Israel //, officially the
State
of Israel (
Hebrew:
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל,
Medīnat Yisrā'el,
IPA: [mediˈnat
jisʁaˈʔel] (
listen);
Arabic:
دولة إِسرائيل,
Dawlat Isrāʼīl,
IPA: [dawlat
ʔisraːˈʔiːl]), is a country in
Western Asia, on the south-eastern shore of the
Mediterranean Sea.
It shares land borders with
Lebanon in
the north,
Syria in the northeast,
Jordan on the east, the
Palestinian
territories (or
State of Palestine) comprising the
West Bank and
Gaza Strip on the east and southwest respectively,
Egypt and the
Gulf of Aqaba in the
Red Sea to the south, and it contains geographically
diverse features within its relatively small area.
[6][7] In its
Basic Laws
Israel defines itself as
a Jewish and Democratic State; it
is the world's only
Jewish-majority state.
[8]
More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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