ישראל / إسرائيل

**Israel**
	country in Western-Asia
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Instance of	sovereign state; Mediterranean country; country; geographic region; OECD country; state with limited recognition (international recognition of Israel);
Part of	Middle East; West Asia;
Named after	Land of Israel; Jacob;
Culture	culture of Israel;
Location	Fertile Crescent; Southern Levant; Israel;
Located in or next to body of water	Levantine Sea; Sea of Galilee; Dead Sea; Gulf of Aqaba; Jordan River; Mediterranean Sea;
Capital	Jerusalem (disputed, United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, 1949–);
Basic form of government	parliamentary republic; unitary state;
Legislative body	Knesset (Basic Law: The Knesset);
Executive body	cabinet of Israel (Basic Law: The Government);
Highest judicial authority	Israeli Supreme Court (Basic Law: The Judiciary);
Official language	Hebrew (1948–);
Anthem	Hatikvah;
Currency	new shekel (1986–);
Head of state	Israel Herzog (2021 Israeli presidential election, Reuven Rivlin, Israeli Labor Party, President of Israel, 2021–);
Head of government	Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud, Yair Lapid, 2022–);
Founded by	David Ben-Gurion;
Inception	14 May 1948 (declaration of Israeli independence);
Highest point	Mount Hermon (2,814 m);
Population	872,700 (census, 1948); 7,412,200 (census, 2008); 8,463,400 (estimation, 2015); 8,654,900 (estimation, 2017); 8,796,200 (estimation, 2017); 8,891,800 (estimation, 2018); 9,093,000 (estimation, 2019); 9,840,000 (estimation, 2023);
Area	20,770 km²;
Replaces	Mandatory Palestine (1948);
Top-level Internet domain	.il; ישראל.;
Different from	Israel ; Land of Israel;
Partially coincident with	Palestine;
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	31° 00′ 00″ N, 35° 00′ 00″ E
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Israel is a country in the Middle East, situated at the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
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