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   Israel
   Israel is a Jewish country in south west Asia. It has a total area of 20,770 km2. The climate is temperate; hot and dry in desert areas. The terrain is Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley Natural resources are copper, phosphates, bromide, potash, clay, sand, sulphur, asphalt, manganese, small amounts of natural gas and crude oil. The religion is 83% Judaism, 13.1% Islam (mostly Sunni Muslim), 2.3% Christian, 1.6% Druze The language is Hebrew (offic...
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   Israel
   [n] - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean 2. [n] - an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea
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   Israel
   Country in Southwest Asia, bounded north by Lebanon, east by Syria and Jordan, south by the Gulf of Aqaba, and west by Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Government Israel has no written constitution....
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   Israel
   Ancient kingdom of northern Palestine, formed after the death of Solomon by Jewish peoples seceding from the rule of his son Rehoboam and electing Jeroboam as their leader. It is named after the...
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   Israel
   `Israel` (`Yisra'el`), officially the `State of Israel` , is a country in Southwest Asia located on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It has borders with Lebanon in the north, Syria and Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. It is also home to Arab Muslims, Christians and Druze, as well as other religious and ethnic minority groups. Jerusalem i...
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   Israel
   either of two political units in the Old Testament: the united kingdom of Israel under the kings Saul, David, and Solomon that lasted from about ... [29 related articles]
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   Israel
   country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, to the northeast by Syria, to ... [151 related articles]
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   Israel
   Israel is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `prince of God, may God reign ` Where is it used? The name Israel is mainly used In the bible and In Jewish.It is an abbreviated form of Izzy, used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Sroel ( In Jewish) Issur ( In Jewish) Iser ( In Jewish) Isaac ( In English, Jewish and In the bible) Is
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   Israel
   Israel (iz'rēul) , officially State of Israel, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,277,000, including Israelis in occupied Arab territories), 7,992 sq mi (20,700 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea. (The area figure used above does not include the Golan Heights or the West Bank, which are occ...
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    Israel
    Israel (iz'rēul, iz'rāul) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the chosen people of God. In the story, Jacob finds himself struggling with a being who, by the end of the narrat...
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