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=..ISRAEL.. =

=Capitalcity Jerusalem = =**Flag of Israel **=
 * Israel is a parliamentary democracy in the Middle East, on the south-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 the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south, and it contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. In its Basic Laws Israel defines itself as a Jewish and Democratic State; it is the world's only Jewish-majority state. **

=The National Anthem of Israel =

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=Demographics of Israel = =Map of Israel =
 * The demography of Israel is monitored by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. The State of Israel has a population of approximately 7,933,200 inhabitants as of 2012 75.4 percent of them are Jewish (about 5,978,600 individuals), 20.6 percent are Arabs (about 1,636,600 individuals), while the remaining 4 percent (about 318,000 individuals) are defined as "others" **

=Greeting =


 * Traditional greeting is Shalom meaning peace, hello or goodbye. **

=Politics of Israel =



=Costume Israel =
 * Politics of Israel is dominated by [|Zionist] parties. They traditionally fall into three camps, the first two being the largest: [|Labor Zionism] ([|social democrat]), [|Revisionist Zionism] ([|conservative]) and[|Religious Zionism]. There are also several non-Zionist [|Orthodox] religious parties, non-Zionist left-wing groups, as well as non-Zionist and [|anti-Zionist] Israeli Arab parties. **
 * http://www.economist.com/topics/israeli-politics **


 * [[image:http://sifolkdancers.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/P1000617-israel-wm-sm.jpg width="247" height="289" caption="P1000617 israel wm sm"]] || [[image:http://sifolkdancers.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/P1000615-israel-mn-sm.jpg width="252" height="295" caption="P1000615 israel mn sm"]] ||
 * Ladies’ costume || Men’s costume ||

=Israel Money =


 * The Israeli new shekel (Hebrew: Shekel Hadash) is the currency of the State of Israel. The shekel consists of 100 agorot . Denominations made in this currency are marked with the shekel sign, The Israeli new shekel has been in use since 1 January 1986 when it replaced the Old Israeli shekel that was in usage between 24 February 1980 **

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=<span style="background-color: #ff0074; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Food of Israel = =<span style="background-color: #ff8500; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Breakfast = =<span style="background-color: #00ff5d; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Street foods = media type="youtube" key="v-lWE5vOuk0" height="315" width="420"
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">lsrael does not have a universally recognized national dish; however, many consider it to be deep fried balls of seasoned, ground chickpeas. Street vendors throughout Israel sell falafel and it is a favorite "street food" **
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/The_7_Breakfasts_-_Caf%C3%A9_Caf%C3%A9.jpg/300px-The_7_Breakfasts_-_Caf%C3%A9_Caf%C3%A9.jpg width="378" height="255" align="center" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_7_Breakfasts_-_Caf%C3%A9_Caf%C3%A9.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Shkedeymarak.jpg/200px-Shkedeymarak.jpg width="342" height="252" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shkedeymarak.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Israeli_couscous.jpg/220px-Israeli_couscous.jpg width="306" height="248" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Israeli_couscous.jpg"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">breakfast ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">soup almond ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israel couscous ** ||


 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pita_felafel.jpg/250px-Pita_felafel.jpg width="330" height="263" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pita_felafel.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sabich.jpg/250px-Sabich.jpg width="296" height="259" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabich.jpg"]] ||

=<span style="background-color: #00ff9e; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Drinks =

=<span style="background-color: #ff5100; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Fruit of Israel =
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Goldstar_and_Maccabee.jpg width="256" height="192" caption="File:Goldstar and Maccabee.jpg" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Goldstar_and_Maccabee.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Israeli_Wine_Bottles_007.jpg/200px-Israeli_Wine_Bottles_007.jpg width="248" height="195" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Israeli_Wine_Bottles_007.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Milky_%28pudding%29.JPG/200px-Milky_%28pudding%29.JPG width="266" height="198" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_(pudding).JPG"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israel beer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Wine Israel ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Milky pudding topped with whipped cream ** ||
 * [[image:http://kakukgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Yellow-dragon-fruit.-A-new-breed-of-Israel..jpg width="377" height="269"]] || [[image:http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/NPF6666.jpg width="404" height="267"]] || [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yToVnIxwdkw/TkN3kyfFwvI/AAAAAAAAALw/xjr9MxzLyCU/s1600/Sharon+Fruit.jpg width="340" height="208"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Yellow Dragon Fruit ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Uneatable Fruit ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Sharon Fruit ** ||


 * [[image:http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/emkaplin/emkaplin1205/emkaplin120500222/13670574-shesek-and-cherry-fruit-in-tel-aviv-israel.jpg width="381" height="288"]] || [[image:https://www.israel365.co.il/Content/images/quotes/9_7.jpg width="428" height="289"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Shesek and cherry fruit ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Blueberry and strawberry ** ||

=<span style="background-color: #beff00; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Languages =
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Hebrew, Arabic, and English **
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israel has two official languages, Hebrew and Arabic. Hebrew is the primary language of the state and is spoken by the majority of the population, and Arabic is spoken by the Arab minority. More than one million Russian-speaking immigrants arrived in Israel from the former Soviet Union states between 1990 and 2004 French is spoken by around 700,000 Israelis mostly originating from France and North Africa . **
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">(Jewish languages, Slavic languages, Arabic, Aramaic, German and others). Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages of Israel. According to a 2011 Government Social Survey of Israelis over 20 years of age in 2011 report Hebrew as their mother tongue, Arabic Russian Yiddish French English and Spanish and other languages **

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=<span style="background-color: #ff00af; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Religion =
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Religion in the State of Israel has played an immeasurably integral role in shaping the country’s traditions, culture, and way of life throughout history. Because Israel is the Holy Land of three of the world’s great religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, it attracts both immigrants and visitors from all over the globe. **
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israel is well known as the place where Jewish kings and prophets walked; a place where Jewish history is alive and still today being made **



=**<span style="background-color: #005bff; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;">Sport **=


 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Sports in Israel are an important part of the national culture. Sports in Israel are pursued both competitively and for leisure. Israelis engage in a wide range of athletic activities, with association football being the most popular sport. Israel has won seven medals in the Olympic Games, in judo, canoeing and windsurfing, and an Israeli grandmaster is the holder of the 2009 Chess World Cup. Israel also has a tradition of tennis. Another major achievement by an Israeli athlete was in pole vaulting. **

=<span style="background-color: #ef4d97; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Dance =
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bloomfield_Stadium21.jpg/220px-Bloomfield_Stadium21.jpg width="286" height="213" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bloomfield_Stadium21.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Hapoel_Jerusalem_Basketball.jpg/200px-Hapoel_Jerusalem_Basketball.jpg width="312" height="211" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hapoel_Jerusalem_Basketball.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Arad_chess.jpg/150px-Arad_chess.jpg width="213" height="215" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arad_chess.jpg"]] ||
 * football || basketball || chess match ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israeli folk dancing is a form of dance usually performed to music from Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs. Most Israeli dances are performed in a circle, although there are also partner dances and line dances. **

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=<span style="background-color: #ff8500; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Arts =
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Visual arts in Israel refers to [|plastic art] created in the [|Land of Israel]/[|Palestine] region, from the latter part of the 19th century until today, or art created by Israeli artists. Visual art in Israel ranges from a variety of traditional local arts to "Fine Art" influenced by the Western art of [|Europe] and the [|United States]. Israeli art is rich in techniques, styles, means of expression, and varied themes reflecting attempts to formulate a national identity. **

=<span style="background-color: #006eff; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Science and Technology =
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Shrine_of_the_Book.jpg/200px-Shrine_of_the_Book.jpg width="280" height="245"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Danziger%2C_Itzhak%2C_Nimrod%2C_1939.jpg/200px-Danziger%2C_Itzhak%2C_Nimrod%2C_1939.jpg width="220" height="263"]] ||


 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">[|Science and technology] in [|Israel] is one of the country's most developed sectors. The percentage of [|Israelis] engaged in scientific and technological inquiry, and the amount spent on [|research and development] (R&D) in relation to [|gross domestic product] (GDP), is amongst the highest in the world. [|Israel] ranks fourth in the world in scientific activity as measured by the number of scientific publications per million citizens. Israel's percentage of the total number of scientific articles published worldwide is almost 10 times higher than its percentage of the world's population. **
 * <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israeli scientists have contributed to the advancement of [|agriculture], [|computer sciences], [|electronics], [|genetics], [|medicine], [|optics], [|solar energy] and various fields of [|engineering]. Israel is home to major players in the high-tech industry and has one of the world's most technologically-literate populations.Scienceand technology in Israel cite In 1998, [|Tel Aviv] was named by [|Newsweek] as one of the ten most technologically influential cities in the world.Since 2000, Israel has been a member of [|EUREKA], the pan-European [|research and development] funding and coordination organization, and holds the rotating chairmanship of the organization for 2010–2011 **


 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Technology_garden.JPG/220px-Technology_garden.JPG width="220" height="165" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Technology_garden.JPG"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;"> Jerusalem technology park ** ||

=<span style="background-color: #ff0074; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Tourism Attraction of Israel =
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Solar_dish_at_Ben-Gurion_National_Solar_Energy_Center_in_Israel.jpg/220px-Solar_dish_at_Ben-Gurion_National_Solar_Energy_Center_in_Israel.jpg width="220" height="165" caption="A horizontal parabolic dish, with a triangular structure on its top." link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_dish_at_Ben-Gurion_National_Solar_Energy_Center_in_Israel.jpg"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;"> Largest Solar ** ||

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 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Anthia_goldfish.JPG/250px-Anthia_goldfish.JPG width="330" height="256"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Hot_springs_in_Hamat_Gader.jpg/250px-Hot_springs_in_Hamat_Gader.jpg width="330" height="256"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Jerusalem-TowerOfDavid_004.jpg/250px-Jerusalem-TowerOfDavid_004.jpg width="330" height="256"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">coral and marine fish in Eilat ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Hamat Gader hot springs ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Tower of David Museum ** ||


 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/PikiWiki_Israel_5601_dead_sea.jpg/250px-PikiWiki_Israel_5601_dead_sea.jpg width="330" height="256"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Nahal_arugot.jpg/250px-Nahal_arugot.jpg width="330" height="256"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TerracesBenGurion2.jpg/250px-TerracesBenGurion2.jpg width="330" height="256"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">The dead sea ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Nahal Arugot waterfall ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">The Shrine of the Báb at the world ** ||

=<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israel Quiz = [] =<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Israeli Business Etiquette = [] =<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">News Israel = http://www.haaretz.com/
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Eilat2.jpg/200px-Eilat2.jpg width="220" height="165" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat2.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Gan_Hashlosha_National_Park_Pool1_200704.JPG/200px-Gan_Hashlosha_National_Park_Pool1_200704.JPG width="220" height="165" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gan_Hashlosha_National_Park_Pool1_200704.JPG"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1141.jpg/250px-%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1141.jpg width="209" height="157" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_1141.jpg"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Shivta01_ST_05.JPG/200px-Shivta01_ST_05.JPG width="220" height="165" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shivta01_ST_05.JPG"]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Eilat [|seaside resort] on the [|Red Sea] ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Natural warm pool ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Syrian brown bears ** || **<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Shivta National Park ** ||

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