About Israel...
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a parliamentary republic in Western Asia, located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel is the world's only Jewish-majority state, and is defined as "a Jewish and democratic state" by Israeli constitutional law.
The modern State of Israel was declared in 1948, and traces its historical and religious roots to the Biblical Land of Israel, also known as Zion, a concept central to Judaism since ancient times.
Israel is a developed country and a representative democracy with a parliamentary system and universal suffrage. The Prime Minister serves as head of government and the Knesset serves as Israel's legislative body. The economy, based on the nominal gross domestic product, was the 41st-largest in the world in 2008. Israel ranks highest among Middle Eastern countries on the UN Human Development Index, and it has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Jerusalem is the country's capital, although it is not recognized internationally as such. In 2010, Israel joined the OECD.
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| Exports To Israel Facts |
| Location: |
Middle East |
| Coordinates: |
31 30 N, 34 45 E |
| Int. Dialing Code: |
00 + 972 |
| Currency: |
shekels |
| Language: |
Hebrew (official) |
| Area: |
20,770 sq km |
| Capital City: |
Jerusalem |
| Population: |
7,473,052 (July 2010 est.) |
| Population Ranking: |
96 |
| Employment: |
93.6% |
| Inflation: |
2.6% (2010 est.) |
| GDP: |
$217.1 billion (2010 est.) |
| GDP Ranking: |
51 |
| GDP Growth: |
3.4% (2010 est.) |
| Internet Users: |
4.525 million (2009) |
| Television Stations: |
7 |
| Phone Lines: |
3.25 million (2009) |
| Mobile Phones: |
9.022 million (2009) |
| Major Industry: |
high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metals products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles, footwear
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