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ISRAEL

ISRAEL. Map of the World. Mediterranean sea. Israel.

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ISRAEL

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  1. ISRAEL

  2. Map of the World Mediterranean sea Israel The State of Israel is located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south. Israel contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area: Snow up north, Desert in the south, a long sea shore on the west, and even the lowest point on earth is located in Israel – the Dead Sea.

  3. Map of ISRAEL Nazareth Sea/ The Sea of Galilee mediterranean sea Jordan River Tel Aviv 470 KM from north to south Jerusalem The Dead Sea Israel The Red Sea

  4. The Sea of Galilee Back to map

  5. Jordan River Back to map

  6. Jerusalem Back to map

  7. Tel Aviv Back to map

  8. The Dead Sea Lowest point on earth! Back to map

  9. Israel- General Info Capital: Jerusalem Area: 22,000 square kilometers Population: 7.4 million Government: Parliamentary, Democracy Currency: Shekel Language: Hebrew Independence day: May-14-1948 This year Israel celebrates its 64 birthday

  10. Israeli Culture Israel is a “young country” and its population is composed of Jewish people from different countries and different ethnics. Each has Jewish traditions in its own version and the culture from its own native country. We call it “KibbutsGaluyot”. A Mix of and from all people. The Israeli culture is influenced from different cultures: European, East-European, Mediterranean, Yemenite and many more.

  11. Israeli Culture Holidays The Hebrew New Year Eating Apple with honey wishing a sweet year Hanukah Lighting candles in the Hanukiya starting with one and adding one each night for 8 days Purim Wearing Costumes Passover “LelHaseder” – reading the “hagada”, eating matza bread

  12. Israeli food Humus Deep (made of garbanzo beans) Pita-Bread Falafel (Fried Garbanzo beans ) Couscous (Semolina) Ptitim (Israeli Couscous) Jachnun traditional Yemenite dish

  13. Vegetables Fruits The Israelis kids are sometimes nick named Sabres (Sabra fruit) Why? They can be thorny on the outside – like a Sabra Cactus But on the inside they are very sweet – Like a Sabra Fruit!

  14. Hebrew עברית The Hebrew Language exists since the 2nd Millenuium BC (for more than 3000 years) It disappeared as a spoken language at the 2nd century AD, but continued to be written and used in prayers. Hebrew was revived at the beginning of the 20thcenturay. Hebrew is the only language that was revived – a unique phenomenon!

  15. Landscapes of Israel From North

  16. To South

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