back the crusaders before Muslim rule was fully restored by the Mamluk Sultanate, which ceded the territory to the Ottoman Empire at the outset of the early modern period. During the 19th century, the Zionist movement began promoting the creation of a Jewish homeland in Ottoman Syria. Following World War I, Britain was granted control of the region by the League of Nations mandate, in what became known as Mandatory Palestine. After World War II, the newly formed United Nations adopted the Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947, recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states, and an internationalized Jerusalem. Partition was accepted by the Jewish leadership, but rejected by Palestinian Arab leaders and the Arab states. Following a civil war within Mandatory Palestine between Yishuv and Palestinian Arab forces, Israel declared independence at the termination of the British Mandate. A day later, several surrounding Arab countries intervened, leading to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which concluded with the 1949 Armistice Agreements that saw Israel in control of most of the former mandate territory, while the West Bank and Gaza were held by Jordan and Egypt respectively. Over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, about half of the pre-war Arab population, were expelled from or fled the territory Israel would come to control. During and immediately after the war, around 260,000 Jews emigrated or fled from the Arab world to Israel. Israel has since fought wars with several Arab countries, and since the 1967 Six-Day War has occupied the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, though whether Gaza remains occupied following the Israeli disengagement is disputed. Israel has effectively annexed East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, though these actions have been rejected as illegal by the international community, and established settlements within the occupied territories, which are also considered illegal under international law. While Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, and has normalized relations with a number of other Arab countries, it remains formally at war with Syria and Lebanon, and efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have thus far stalled. In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state, and as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The country has a parliamentary system, proportional representation, and universal suffrage. The prime minister serves as head of government, while the Knesset is the unicameral legislature. Israel is a developed country and an OECD member, with a population of over nine million people as of 2021. It has the world's 29th-largest economy by nominal GDP, and ranks nineteenth in the Human Development Index.