Outline of Israel

The location of Israel
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Israel:

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] This was followed by massive migration of Jews from both Europe and the Muslim countries to Israel, and of Arabs from Israel, contributing to the extensive and still ongoing Arab–Israeli conflict. Israel's financial capital and technology center is Tel Aviv[2] and the proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized.[3][4] About 43% of the world's Jews live in Israel today, the largest Jewish community in the world.[5]

General reference

Geography of Israel

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Geography of Israel

Environment of Israel

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Natural geographic features of Israel

Regions of Israel

Ecoregions of Israel

Administrative divisions of Israel

Administrative divisions of Israel

  • Districts of Israel (6)
    • Subdistricts of Israel (15)
      • Natural regions of Israel (50)
        • Municipalities of Israel
Districts of Israel

Districts of Israel

Subdistricts of Israel
Natural regions of Israel
Municipalities of Israel

Demography of Israel

Demographics of Israel

Government and politics of Israel

Politics of Israel

  • Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic republic
  • Capital of Israel: Jerusalem
  • Elections in Israel
  • Political parties in Israel
  • Political scandals of Israel
  • Taxation in Israel

Branches of the government of Israel

Executive branch of the government of Israel

Legislative branch of the government of Israel

Judicial branch of the government of Israel

Israeli judicial system

  • The Supreme Court of Israel serves as an appellate court, High Court of Justice and constitutional court
  • District Courts serve as appellate courts and also serve as courts of first instance for some cases
  • Magistrate Courts serve as the court of first instance; some magistrate courts deal with specific affairs
  • Separate systems, which include religious courts, military courts, labor courts

Foreign relations of Israel

Foreign relations of Israel

International organization membership

International organization membership of Israel Israel is a member of:[7]

Law and order in Israel

Law of Israel

Military of Israel

Israel Defense Forces

Local government in Israel

Local government in Israel

History of Israel

History of Israel

History of Israel by period

Prehistory of Israel

Ancient history of Israel

History of ancient Israel and Judah

The Jewish "Middle Ages" in Palestine

1st Millennium
2nd millennium

Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine

History of modern Israel

Timeline of Israeli history

Years in Israel

History of Israel by region

History of Israel by subject

Culture of Israel

Culture of Israel

Art in Israel

Sports in Israel

Sports in Israel

Economy and infrastructure of Israel

Economy of Israel

Education in Israel

Education in Israel

See also

Israel

References

  1. ^ "Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 14 May 1948. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ^ "GaWC – The World According to GaWC 2008". Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  3. ^ United Nations News Centre (28 October 2009). "Jerusalem must be capital of both Israel and Palestine, Ban says". UN News Centre. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel". Knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. ^ DellaPergola, Sergio (2015). World Jewish Population, 2015 (Report). Berman Jewish DataBank. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  6. ^ Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics [1]. Note: Includes over 200,000 people in East Jerusalem, about 270,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and about 20,000 in the Golan Heights (July 2007 estimate)
  7. ^ "Israel". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 14, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

External links

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