Israel

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State of Israel
מדינת ישראל (Medinat Jisra'el)


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Location o Israel

Offeecial leid

Hebrew, Arabic

Caipital

Jerusalem

Lairgest ceety

Tel Aviv

Govrenment

Heid o State -

Pairlamentary republic

Shimon Peres

Area

22,072 km²
8,522 sq mi

Population

2008 estimate: 7,282,000

Foondin

Declaired 14 May 1948

Siller

New Israeli Shekel (₪)

Time zone

UTC+2

Naitional anthem

Hatikvah

Naitional flouer

Patron saunt

Internet TLD

.il

Cawin code

+972

Israel ['i:zrɛl] (Hebrew: יִשְרָאֵל, Yisra'el; Arabic: إسرائيل, Isrā'īl) is a kintra in the sooth-eastren Middle East that mairches Lebanon, Serrie, Jordan an Egyp. The caipital an muckle maist ceety is Jerusalem. Its watter mairch is the Mediterranean Sea tae the west, the Reid Sea tae the sooth. It haes a population o ower 7,200,000 fowk. The Preses o the Republic is Shimon Peres the nou. The Prime Meenister is Benjamin Netanyahu.