Official Name: The State of Israel Form of Rule: Parliamentary Democracy Capital: Jerusalem Area: 21,643 square kilometres Population: 7 million persons Distribution by Religion: 76.5% Jews, 16% Moslems, 2% Christians, 1.5% Druze, 4% without religious classification Official Languages: Hebrew, Arabic Currency: New Shekel GDP per Person: 22,944 (calculated according to purchasing power) Quality of Life Classification: 22nd place in world International Dialing Code: 972 Internet Suffix: il.
Israel is a country in the Middle East, on the narrow region connecting Africa and Asia. The State of Israel occupies most of the region known as the Land of Israel.
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