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Summary Israel,
the world's only Jewish nation, is
located in the
Middle East. Israel has literally been in
a state of war since her declaration of
independence on May 14, 1948. On that
date, the Jewish community in what was
then known as British Mandated Palestine,
declared independence as the State of
Israel. Active combat against local Arab
Palestinians had begun earlier, and upon
the independence declaration, six
neighboring Arab states invaded the newly
born Israeli
nation. Independence:
May 14, 1948 (from League of Nations
mandate under British
administration) Capital:
Jerusalem Population
& Ethnic Groups Population
(2005) --6,276,883 Ethnic
Groups-- Arab:19.9%
Religions-- Muslim
15.9% Arab
Christians 1.7%, non-Arab
Christians 0.4%, Druze
1.6%, Languages: Literacy:
(Defined as how many people age 15 and
over can read and write) War
of Independence (1948-1949) Suez/Sinai
War
(1956) Conflict
with the Palestinians
(1964-Present) Six-Day
War (1967) War
of Attrition (1968-1970) Yom
Kippur War (1973) Lebanon
War
(1982-2000) 1st
Intifada 2nd
Intifada See
also: Israel-Lebanon/Hezbollah
War of
2006--*New*--Details
and analysis on the warfare along the
Lebanese border which began in July,
2006! Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict--*New*--Background
information on the long-running warfare
between Israel and the
Palestinians! Israel-Lebanon
Conflict--*New*--Background
information on the warfare along the
Lebanese border! Israeli-Palestinian
Battles and
Campaigns--*New*--Specific
information on the warfare raids,
battles, terrorist attacks, and
retaliations between Israel and the
Palestinians! Economic
Data Israel
has a technologically advanced market
economy with substantial government
participation. It depends on imports of
crude oil, grains, raw materials, and
military equipment. Despite limited
natural resources, Israel has intensively
developed its agricultural and industrial
sectors over the past 20 years. Israel
imports substantial quantities of grain,
but is largely self-sufficient in other
agricultural products. Cut diamonds,
high-technology equipment, and
agricultural products (fruits and
vegetables) are the leading exports.
Gross
Domestic Product (GDP): $129
billion --This is how much, in U.S.
dollars, this nation's economy produces in
terms of products and services annually.
(2003) GDP
- per capita: $20,800 (2004)--This
figure shows how much personal wealth, on
average, each Israeli is worth. This is
usually a good indicator of whether the
nation can be considered "wealthy" or not.
See
also--Middle
East Economic Data Source:
The CIA World
Factbook Lebanon -to the
north Syria-to the
northeast Jordan-to the
east Saudi Arabia-to
the southeast Egypt-to the
west Palestinian
Authority--to the west (Gaza), and to
the east (West Bank) "The
History Guy" is a Registered Trademark. Citation http://www.historyguy.com/nations/israel.html
National
Politics Form
of Government--Parliamentary
Democracy Current
Leaders: President:
Shimon Peres (Since July 15,
2007) Next
National Elections: March 28,
2006 Major
Political Parties Likud
("Consolidation") Labor Kadima
("Forward") Biofiles
-Biography
pages of people who impacted
Israel. Ariel
Sharon--Military
leader and Prime Minister Site
Map--revision
in progress
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Jewish:
80.1% (Europe/America-born 32.1%,
Israel-born 20.8%, Africa-born 14.6%,
Asia-born 12.6%)--In this context,
being Jewish is considered both an
ethnicity and a religion.
Jewish
76.5%
Hebrew
(official), Arabic is
used officially for Arab minority,
English is the most
commonly used foreign language
National
Literacy Rate: 95.4%
Arab-Israeli
Border Wars
Lee, R. " History Guy: Nations of the World: The
State of Israel"
Prime
Minister : Benjamin Netanyahu of
the Likud Party (since March 31,
2009)