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Israel
Cities
Famous Cities in Israel
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa, Ashdod
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Israeli Cities
Rishon LeZiyyon,
Beersheba, Netanya, Holon, Bene Beraq, Bat Yam, Ramat Gan, Ashqelon,
Herzliyya, Kefar Sava, Hadera,
Bet Shemesh, Lod, Nazareth, Ramla,
Nahariyya, Qiryat Ata, Giv`atayim, Qiryat Gat, Akko, Elat, Karmi'el,
Hod HaSharon,
Umm el Fahm, Tiberias, Qiryat Motzkin, Qiryat Yam,
Qiryat Bialik, Ramat HaSharon, Dimona, Et Taiyiba, Yavne, Or Yehuda,
Zefat, Mevo Betar, Tamra, Daliyat el Karmil, Sakhnin, Netivot,
Ofaqim, Qiryat Shemona, Nesher, Et Tira, Sederot, Tirat Karmel,
Maghar, Kafr Kanna, Judeida, Kafr Qasim, Qalansuwa, Er Reina, Kafr
Manda, Gan Yavne, Gedera, Kefar Yona, Ganne Tiqwa, Iksal, Azor, Nahf,
Beit Jann, El Fureidis, Kabul, Even Yehuda, Tel Mond, Yeroham,
Rekhasim,
Deir Hanna, Kafr Yasif, Dabburiya, Mazkeret Batya, Bene `Ayish,
Jaljulya, Bir el Maksur, Pardesiyya, Lehavim, Abu Ghaush, Shelomi,
Kefar Weradim, Bet Dagan, Ramat Yishay, Hurfeish, Kefar Habad, Mizpe
Ramon, Sajur, Savyon, Kafr Kama, Fassuta, Elyakhin, Jish, `Uzeir,
Rosh Pinna, Sulam, Kefar Tavor, Esh Sheikh Dannun, Nordiyya, Nehalim
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North
District
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Haifa
District
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Central
District
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Afula
עפולה
العفولة
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Baqa
al-Gharbiyye באקה אל-גרביה
باقة
الغربية
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Hod
Hasharon הוד
השרון
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Akko
עכו
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Hadera
חדרה
خضيرة
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Kefar
Sava כפר
סבא
كفار
سابا
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Bet
She'an נית
שאן
נית
שאן
נית
שאן
נית
שאן
נית
שאן
بيسان
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Haifa
חיפה
حيفا
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Lod
לוד
اللد
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Carmiel
כרמיאל
الكرمل
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Nesher
נשר
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Modi'in
מודיעין
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Ma'alot-Tarshiha
מעלות-תרשיחא
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Or
Aqiva אור
עקיבא
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Ness
Ziona
נס
ציונה
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Migdal
HaEmeq
מגדל
העמק
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Qiryat
Atta
קריית
אתא
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Netanya
נתניה
نتانيا
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Nahariya
נהריה
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Qiryat
Bialik
קריית
ביאליק
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Petah
Tikva פתח
תקווה
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Nazareth
נצרת
الناصرة
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Qiryat
Motzkin
קריית
מוצקין
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Qalansawe
קלנסווה
קלנסווה
קלנסווה
קלנסווה
קלנסווה
قلنسوة
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Nazerat
Illit נצרת
עילית
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Qiryat
Yam
קריית
ים
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Ra'anana
רעננה
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Qiryat
Shemona קריית
שמונה
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Tirat
Karmel טירת
כרמל
طيرة
الكرمل
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Ramla
רמלה
רמלה
רמלה
רמלה
רמלה
الرملة
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Sakhnin
סחנין
سخنين
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Umm
al-Fahm אום
אל-פאחם
אום
אל-פאחם
אום
אל-פאחם
אום
אל-פאחם
אום
אל-פאחם
أم
الفحم
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Rehovot
רחובות
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Shefa-Amr
(Shfar'am) שפרעם
شفا
عمر
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Zikhron
Ya'aqov זכרון
יעקוב
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Rishon
LeZion
ראשון
לציון
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Tamra
טמרה
طمرة
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Rosh
HaAyin
ראש
העין
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Tiberias
טבריה
טבריה
טבריה
טבריה
טבריה
طبريا
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Tayibe
טייבה
الطيبة
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Tzfat
(Safed) צפת
صفد
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Tira
טירה
الطيرة
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Yavne
יבנה
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Yehud
יהוד
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Tel
Aviv District
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Jerusalem
District
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Southern
District
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Bat
Yam בת
ים
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Bet
Shemesh בית שמש
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Arad
ערד
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Bnei
Brak בני
ברק
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Jerusalem
ירושלים
ירושלים
ירושלים
ירושלים
ירושלים
القدس
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Ashdod
אשדוד
اسدود
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Givatayim
גבעתיים
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Ashqelon
אשקלון
عسقلان
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Herzliyya
הרצליה
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Beersheba
באר
שבע
بئر
السبع
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Holon
חולון
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Dimona
דימונה
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Or
Yehuda
אור
יהודה
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Eilat
(إيلات
(أم
الرشراش
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Kiryat
Ono קריית
אונו
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Netivot
נתיבות
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Ramat-Gan
רמת
גן
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Ofakim
אופקים
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Ramat
Hasharon
רמת
השרון
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Kiryat
Gat
קריית
גת
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Tel
Aviv-Yafo תל-אביב -
יפו
تل
أبيب (تل
الربيع) -
يافا
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Kiryat
Malakhi
קריית
מלאכי
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Rahat
רהט
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Sederot
שדרות
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Executive
branch:
chief
of state:
President Moshe KATZAV (since 31 July 2000)
head of government: Prime Minister (Acting) Ehud OLMERT
cabinet: Cabinet selected by prime minister and approved
by the Knesset
elections: president is largely a ceremonial role and is
elected by the Knesset for a seven-year term; election last held
31 July 2000 (next to be held mid-2007); following legislative
elections, the president assigns a Knesset member -
traditionally the leader of the largest party - the task of
forming a governing coalition; election last held 28 January
2003 (next scheduled to be held March 2006)
election results: Moshe KATZAV elected president by the
120-member Knesset with a total of 60 votes, other candidate,
Shimon PERES, received 57 votes (there were three abstentions);
Ariel SHARON continued as prime minister after Likud Party
victory in January 2003 Knesset elections; Likud won 38 seats
and then formed coalition government with Shinui, the National
Religious Party, and the National Union; controversy surrounding
SHARON's disengagement plan ultimately led to the formation of a
Likud-Labor-United Torah Judaism (UTJ) coalition government in
January 2005
Capital:
Jerusalem;
note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but
the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy
in Tel Aviv
Population:
6,276,883
note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West
Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, more
than 5,000 in the Gaza Strip, and fewer than 177,000 in East
Jerusalem (July 2005 est.)
Languages:
Hebrew
(official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English
most commonly used foreign language
Location:
Middle
East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
Climate:
temperate;
hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
Land boundaries:
total:
1,017 km
border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan
238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
Background:
Following
World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of
Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish
states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the
Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending
the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories
occupied by Israel since the 1967 war are not included in the
Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April
1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979
Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Israel and Palestinian officials
signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also
known as the "Oslo accords") guiding an interim period
of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other
disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994
Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000,
Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had
occupied since 1982. In keeping with the framework established
at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations
were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives
and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement. On 24 June 2002, US
President BUSH laid out a "road map" for resolving the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which envisions a two-state
solution. However, progress toward a permanent status agreement
was undermined by Palestinian-Israeli violence between September
2000 and February 2005. An agreement reached at Sharm al-Sheikh
in February 2005 significantly reduced the violence. The
election in January 2005 of Mahmud ABBAS as the new Palestinian
leader following the November 2004 death of Yasir ARAFAT, the
formation of a Likud-Labor-United Torah Judaism coalition
government in January 2005, and the successful Israeli
disengagement from the Gaza Strip (August-September 2005),
presented an opportunity for a renewed peace effort. However,
internal Israeli political events between October and December
2005 have destabilized the political situation and forced early
elections, scheduled for March 2006.
Administrative divisions:
6
districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa,
Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
International
organization participation:
BIS,
BSEC (observer), CE (observer), CERN (observer), EBRD, FAO, IADB,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS (observer), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,
MIGA, OAS (observer), OPCW (signatory), OSCE (partner), PCA, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
WTO
GDP (purchasing power
parity):
$139.2
billion (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing
power parity - $22,200 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by
sector:
agriculture:
2.8%
industry: 37.7%
services: 59.5% (2003 est.)
Agriculture
- products:
citrus,
vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Industries:
high-technology
projects (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
and footwear
By
the
Courtesy of World
Fact Book - Israel and
Wikipedia
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