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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Red Sea to the ... Wikipedia
Capital: Jerusalem
Official language: Hebrew
Continent: Asia
Population: 9.558 million (2022)
Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
President: Isaac Herzog
Founded: May 14, 1948
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