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Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in West Asia. It is situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East ; and shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [ 21 ]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Israeli national emblem, showcasing a menorah surrounded by olive branches with "Israel" written in Hebrew below it. The legitimacy of the State of Israel has been challenged since before the state was formed. There has been opposition to Zionism, the movement to establish a Jewish state in ...
Israel – country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. The State of Israel ( Medinat Yisrael ) came into existence as the homeland for the Jewish people at the termination of Mandatory British Palestine on 14 May 1948, through the Israeli Declaration of Independence . [ 1 ]
The Soviet Union was the first country to grant de jure recognition to Israel on 17 May 1948, [7] followed by Nicaragua, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Poland. [8] The United States extended de jure recognition after the first Israeli election , [ 9 ] on 31 January 1949.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Visual History of Israel by Arthur Szyk, 1948 Part of a series on the History of Israel Early history Prehistoric Levant Kebaran Mushabian Natufian Harifian Yarmukian Lodian Nizzanim Ghassulian Canaan Retjenu Habiru Shasu Late Bronze Age collapse Ancient Israel and Judah Iron Age I Israelites ...
Given Lebanon’s ruined economy, the Lebanese people are unlikely to be eager for a repeat of the 2006 war, which caused billions of dollars of damage to their country.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on the History of Israel Early history Prehistoric Levant Kebaran Mushabian Natufian Harifian Yarmukian Lodian Nizzanim Ghassulian Canaan Retjenu Habiru Shasu Late Bronze Age collapse Ancient Israel and Judah Iron Age I Israelites, Philistines 12th–10th centuries BCE United ...
Israel’s top level of spending as part of GDP on the military came in 1975 when the country spent 30.5 per cent on defence. Comparatively, last year Ukraine spent 33.5 per cent of its GDP on ...