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Monday, September 19, 2011

Bear MAXICARD from "The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info), Medīnat Yisrā'el; Arabic: دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل‎, Dawlat ʾIsrāʾīl)" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia






State of Israel
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
Medīnat Yisrā'el
دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل
Dawlat Isrā'īl
A white flag with horizontal blue bands close to the top and bottom, and a blue star of David in the middle
FlagEmblem
Anthem: 
Hatikvah instrumental.ogg

Hatikvah (הַתִּקְוָה)
Capital
(and largest city)
Jerusalem[a]
31°47′N 35°13′E
Official language(s)HebrewArabic[1]
Ethnic groups 75.3% Jewish
20.5% Arab
4.2% other[2]
DemonymIsraeli
GovernmentParliamentary democracy[1]
 - PresidentShimon Peres
 - Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu
 - Knesset SpeakerReuven Rivlin
 - Supreme Court PresidentDorit Beinisch
LegislatureKnesset
Independencefrom British Mandate for Palestine 
 - Declaration14 May 1948 
Area
 - Total 120,770 / 22,072 km2 (151st)
8,019 / 8,522 sq mi 
 - Water (%)~2%
Population
 - 2011 estimate7,746,000[2] (95th)
 - 2008 census7,406,900[3] 
 - Density365.3/km2 (30th)
946.1/sq mi
GDP (PPP)2010 estimate
 - Total$219.431 billion[4] 
 - Per capita$29,531[4] 
GDP (nominal)2010 estimate
 - Total$213.147 billion[4] 
 - Per capita$28,685[4] 
Gini (2008)39.2[1] 
HDI (2010)increase0.872[5] (very high) (15th)
CurrencyShekel (‎) (ILS)
Time zoneIST (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST)IDT (UTC+3)
Drives on theright
ISO 3166 codeIL
Internet TLD.il
Calling code972
1Excluding / Including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem; see below.
2Includes all permanent residents in Israel, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Also includes Israeli citizens living in the West Bank. Excludes non-Israeli population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
"The State of Israel (HebrewAbout this sound מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל Medīnat Yisrā'elArabicدَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل‎,Dawlat ʾIsrāʾīl), is a parliamentary republic in the Middle East, on the eastern shore of theMediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and theWest Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.[6][7] Israel is defined as a Jewish and democratic state in its Basic Laws and is the world's only Jewish-majority state.[8]
Following the 1947 United Nations decision to partition Palestine, on 14 May 1948 David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization[9] and president of the Jewish Agency for Palestinedeclared Israel a state independent from the British Mandate for Palestine.[10][11] Neighboring Arab states invaded the next day in support of the Palestinian Arabs. Since then, Israel has fought a series of wars with neighboring Arab states,[12] and hasoccupied territories, including the West BankSinai PeninsulaGaza Strip and the Golan Heights, beyond those delineated in the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Portions of these territories, including Jerusalem, have been annexed by Israel but the border with the neighboring West Bank is still not formally defined, as a result of the complex and unresolved political situation.[13][14][15][16][17] Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, but efforts by elements on both sides of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict to solve the problemdiplomatically have so far met with little or no success. Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabinpushed for a two-state solution in the 1990s, but was assassinated by a Jewish nationalist."
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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)


3 comments:

  1. You provide so much information.

    Happy Blue Monday to you, Dorin!

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  2. Love how the bear catches the fish in this photo. ^_^ Great one.

    Blue Eyeball

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