Changes

{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="margin-left:5px"

{{Country

|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:Israel shaded.jpg|300px]]

|name          =מדינת ישראל<br>''Medīnat Yisrā'el''

|map         =Israel shaded.jpg

!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white  no-repeat scroll top left;"|''מדינת ישראל

|flag         =Flag of Israel.png

Medīnat Yisrā'el''

|arms         =Arms of Israel.png

|-

|capital =Jerusalem

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|Flag

|capital-raw =

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Flag of Israel.png|50px|]]

|government-raw =

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|Arms

|language =Hebrew, Arabic

!align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Arms of Israel.png|48px|]]

|king         =

|-

|queen         =

|-

|monarch-raw =

|Capital

|governor general=

|[[Jerusalem]]

|governor general-raw=

|-

|president =Shimon Peres

|Government

|president-raw =

|Parliamentary Democracy

|chancellor =

|-

|chancellor-raw =

|Official Language

|pm         =Benjamin Netanyahu

|[[Hebrew]], [[Arabic]]

|pm-raw         =

|-

|chairman      =

|President

|general secretary=

|[[Shimon Peres]]

|governor      =

|-

|governor-raw  =

|Prime Minister

|premier        =

|[[Ehud Olmert]]

|premier-raw    =

|-

|area         =8,019 / 8,522 sq mi

|Area

|pop         =7,184,000

|8,019 / 8,522 sq mi

|pop-basis =2007

|-

|gdp         =$170.3 billion

|gdp-year =2006

|7,184,000  

|gdp-pc         =$31,767

|-

|currency =Shekel

|GDP (2006 estimate)

|$170.3 billion

|tld            =

|-

}}

|GDP per capita (2006 estimate)

|$31,767  

|-

|}

 

The '''State of Israel''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל''', ''Medinat Yisra'el'' from ''' יִשְׂרָאֵל''' ''Yisra'el'', "Upright with God") is a nation located in the [[Middle East]]. It is the world's only Jewish state, allowing citizenship to anybody its government considers to be [[Jewish]]. It also contains [[Arab]] Muslim and Arab [[Christian]] minorities who are remnants of the pre-1948 Arab majority, along with a small [[Druze]] community.  It is the location of [[Jesus]]' birth and many other major [[Bible|Biblical events]].

The '''State of Israel''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל''', ''Medinat Yisra'el'' from ''' יִשְׂרָאֵל''' ''Yisra'el'', "Upright with God") is a nation located in the [[Middle East]]. It is the world's only Jewish state, allowing citizenship to anybody its government considers to be [[Jewish]]. It also contains [[Arab]] Muslim and Arab [[Christian]] minorities who are remnants of the pre-1948 Arab majority, along with a small [[Druze]] community.  It is the location of [[Jesus]]' birth and many other major [[Bible|Biblical events]].

===Principal Government Officials===  

===Principal Government Officials===  

*President--Shimon Peres  

*President--Shimon Peres  

*Prime Minister--Ehud Olmert (Kadima)

*Prime Minister--Benjamin Netanyahu

*Foreign Minister--Tzipi Livni (Kadima)

*Foreign Minister--Tzipi Livni (Kadima)

*Ambassador to the United States--Sallai Meridor

*Ambassador to the United States--Sallai Meridor