Area Total | 20,770 sq km |
Climate | temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas |
Natural Resources | timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand |
Imports | $68.61 billion (2017 est.) partners: US 11.7%, China 9.5%, Switzerland 8%, Germany 6.8%, UK 6.2%, Belgium 5.9%, Netherlands 4.2%, Turkey 4.2%, Italy 4% (2017) |
Exports | $58.67 billion (2017 est.) partners: US 28.8%, UK 8.2%, Hong Kong 7%, China 5.4%, Belgium 4.5% (2017) |
Government | parliamentary democracy |
Capital | Jerusalem |
Population | 8.4 million (July 2018 est.) |
Ethnicity | Jewish 74.4% (of which Israel-born 76.9%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 15.9%, Africa-born 4.6%, Asia-born 2.6%), Arab 20.9%, other 4.7% (2018 est.) |
Language | Hebrew (official), Arabic (used officially for Arab minority), English (most commonly used foreign language) |
News about Israel
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Yad Sarah reports demand for oxygen concentrators doubled
on January 17, 2021
More than 400 Oxygen concentrators were delivered to patients by Yad Sarah volunteers, more are in stock should people need them.
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Israeli wrestler captures bronze medal at elite French competition
on January 17, 2021
The American-born Finesilver earned All-American status as a Duke University grappler at the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling championship.
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Arab-Israeli MKs violate COVID-19 regulations to end feud
on January 17, 2021
“People are dying here, and not from COVID-19,” a person who attended the event said, “where is the Hebrew speaking media when such things happen?”
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Cave painting of a wild pig might be oldest art in the world
on January 16, 2021
Depicting Sulawesi warty pigs, the artworks were made with red ochre roughly 45,000 years ago.
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Rabbi Yisrael Lau infected with corona after receiving two Pfizer doses
on January 16, 2021
His grandson described him as "feeling great."
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Redefining family and readjusting the big tent Horoscopes for Shvat 5780
on January 16, 2021
Venus, which enters Aquarius on February 1, heads straight for the Super Bowl of emotional vulnerability with Venus square Uranus, conjunct Saturn, and sextile wounded healer Chiron on February 6
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Merav Michaeli: I can beat Ehud Barak
on January 16, 2021
Merav Michaeli could be the only woman heading a party in the March race.
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Netanyahu angers Right, ignores outposts, nods to Palestinian building
on January 16, 2021
The Right holds that Palestinian building in Area C helps cement the Palestinian presence there.
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Israeli activists launch drive for pro-Biden billboards
on January 16, 2021
The proposed billboard features the American and Israeli flags and a drawing of Biden and Harris with the message: “Democracy wins! Israelis congratulate Biden and Harris.”
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Nationwide protests against Netanyahu continue for 30th consecutive week
on January 16, 2021
Protesters in Ness Ziona reported suffering verbal and physical assaults by Netanyahu's supporters in the city.
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Family of late doctor demands that police investigate death as hate crime
on January 16, 2021
Dr. Avi Harlev's body was found with gunshot wounds on Tuesday night at the Lahav Forest north of Beersheba
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Kinneret levels rising due to increased rainfall in Israel
on January 16, 2021
Due to the high levels of rain the past several years, in addition to this winter's rain, the Kinneret water level is 3.055 meters above the lower red line level.
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Arab leaders call for boycott of 'deceitful' meeting with Netanyahu
on January 16, 2021
"For 13 years Bibi has done nothing, this meeting is part of his election campaign and I won't take part in that."
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Speedy COVID vaccine rollout brings global investors to Israeli stocks
on January 16, 2021
Investors are betting that Israel's impressive vaccination efforts will make the country a front-runner in economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rabbi asserts that coronavirus vaccines can 'turn' people into homosexuals
on January 16, 2021
Contradicts instructions of rabbis Chaim Kanievsky, Gershon Edelstein and Shalom Cohen, three of the most senior rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox world.
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Bedouin youth repair a cemetery that was vandalized in a TikTok video
on January 16, 2021
"They showed us that there is another way - we can work together, to strengthen the neighborhood, to work hand in hand for a better Negev for us all."
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Court orders Netanyahu prosecution to turn over additional documents
on January 16, 2021
Some documents relate to top Netanyahu aides turned state's witnesses Nir Hefetz and Shlomo Filber.
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Israel police rescues kidnapped dog of famous Israeli actor
on January 15, 2021
Vishinsky's dog was originally procured from the IDF as a retired service dog, in recognition of the service of his son Lior, who was killed during a military operation.
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Israeli, Cypriot colleges launch joint course study history of relations
on January 15, 2021
The course will focus on the history of diplomatic relations between Israel, Cyprus and Greece, which began in the late 1940s.
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Pfizer CEO to be awarded honorary doctorate from Technion
on January 15, 2021
Bourla, born to a Jewish family - part of whom were Holocaust survivors - in Thessaloniki in 1961, joined Pfizer in 1993.
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140 thousand COVID patients illegally monitored by Shin Bet for a month
on January 15, 2021
Chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Zvi Hauser noted that the incident was especially serious, because it continued for about a month before being exposed.
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Gantz: Our enemies will act regardless of our elections, and so will we
on January 15, 2021
Concluding his weekly briefing, Gantz called on the Israeli public to "put ego aside and focus on unity."
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Tzipi Refaeli contracts COVID, debate over vaccinating inmates continues
on January 15, 2021
Tzipi Refaeli, mother and agent of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, is currently serving a 16-months sentence at the Neve Tirza women's prison.
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Sa'ar to CNN: I intend to win, I believe Israelis will create the change
on January 15, 2021
Interviewed by CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Gideon Sa'ar insisted that the Israeli society must be unified again as "divisions are very dangerous for the future of Israel."
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Coronavirus: Vaccinations and lockdowns reveal Israel’s extremes
on January 15, 2021
The extremes Israelis have experienced living through this year like no other are not exclusive to the pandemic.