ISRAEL

By: Erin Popalis

Map and Location

Size

Area: 20,330 sq. km. (7,850 sq. mi.) About the size of New Jersey Highest and Lowest Elevation

Highest- Har Meron 1,208 m Lowest- Dead Sea 408 m

Population

Population of 2010 7.59 million Ethnic groups: Jews 76.2%; Arabs 19.5%;

other 4.3%

Date it became a State.

Became a nation on May 14, 15 1948

Nickname, Motto & Flag The Motto-“To learn and to teach, to observe and to do.” The Nickname- “The Holy Land.” The Flag-

White - peace and honesty Blue - vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice Star of David

Capital Jerusalem Oldest City in the World

Anthem

Hatikvah (“The Hope”) As long as deep in the heart,

The soul of a Jew yearns,And forward to the EastTo Zion, an eye looksOur hope will not be lost,The hope of two thousand years,To be a free nation in our land,The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

Coat of arms

It was adopted in 1948. Sometimes it is gold and

blue.

Famous People

Natalie Portman- Was born is Jerusalem Her father is from Israel Her mother is from Ohio

Computer & Phone usage

Since the mid 1980s Israel is apart of world wide web.

In 2001 60% is nonusers and 40% are internet users.

Gross National Product

Import & Export goods

Some Exports items olive oils, wine, and grains

Some Import items tin, lead, silver, copper, iron and gold

Foods or crops produced

In Israel 215,000 hectares of land are devoted to field crops.

156,000 are for winter crops including wheat, hay and safflower.

60,000 are for summer crops including cotton, sunflowers, beans, corn and watermelon.

School

The school system has kindergartens 6 year primary schools 3 year junior secondary schools 3 year senior secondary schools

Clothing

Women in Israel get used to wearing pants.

Very few wear shorts. Men dress very casually

Sports

Israel is very competitive when it comes to sports.

They have won many metals in the Olympics Israeli grandmaster is the holder of the

2009 Chess World Cup. Some major achievements come from

tennis and pole vaulting.

Sports cont.

Some other sports they do are Association football, basketball, track and

field, swimming, handball, chess, softball, boxing, wrestling, cricket, rugby, American football, netball, baseball, ice hockey, figure skating, and martial arts.

Language

Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Russian. English and Russian are the most

popular unofficial languages in Israel.

Religion

Not all of Israel is religions. 7.59 million Israelis in 2010, about 76%

were counted as Jewish. The other is 23.8%

32.9% of Israelis were born outside of Israel.

Types of Government

“Parliamentary democracy - a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers - according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament”

http://www.indexmundi.com/israel/government_type.html

Health Care

They have high standard health services. Modern hospitals.

Climate

A subtropical region Hot and dry summers Cold and rainy winters

Global Issues

Israel is getting a lot of criticism about not upholding and respect human rights.

On the mainstream there was a lot of reports about the terrorist attacks on the Jewish states.

Natural resources

Some of Israel’s natural resources are timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, and sand.

Recycling initiatives

Waste disposal reached 20% in 2004 and 50% in 2010

EACH PERSON in Israel generates 1.6 kilograms (kg) of waste per day.

Political system

The Knesset instead of voting for individual candidates

they vote for an entire party. Any party with 2 percent in percent is

assigned a certain amount of seats in the 120 member-legislature

Transportation

Israel has pretty much the same ways to move around as we do. Bus, Car, Train, Subway, Cable cars, Plane,

Boat.

Cost of living

Cost of an average House

A two bedroom house in Tel Aviv is about $400,000.

Others can be around $180,000 in place around Tel Aviv.

Average income

Disposable Gross

19,177 24,275 constant 2005 US$ at PPP

68,160 86,280 current new shekels

Taxes

In 2011 Israel’s corporate income tax rate is 24%

Individual income tax is about 10%-45%.

Tax% Income

10% 1-60,840

14% 60,841-103,921

23% 103,921-168,840

30% 168,841-254,880

33% 254,881-482,760

45% 482,761 and over

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